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* FW: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot
@ 2006-05-02 18:03 Dave Korn
  2006-05-02 18:12 ` Christopher Faylor
  2006-05-03  1:14 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 9+ messages in thread
From: Dave Korn @ 2006-05-02 18:03 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: 'amateur psychology half-hour'

On 02 May 2006 17:21, Steven Hartland wrote:


  Ahh, the power of the subconscious....

 
> Hopefully Corinna can find some more time in his very busy schedule

  How else could anyone not be brought up short by the cognitive dissonance of
writing 'his' just after a very feminine name (it even ends in an 'a') if not
for the power of the subconscious to inflict its (often quite prejudiced)
preconceptions on our waking thoughts?!

> ================================================
> This e.mail is private and confidential between Multiplay (UK) Ltd. and the
> person or entity to whom it is addressed. In the event of misdirection, the
> recipient is prohibited from using, copying, printing or otherwise
> disseminating it or any information contained in it.   

  Hey!  Multiplay!  Prohibit *this*!


                    ---
                   !   !
                   !   !
                   !   !
                   !   !
               ----!   !----
          ----!    !   !    !
         !    !    !   !    !    --
         !    !    !   !    !   /  !
          !                 !  /   !
          !                  !/   /
           !                     /
           !                    /
            !                 /
             !              /


  It is, of course, completely bogus to suggest that just by saying so, an
individual or company can bind any random individual to a one-sided
contractual obligation without their explicit initial prior consent.  Hence
the statement claiming that the recipient " .. IS ... " prohibited from all
that stuff is a lie.

  Would *you* do business with a firm that prints a blatant lie at the bottom
of all its stationery?  Not me.

> In the event of misdirection, illegible or incomplete transmission please
> telephone (023) 8024 3137 
> or return the E.mail to postmaster@multiplay.co.uk.

  How is it even possible to "return" an email?  Sure, I can forward them a
*copy* of it, but then I still have the original and have made now one /extra/
copy.  Some dumbass lawyer has insisted on this wording without realising the
utter nonsensical category error they are committing.  I suppose this is a PHB
thing:

  "Oops, I've received a misdirected email... I'd better print it out and
stick it in the post back to them.  <sound of mental cogs grinding rustily>
Hey, I know!  <ping!>  I'll fax it to them instead - that'll be even faster!"
<wanders off pleased with self>



    cheers,
      DaveK
-- 
Can't think of a witty .sigline today....

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2006-05-02 18:03 FW: Call for testing Cygwin snapshot Dave Korn
2006-05-02 18:12 ` Christopher Faylor
2006-05-02 18:22   ` Dave Korn
2006-05-02 19:59     ` Igor Peshansky
2006-05-09  7:07   ` Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes
2006-05-09  9:18     ` Dave Korn
2006-05-03  1:14 ` Gary R. Van Sickle
2006-05-03  9:21   ` Dave Korn
2006-05-09  6:54   ` Yitzchak Scott-Thoennes

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