Re: usbkeys with U3 and their removal?

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On Thursday 13 December 2007, Dotan Cohen wrote:
>On 13/12/2007, Tim <ignored_mailbox@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> Well, what they got was the traditional breast enhancing pose for a
>> photographer.  Suggestive, but not salicious...  Still, given the
>> viewing environment, it wasn't appropriate.  Though they tend to be
>> pragmatic about such things.
>
>I wish I'd know that. What's the appropriate keyword now that google
>has 'improved'? :)
>
>> It's a fair bet that he would.  But it did put him in a position where
>> he was unable to argue back.  Yes, I can come up with various
>> justifications for pirating, and I've heard a plethora of them before.
>> But when your arguing with students, you need a position that they can't
>> negate.  ;-)
>>
>> I'm not a religious person, I can agree with a lot of the sentiment on
>> philosophical grounds, though.  But not fundamentalism, and I include
>> computer fanaticsm in that, too.  Nothing's just black and white.
>
>Actually, I think that what is referred to as "fundamentalism" in
>mainstream English usage is far from true fundamentalism.
>Fundamentalism means going to the roots of something. Mainstream
>English usage has the word confused with extremism. I consider myself
>to be fundamentalist. Therefore I do not wear the traditional Jewish
>skull cap: that is not a commandment from God but rather a custom.
>However, I make an honest effort to keep all the commandments (not
>just the 10 known ones). And, being a fundamentalist, I do not kill my
>enemies||neighbors||other believers. Quite the opposite, I help my
>Muslim neighbors and friends with absolutely no thought about their
>religion. Extremists are dangerous, in any field (computing included),
>but not fundamentalists. A computer fundamentalist might be considered
>one who only programs in assembly :)
>

Shhh, I wouldn't want that known in more genteel circles these days.  OTOH, 
when you really want to get the job done, that IS how you do it. :)

>Dotan Cohen
>
>http://what-is-what.com
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>
>A: Because it messes up the order in which people normally read text.
>Q: Why is top-posting such a bad thing?



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