Re: A89: Re: ATTN: The guy who had the "source" of AU.
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Re: A89: Re: ATTN: The guy who had the "source" of AU.
Hmm... Thought provoking. Strong words for a strong subject? Lacks art.
Conclusion: Interesting. I wish I could find out more about those
TI-hammers. Now I want one.
-Miles Raymond EML: m_rayman@bigfoot.com
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----- Original Message -----
From: Zoltan Kocsi <zoltan@bendor.com.au>
To: <assembly-89@lists.ticalc.org>
Sent: Tuesday, November 02, 1999 6:43 PM
Subject: Re: A89: Re: ATTN: The guy who had the "source" of AU.
> Scott Noveck writes:
> > Zoltan, Rusty asked the same thing of me the other day -- to keep
people
> > from passing along the source of programs like that. You could easily
> > render a calc useless that way, and neither Rusty or Fred/Kty want the
> > responsibility of that happening.
>
> Yes, I know. That's why I am starting a new movement, the
> "League for Compulsory Licensing of Owning A Hammer".
>
> Have you thought about that a single blow with a hammer could destroy
> your calculator ? It would ba damned time to ban the accessibility of
> such dangerous stuff by the mindless masses. I hope I can get TI's
> support for that.
>
> Actually, I checked around a bit and figured that if TI makes hammers,
> they keep it top secret, you can't find any reference to it.
> I bet it's because of that danger with regards to calculators, too.
> They don't want to be sued by someone who finds out that the blow with
> which (s)he destroyed his/her calculator was delivered by a TI hammer.
> The consequences would be unimaginable.
>
> Regards,
>
> Zoltan
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