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From: Andrew DeFaria <Andrew AT DeFaria DOT com>
Subject: Re: Obscene content in cygwin file.
Date: Fri, 07 Jan 2005 08:24:13 -0800
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Terry Dabbs wrote:

> I worked at a division headquarters of large company, where we had 
> hundreds of people who would log into their email account on the VAX. 
> When logging in you would see a message of the day. The guy 
> administering this got tired of the same old boring messages and 
> started rotating in messages very much like the ones in the limerick 
> file. The first couple were only slightly off-color, and actually got 
> positive responses. Then the third, and last one, had to do with a guy 
> in Nantucket who had some unusual practices. The effect this had in 
> the local work place was fun to watch, having the computer pipe that 
> stuff on the screen was about as imaginable as Bush saying it on TV, 
> and created quite a stir. The end result was not so much fun, the 
> employee was severly reprimanded (Andrew wouldn't work there...) and 
> was weeded out in the first layoff (I wonder why...). 

Not even close in comparison. I said that I wouldn't work for a company 
where somebody snooped onto my machine and found something offensive 
(IOW he was actively looking for it in a place that he should be). 
That's vastly different than me thrusting it upon unsuspecting eyes as 
the above states.
-- 
If things get any worse, I'll have to ask you to stop helping me.


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