Python obfuscation
Ben Finney
bignose+hates-spam at benfinney.id.au
Wed Nov 16 16:39:42 EST 2005
The Eternal Squire <eternalsquire at comcast.net> wrote:
> The greatest theft of sales opportunities
Utter poppycock. Who is to say that a particular entity holds an
exclusive "sales opportunity" to a particular individual? Are we to
protect the expectations of profit for some, at the expense of sharing
things with each other?
> Little can be done to stop it except through repeated education at
> every grade level that copying without paying is as bad as
> plagiarism and just as dangerous to one's career in school.
Wonderful double-think.
> Ourselves and our children are lost generations with respect to
> ethics, manners,
Ethics such as sharing, and helping one's neighbour?
> and respect for authority
When such "authority" demands that we enter unsigned contracts to
protect their profits, they lose our respect, yes.
> perhaps we can train our grandchildren to behave more proprely.
I certainly hope our grandchildren will live in an environment that
encourages helping each other, yes.
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Ben Finney
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