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- From: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
- Newsgroups: comp.lang.c
- Subject: Re: Legal Discussion
- Message-ID: <1993Jan26.032452.25420@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 03:24:52 GMT
- References: <1993Jan25.165102.19959@nuscc.nus.sg>
- Sender: news@organpipe.uug.arizona.edu
- Reply-To: dave@cs.arizona.edu (Dave Schaumann)
- Organization: University of Arizona
- Lines: 35
- In-Reply-To: law40003@nusunix1.nus.sg (TAN YEW KEONG)
-
- In article <1993Jan25.165102.19959@nuscc.nus.sg>, law40003@nusunix1 (TAN YEW KEONG) writes:
- >Please ignore ALL my previous postings on the subject.
-
- Oh, man. I gotta save this. Classic usenet quote, that.
-
- >I am a final year law student planning to specialise in law regarding
- >all aspects of computing. I am computer literate and will be able to
- >understand most computer jargon except highly technical subjects like
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
- >Huffman coding etc.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- Don't tell me, let me guess. The basis of your "computer literate" claim
- is that you took one "intro to programming" course, or some such.
-
- I hate to break it to you, but outside of sophomore CS students, Huffman
- encoding is not widely considered "highly technical".
-
- >It would be interesting for me to get to know real world legal problems
- >regarding computers.
-
- IMHO, you need to go back, and at least get a minor in CS, if not a full
- degree. If you think that Huffman encoding is a highly technical subject
- beyond your understanding, you simply don't have the depth of field to
- participate in a discussion that *really is* technical.
-
- [...]
- >I wonder if this disclaimer works, but it sure sounds legal.
- ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
-
- And you're supposed to be a "Final Year Law student"? Yeah, right.
-
- --
- What I've learned from reading net news #2:
- Surely the most ignored phrase to be posted to the net is "'nuff said".
-