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(...) This is a key point - I think Todd covered it. Rules do exist, and they should be respected. However, enforcing them in a "jobs worth" manner just alienates everyone. If we all sifted through each and every post and winged about infractions at (...) (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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Lorbaat wrote: ..... (...) Is there any possibility that the complaint, or the system itself are somehow ridiculous at least a bit (especially when stretched)? Selçuk (24 years ago, 15-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Eh. I don't know how clearly this came through in my original post, but I really don't think what Scott posted was off-topic enough or sustained enough to complain about. My main point was merely that his reaction was fairly typical of any (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I don't think Scott named anyone in particular in connection with that label. He may even have been referring to a brief mail that I sent him. (...) I think this is best dropped. I don't think Scott broke any of the T&C, either. The closest (...) (24 years ago, 14-Sep-00, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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| | Re: Want to get free stuff? Electronics, Computers, Software?
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Please don't post this kind of off-topic commercial junk on Lugnet. This goes for Joseph Myers (who posted the same thing on saturday (URL)) too. Not only is it against the terms of service, it's very rude. (...) [url removed] (...) (24 years ago, 29-Aug-00, to lugnet.general, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) I just read the message of Brad Justus and he wrote: "UK, Ireland, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Denmark, Sweden, and Austria.". Probably I talked too much as usual and the colon was right... Ciao. Marco. (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) OK, the "o" has been removed. And I also removed your name from the translators list based on what you said in the other message you just recently posted. I think Mario gave a chunk of text for one or two of the paragraphs. Ciao Todd (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Todd, well... you guessed wrong, the second one is "così come" without both accent and apostrophe. Ciao. Marco. P.S. Just to continue "to split hairs"... isn't it better to remove the "," before ", and Marco Beri". Ok, ok... someone will say (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Todd, it's ok! It seems that Sergio arrived first as translator, isn't it? Ciao. Marco. P.S. I found just a mistake: in "NON inviare o un messaggio troppe volte" you had to remove the single "o". It's like the English "or" and if you remove (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) OK. Thanks! --Todd (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) The Murphy's laws are right, as usual ... 8-)))) Doesn't matter what is, but a guess is *always* wrong 8-)))) CiaoCiaoSergio (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Bad guess :-) The former is now fine, but the latter was correct in the first version. It should remain: -> Tutti questi documenti e immagini relative sono fornite così come sono, Ciao Giulio (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) OK, that's fixed. Should it be changed in both places? There was: viene fornito come un sistema di "salvataggio e inoltro" "così comè" and Tutti questi documenti e immagini relative sono fornite così come sono, I took a chance and changed them (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) posted, (...) the (...) It looks great ..... Just two more things: 1) in the double-to-single byte conversion, your editor lost a character: "così comè" should be "così com'è", with the apostrophe character AND the accent on the "e"; 2) The (...) (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) OK, I removed "riinviare" and applied the other corrections that Marco posted, and made the double-byte characters into single-byte characters. Here is the result: (2 URLs) does it look? Ciao Todd (24 years ago, 25-Aug-00, to lugnet.loc.it, lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Very close, which is close enough. As you say, it's the gray areas that are hard, and sometimes there is no course of action from "here" to "there" that is perfect and doesn't step on SOMEONE's toes. ++Lar (...) That disclaimer applies to me (...) (24 years ago, 22-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) In 99% of cases, I'm sure I have a very good idea. But the 1% left over is gray because it basically says, "don't break the law" (i.e., local laws or whatever laws may apply in whatever circumstance is in question) and "the law" is something (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Sorry Todd, but I think I'm really missing something. I thought we are not talking about The Law, but The T&C. It is a written document authored by you. So I think that you must have some idea about whether something is against that written (...) (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Most things, not all things. Not gray-area things. (...) If in doubt, in gray-area cases like bleeding-edge Intellectual Property law, consult an attorney, is about all I can say. --Todd (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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(...) Todd, are you sure that "you can't advise us whether something violates T&C or not"? T&C are your own rules, right? If you can't advise about it, who can advise? Selçuk (24 years ago, 21-Aug-00, to lugnet.admin.terms)
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