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Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
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lugnet.off-topic.debate
Date: 
Sat, 18 Dec 1999 06:19:18 GMT
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In lugnet.admin.general, Mike Stanley writes:
I dunno about the net population at large, but I'd certainly experience
guilt feelings if I summoned up an image to which there was no readily-
obvious hyperlink, because I'd assume that the reason there was no link
was because I wasn't supposed to see it or find it.  Then again, I'm not
someone who snoops in people's medicine cabinets either (not that anyone
here is).

That's silly.  Those two have absolutely nothing to do with each other.

What two?


Brad even specifically mentioned something about "by accident or by
intent".  So you're telling me that if you accidentally mistype a
character in a URL and end up seeing an image you can't find a
hyperlink to you feel guilty?  That's preposterous.

Heh heh...no, that's not what I meant by "summoned up"; I was referring to
snooping or URL trolling.  If I summoned up an image by accident, I'd be
surprised more than anything else.

--Todd



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(...) Bringing up a world-readable image on a publicly accessible webserver (by any means - either mistyping or experimenting with urls) and invading someone's privacy by going through their medicine cabinets. I don't think you were try to imply (...) (25 years ago, 19-Dec-99, to lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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  Re: Policy clarification regarding catalogs
 
(...) That's silly. Those two have absolutely nothing to do with each other. Brad even specifically mentioned something about "by accident or by intent". So you're telling me that if you accidentally mistype a character in a URL and end up seeing an (...) (25 years ago, 18-Dec-99, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.off-topic.debate)

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