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Article #170Re: unhappy about overloading finger
From: Paul Smee
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:11
Date: Thu, 23 Jul 1992 14:11
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In article <brtfh6.jix@wang.com> fitz@wang.com (Tom Fitzgerald) writes: >What's wrong with using finger as a billboard? It's great for >going-on-vacation notices, new-phone-number notices, etc. Well, among other things, unless you've got a really good home burglar alarm, you might not want every random Fred in town to know that your home is going to be empty for the next 2 weeks because you're going to be off on vacation. Networking has grown to the point where it's probably not a good idea to put anything into your .plan file unless you'd also be happy to have it printed up on big posters and hung around downtown. -- Paul Smee, Computing Service, University of Bristol, Bristol BS8 1UD, UK P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk - ..!uunet!uknet!bsmail!p.smee - Tel +44 272 303132
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!gdt!bsmail!smee From: smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee) Newsgroups: comp.security.misc Subject: Re: unhappy about overloading finger Message-ID: <1992Jul23.141146.3209@bristol.ac.uk> Date: 23 Jul 92 14:11:46 GMT References: <brtfh6.jix@wang.com> Reply-To: P.Smee@bristol.ac.uk (Paul Smee) Organization: University of Bristol Lines: 15