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Article #7944Re: PC ROM copying
From: mikey
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1986 14:26
Date: Mon, 15 Sep 1986 14:26
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> I heard a story about a repair agency for a particular brand of > microphone made overseas. When someone came in with a broken > microphone for repair, they would check the serial number against > the list of serial numbers of microphones they knew to be legally > imported. If it didn't match the list, the customer would never > get it back. Moreover, they would deny that the customer ever > brought it in for repair in the first place, or that any such microphone > ever existed. Give me a break! This is commonly called THEFT! Anyone stupid enough to fall for this line of crap deserves what they get. Doesn't anyone get a receipt for stuff they give up? If they deny it as missing, then they owe you another one. Are people this stupid? Or are people just mindless sheep? Maybe stupidity is the reason the software industry is in the shape it's in. Maybe W.C. Fields line should read, 'You can't cheat an honest man, unless he's that F*CKING stupid!" Mike Yetsko trsvax!techsup!bbimg!mikey
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!lll-crg!lll-lcc!qantel!ihnp4!inuxc!pur-ee!uiucdcs!convex!bbimg!mikey From: mikey@bbimg.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: PC ROM copying Message-ID: <-217477@bbimg> Date: Mon, 15-Sep-86 10:26:00 EDT Article-I.D.: bbimg.-217477 Posted: Mon Sep 15 10:26:00 1986 Date-Received: Sat, 20-Sep-86 20:58:48 EDT References: <1791@mmintl.UUCP> Lines: 20 Nf-ID: #R:mmintl.UUCP:1791:bbimg:-217477:000:1020 Nf-From: bbimg.UUCP!mikey Sep 15 09:26:00 1986