[ntp:questions] ntpstat source code master location?

unruh unruh at wormhole.physics.ubc.ca
Fri Feb 4 23:51:30 UTC 2011


On 2011-02-04, Schmidt, Bryan <Bryan.Schmidt at travelport.com> wrote:
> Sorry to have offended some of you, corp email system appends that
> whether I like it or not.  Next time I'll ask my question from a
> different email account.
>
> Try not to get so worked up unruh / Chris!

Not worked up, just astonished and disgusted. And I have discovered that
one of the rules of the world is that if you do not complain things do
not change. It takes work to reduce entropy.

>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: questions-bounces+bryan.schmidt=travelport.com at lists.ntp.org
> [mailto:questions-bounces+bryan.schmidt=travelport.com at lists.ntp.org] On
> Behalf Of John Hasler
> Sent: Friday, February 04, 2011 7:16 AM
> To: questions at lists.ntp.org
> Subject: Re: ntpstat source code master location?
>
> Chris Albertson wrote:
>> Not only is it inappropriate is it complete bull+++t.   The short of
>> it is that contracts are only valid if both parties agree that they
>> are valid so you can't put one on the end of  emails and expect it to
>> "stick".
>
> In certain limited contexts these things actually do serve a purpose.
> If a lawyer on one side of a legal dispute accidently emails a
> confidential document to a lawyer on the other side the presence of such
> a disclaimer can prevent the document from being used in court.  Lawyers
> evidently figure that the things can do no harm in contexts where they
> don't apply, not realizing how irritating they are to normal people.
>
> At least this one requests that you delete the message rather than
> purporting to order you to do so.




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