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From: Paul Graham <pgraham@cadence.com>
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Subject: Re(ally): Off Topic: Hot Coffee (was Re: Long names are doom ?)
Date: Mon, 11 Jun 2001 16:51:29 -0400
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Marin David Condic wrote:
> 
> None of those facts of the case in any way negates what I believe is the
> most important fact of the case: You are a grown-up now and you are
> responsible for your own actions. Hot things burn. You don't put hot things
> between your legs or otherwise balance them precariously unless you want to
> invite an accident. You handle dangerous, hot things with appropriate care
> and caution. When you do something stupid and injure yourself with someone
> else's product, it gets *real easy* to start looking for someone else to
> blame. All too often we don't look where we should: in the mirror.
> 
> MDC

This may be a totally ridiculous analogy, but suppose I gave you a
keyboard to work on and told you "whatever you do, don't hit ctrl-c." 
Well, one day you accidentally hit ctrl-c, and boiling water squirted
out at you and burned you.  Would you blame me, or look in the mirror?

Paul