From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10ad19,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10ad19,public X-Google-Thread: 107a89,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid107a89,public X-Google-Thread: 103376,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Thread: 101deb,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid101deb,public X-Google-Thread: 1073c2,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid1073c2,public X-Google-Thread: 10a146,23963231b5359f74 X-Google-Attributes: gid10a146,public X-Google-ArrivalTime: 2001-06-13 13:19:23 PST Path: archiver1.google.com!newsfeed.google.com!sn-xit-02!supernews.com!newsfeed.direct.ca!look.ca!newshub2.rdc1.sfba.home.com!news.home.com!news1.rdc1.bc.home.com.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Roedy Green Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada,comp.lang.awk,comp.lang.clarion,comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.pl1,comp.lang.vrml Subject: Re: Long names are doom ? Organization: Canadian Mind Products Reply-To: roedy@mindprod.com Message-ID: References: <9folnd$1t8$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3B1FE1FE.B49AE27F@noaa.gov> <9fotpi$4k6$1@nh.pace.co.uk> <3b24dc21$1@news.tce.com> <3B25D5FB.15C9B240@dresdner-bank.com> <9g5as6$hbq$1@magnum.mmm.com> <3B2726BA.64E002D0@dresdner-bank.com> <9g7cuv$hd9$1@bugstomper.ihug.com.au> <3B278996.4DE8D7A8@ftw.rsc.raytheon.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 1.8/32.548 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 20:19:22 GMT NNTP-Posting-Host: 24.76.128.193 X-Complaints-To: abuse@home.net X-Trace: news1.rdc1.bc.home.com 992463562 24.76.128.193 (Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:19:22 PDT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 13 Jun 2001 13:19:22 PDT Xref: archiver1.google.com comp.lang.ada:8688 comp.lang.awk:3042 comp.lang.clarion:21842 comp.lang.java.programmer:76069 comp.lang.pl1:1007 comp.lang.vrml:3772 Date: 2001-06-13T20:19:22+00:00 List-Id: On Wed, 13 Jun 2001 10:41:10 -0500, Wes Groleau wrote or quoted : >How many of us even read the last paragraph before the signature? The one >that says, > "I have read and understood this document and have received a copy." > Would there not be some principle that said if the vendor hid a clause that you promised your first born son, that it would be unenforceable because no reasonable person would expect to find such a clause in such a contract. Surely such a strange provision should be widely known. Part of the problem with trying to reform the legal rules of software is that a reasonable person expects very little for his money. For more detail, please look up the key words mentioned in this post in the Java Glossary at: http://mindprod.com/gloss.html -- Roedy Green, Canadian Mind Products Custom computer programming since 1963. Ready to take on new work.