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From: zoara on 28 Apr 2010 05:15 Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: > The same goes for sufficiently rich people. I don't see anything > immoral about stealing something from Bill Gates. Wow. Just how rich would one have to be? Richer than you? Richer than your richest friend? And how much could you steal? 10% of his wealth? Half of it? -zoara- -- email: nettid1 at fastmail dot fm
From: Jim on 28 Apr 2010 05:20 On 2010-04-28, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > I heard it suggested on MacBreak Weekly or This Week in Tech that Apple > should get the guy who lost the phone to introduce it at the keynote. > That would be exceptionally magnanimous - even if all he did was bring > it on stage and hand it to Jobs. > > I'd love it if they did. Especially if he did the whole 'searching through his pockets to find it' bit. Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash.
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 28 Apr 2010 05:30 On Wed, 28 Apr 2010 08:59:32 +0100, Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >On 2010-04-28, Richard Tobin <richard(a)cogsci.ed.ac.uk> wrote: >> In article <1jhnad0.x3icf5rhm0wN%jim(a)magrathea.plus.com>, >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >>>So how much better off than you does someone or some company have to be >>>before it becomes morally ok to steal from them? >> >> I don't see how the difficulty of quantifying something makes it false. > >I repeat: theft is theft. So, about your MAME cabinet... Cheers - Jaimie -- I'm not imaginary, just ontologically challenged
From: Woody on 28 Apr 2010 05:31 Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > On 2010-04-28, zoara <me18(a)privacy.net> wrote: > > > > I heard it suggested on MacBreak Weekly or This Week in Tech that Apple > > should get the guy who lost the phone to introduce it at the keynote. > > That would be exceptionally magnanimous - even if all he did was bring > > it on stage and hand it to Jobs. > > > > I'd love it if they did. > > Especially if he did the whole 'searching through his pockets to find it' > bit. And then Jobs smiles magnanamously, and as he walks off jobs presses a button, and the floor pulls away and he falls into a tank full of piranhas. I think it would send a clear message Obviously if there is an ugly fluffy white cat around too, it may help with the image. -- Woody
From: Jim on 28 Apr 2010 05:35
On 2010-04-28, Jaimie Vandenbergh <jaimie(a)sometimes.sessile.org> wrote: >>> >>>>So how much better off than you does someone or some company have to be >>>>before it becomes morally ok to steal from them? >>> >>> I don't see how the difficulty of quantifying something makes it false. >> >>I repeat: theft is theft. > > So, about your MAME cabinet... Yep, fair point. Most of the ROM images there are indeed stolen. One of these days I'm going to actually have to build that darn thing... Jim -- Twitter:@GreyAreaUK "[The MP4-12C] will be fitted with all manner of pointlessly shiny buttons that light up and a switch that says 'sport mode' that isn't connected to anything." The Daily Mash. |