Kevin T. wrote: > >> I don�t remeber who wrote that, but something very >> interesting happened in another list. >> >> Guy A sent a message about Blogs, mentioning the page >> address, the blogger�s account id and the blogger�s >> password. Then he added [something may be lost in >> the translation]: >> >> "Please, guys, don�t mess with this girl�s blog :)" >> >> So, Guy B jumped in, and added a very crazy [and pornographic] >> entry in the Blog. >> >> What do you think? It�s obvious that Guy A is 100% wrong, >> but can he justly claim that Guy B was wrong too? >> >> IMHO, Guy B is 100% innocent, because the emoticon >> simply negates all seriousness of the "please don�t mess" >> that precedes it. > > What the heck is a Blog? > It�s "My Diary" when you place it in the Internet so that everybody can read it.
> I'm assuming from the way this was written that Guy A > wasn't the actual owner of the Blog, > Yep. > that it was actually some girl's? > Yep. > So how did Guy A get the password? > Because he was the sysadmin of the site. > The way this reads to me, Guy B is wrong also becuase > there are some things you just shouldn't do. > Non sequitur. > Was Guy A trying to write the line as um, like he his > egging on other people? (Like if a fan for team A > stands up and says 'Come on guys, don't make fun of > team B's uniforms' meaning, let's make fun of them.) > Without the total text it is impossible to tell. > It was so absurd to give the id and password and then require people not to mess that nobody with any degree of sanity could believe that he was serious. > I just don't think these are like mathematic equations: > a = B unless followed by ;-) > No, but the mathematical equation is: [ B :) ] = [B may be a joke] So, telling people "please don�t mess with this :)" has no semantic value, then we can conclude that, by giving the id and pwd, he was inviting us to hack the site. > That's they way some people want them to be treated but > you can't do that all them time. > Uh? > 'Kevin T. is a red-headed bastard! ;-)' compared to > 'Kevin T. is a red-headed bank robber! ;-)' I have red hair, > yes. I would punch someone for calling me a bastard, but > not for saying bank robber. Both are untrue, but one > is way different than the other. > Context is everything. And the context was an invitation to hack and slash Alberto Monteiro
