i know we're OT, and I apologize, but I wanted to chime in FWIW and agree with Mike.
If it's a reputable restaurant...the owner might not like it...but he/she would have no choice but to allow somebody to eat until they burst (wafer thin mint?). If the owner saw a person making repeated trips to the buffet and filling up to-go containers...that would be different...and to keep the analogy going it would be akin to a user reselling unlimited resources that have been allocated specifically to them. On 1/30/07, Mike Kear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually no. If a restaurant manager at a reputable restaurant saw a total > glutton going back and back to the buffet, he'd honour the deal and let > him. After all, no person can eat continuously for days. Sooner or later > the person would have to stop. > On 1/31/07, Andy Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Good point, but I still think it's a little on the dishonest side. > > Because, > > while you're correct in that no one could possibly GET to the unlimited > > point, you're actually advertising something that you have no intention of > > allowing. > > > > It's the same for an all you can eat buffet. It balances out in that some > > people eat a LOT, and some people only eat a small amount. But you can be > > sure that a restaurant manager would cut someone off were they to make > > trip > > after trip. -- Charlie Griefer ================================================ "...All the world shall be your enemy, Prince with a Thousand Enemies, and whenever they catch you, they will kill you. But first they must catch you, digger, listener, runner, prince with a swift warning. Be cunning and full of tricks and your people shall never be destroyed." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/message.cfm/messageid:268141 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Talk/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.4
