MBR <[email protected]> asked: > Does this mean that Derek guessed right and you really are a > lawyer, not a software engineer? I'm not implying that you're > not welcome here, but since most participants here are > programmers, system administrators, or the like, that's who we > assume we're talking to when someone posts.
OK so you've heard the one about the difference between a dead lawyer in the road vs. a dead snake in the road. (There are skid marks before the latter.) In this forum, people from all walks of life have always been present. In its early days, I remember one of my favorite people at the meetings: in the evening he shared with us his interest in Internet and Linux. During the day, he dispatched taxis for Boston Yellow Cab. When we're having a discussion about patent law here, I think it's a /good/ thing we have people from such a diverse range of occupations. A couple of *live* lawyers are just what we need. Hsuan-Yeh, please don't give up on this forum. All of us need to lighten up and perhaps tell a few dead-programmer jokes while we're at it. One thing that does not appear to be a joke: the public is safe only so long as Congress is not in session. ;-( -rich _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
