ya know i passed over that and chuckled a bit, but ya its sort of an interesting commentary, equates to content today doesn't it?
tj ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jay Sulzberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Cc: "Jay Sulzberger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, July 22, 2007 2:01 PM Subject: [FC-discuss] Harry Potter and the Microsoft EULA (fwd) > <blockquote > from="http://kavehmz.blogspot.com/2007/07/bill-gates-is-goblin.html";> > > Saturday, July 21, 2007 > Bill Gates is a goblin > > I was just reading the book when I reached this paragraph, I was > wondering how it is describing bill gates ;) > > From:"Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" :D > > --- > > "You don't understand, Harry, nobody could understand unless they > have lived with goblins. To a goblin, the rightful and true > master of any object is the maker, not the purchaser. All goblin > made objects are, in goblin eyes, rightfully theirs." > > "But it was bought --" > > "-- then they would consider it rented by the one who had paid > the money. They have, however, great difficulty with the idea of > goblin-made objects passing from wizard to wizard. You saw > Griphook's face when the tiara passed under his eyes. He > disapproves. I believe he thinks, as do the fiercest of his kind, > that it ought to have been returned to the goblins once the > original purchaser died. They consider our habit of keeping > goblin-made objects, passing them from wizard to wizard without > further payment, little more than theft." > > Posted by Kaveh at 11:08 PM 0 comments > > </blockquote> > _______________________________________________ > Discuss mailing list > [email protected] > http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss > _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list [email protected] http://freeculture.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/discuss
