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3 Sep 2024 23:27:27 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Product Mysteries  
From: Invisible
Date: 27 Jan 2011 11:50:28
Message: <4d41a254$1@news.povray.org>
On 27/01/2011 04:36 PM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> It would be only too easy for the guy behind you to peek between the
>> seats and see your screen - something which even this silly angle
>> limiter wouldn't prevent.
>
> Sure, it's not intended to *prevent* it, just to make it harder.
>
> Similar to the philosophy of putting a lock on your front door.  Are you
> seriously suggesting that you shouldn't lock your door because someone
> who's determined to get in will find a way anyways?

A better analogy would be having a front door with no locks at all, and 
just putting a little notice on it saying "please don't break in". It's 
so utterly ineffective that there's no point doing it.


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