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3 Sep 2024 23:25:39 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Product Mysteries  
From: Jim Henderson
Date: 27 Jan 2011 12:29:12
Message: <4d41ab68$1@news.povray.org>
On Thu, 27 Jan 2011 16:50:28 +0000, Invisible wrote:

> 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.

So you leave your front door unlocked, then?  What was your address? ;-)

Jim


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