Re: A new take on the foot-gun meme - Mailing list pgsql-hackers

From Gregory Williamson
Subject Re: A new take on the foot-gun meme
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Msg-id 8B319E5A30FF4A48BE7EEAAF609DB233021F2F42@COMAIL01.digitalglobe.com
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In response to A new take on the foot-gun meme  (Tom Lane <tgl@sss.pgh.pa.us>)
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<p><font size="2">In further OT Gregory Stark wrote:<br /><br /> > > "Shane Ambler" <pgsql@Sheeky.Biz>
writes:<br/> > ><br /> > >  <br /> > >> Robert Treat wrote:<br /> > >><br /> >
>>    <br/> > >>>> So is that a "golf club gun"?<br /> > >>>>        <br /> >
>>>Careful what you wish for....<br /> > >>> <a
href="http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm">http://www.totallyabsurd.com/12gaugegolfclub.htm</a><br/> >
>>>      <br/> > >> I reckon they watched Caddyshack (I think that was the one) and thought they<br
/>> >> could get the patent before someone actually tried selling them.<br /> > >>    <br /> >
><br/> > > Surely a movie counts as "published"!?<br /> > ><br /> > >  <br /> ><br /> > No
theterm is "prior art" leaving the lawyers to bill $400/hour while<br /> > they argue over whether or not Caddyshack
is"art". Though the movie<br /> > might have inspired this:<br /> > <a
href="http://www.rodenator.com/">http://www.rodenator.com/</a><br/> > <a
href="http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2386436112453851581">http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=2386436112453851581</a><br
/>> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2umEFHeo6mw</a><br />
><br/> > Looks fun as long as you don't do this:<br /> > <a
href="http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2432304520080326">http://uk.reuters.com/article/oddlyEnoughNews/idUKN2432304520080326</a><br
/><br/> In something of the same vein: <<a
href="http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4593682.stm">http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/4593682.stm</a>>... IMHO
thependejo got what was coming to him, though.<br /><br /> Back to work, but I really appreciate some of the
meanderingshere.<br /><br /> Greg Williamson<br /> Senior DBA<br /> DigitalGlobe<br /><br /> Confidentiality Notice:
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