Thread: Re: [ADMIN] Can we Flush the Postgres Shared Memory ?
On Tue, May 3, 2011 at 3:16 PM, Mark Johnson <mark@remingtondatabasesolutions.com> wrote: > The contents of this email may not be copied or forwarded in part or in > whole without the express written consent of the author. Pleased to meet you Mark. If you post here, the above disclaimer is not effective. Right now your words are being copied across the internet... -- Simon Riggs http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training & Services
On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:33:34PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: > > The contents of this email may not be copied or forwarded in part or in > > whole without the express written consent of the author. > > Pleased to meet you Mark. > > If you post here, the above disclaimer is not effective. Right now > your words are being copied across the internet... By typing / selecting a public list address "written consent of the author" can be assumed to exist implicitely ;-) Karsten -- GPG key ID E4071346 @ gpg-keyserver.de E167 67FD A291 2BEA 73BD 4537 78B9 A9F9 E407 1346
Karsten Hilbert <Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> writes: > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:33:34PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: >> If you post here, the above disclaimer is not effective. Right now >> your words are being copied across the internet... > By typing / selecting a public list address "written consent > of the author" can be assumed to exist implicitely ;-) Nonetheless, corporate lawyers who insist on such disclaimers on all email are idiots, and make their company's employees look like idiots as well. Every disclaimer on obviously-public mail hastens the day when such disclaimers will have no legal force whatsoever (if indeed there's any left to them now). regards, tom lane
On 03/05/2011 16:08, Tom Lane wrote: > Karsten Hilbert<Karsten.Hilbert@gmx.net> writes: >> On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:33:34PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: >>> If you post here, the above disclaimer is not effective. Right now >>> your words are being copied across the internet... > >> By typing / selecting a public list address "written consent >> of the author" can be assumed to exist implicitely ;-) > > Nonetheless, corporate lawyers who insist on such disclaimers on all > email are idiots, and make their company's employees look like idiots > as well. Every disclaimer on obviously-public mail hastens the day > when such disclaimers will have no legal force whatsoever (if indeed > there's any left to them now). I don't want to start a flame war, but did they every have any legal force in the first place? Ray. -- Raymond O'Donnell :: Galway :: Ireland rod@iol.ie
On 3 May 2011 16:49, Raymond O'Donnell <rod@iol.ie> wrote: > I don't want to start a flame war, but did they every have any legal force > in the first place? No. -- Peter Geoghegan http://www.2ndQuadrant.com/ PostgreSQL Development, 24x7 Support, Training and Services
On 5/3/2011 7:33 AM, Simon Riggs wrote: > > Pleased to meet you Mark. > > If you post here, the above disclaimer is not effective. Right now > your words are being copied across the internet... > I believe our community needs to move past posting replies like this. It isn't even relevant to the context of his question and makes us look like a bunch of ideological buffoons. JD