From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Lucio De Re To: 9fans@cse.psu.edu Subject: Re: [9fans] ... in the Kingdom of Sources Message-ID: <20030911171753.Z2507@cackle.proxima.alt.za> References: <20030911160106.Y2507@cackle.proxima.alt.za> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii In-Reply-To: ; from rog@vitanuova.com on Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 03:25:00PM +0100 Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 17:17:53 +0200 Topicbox-Message-UUID: 30e47974-eacc-11e9-9e20-41e7f4b1d025 On Thu, Sep 11, 2003 at 03:25:00PM +0100, rog@vitanuova.com wrote: > > as you suggest, the answer is subjective, but surely the old maxim is > useful: > > be liberal in what you accept and strict in what you generate. Iff this norm is followed by everyone. Think SPAM. In my book, the deciding factor is whether the principle is enforceable. I tried programming a dialogue with a PABX a while back, where the assumption is that the operator is a human. I sympathise with Doug altogether. ++L