Web copyright / links was Broken Camshaft

Kneale Brownson knotnook at traverse.com
Fri Oct 12 17:29:24 EDT 2001


Did anybody else end up at some investment counselor website when trying 
Phil's link in his posting?  You're talking about Phil's link being broken, 
aren't you?  The problem is he typed a  < . >   when he should have typed 
a  <  - >.    :~).   Imagine that, eh?


At 08:15 PM 10/12/2001 +0100, rob hod wrote:

>         I tried the link but its broken. How ironic in this context. BTW I'm
>not getting into the argument, but there must be a few valid points on all
>sides here;
>
>     1, Multiple copies mean more availability - (Good as long as the
>original author is happy)
>     2, Multiple copies mean more chance of errors, out of date, chinese
>whispers effect (Bad).
>
>     I'm personally grateful for any resources that help me keep my cars out
>of the junkyard.
>
>     Peace!
>
>rob
>----- Original Message ----- >
> > Message: 7
> > Reply-To: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> > From: "Phil Payne" <quattro at isham-research.com>
> > To: <jenny at physics.umn.edu>, "qlist" <quattro at audifans.com>
> > Subject: Re: My $.02 (OK, more like nickle) on the Broken Camshaft
> > Date: Fri, 12 Oct 2001 17:23:44 +0200
> >
> > > If some people had their content borrowed without their permission
> > > then that's a whole other story.  That's just out and out nasty.
> >
> > I can't be sure that this is what happened - people often ask for stuff
>and
> > I just say yes.
> >
> > The issue here is that updates have been missed in a potentially
> > safety-critical sphere.  The link even points to the obsolete site - I
> > announced three separate times that the Freeserve site was closing and
>it's
> > only still there by the grace of God and the stupid, stupid, ignorant,
> > brain-dead, incompetent board of directors of Freeserve.
> >
> > The current version is http://www.isham.research.com/quattro/torque.html
> >
> > --
> >   Phil Payne
> >   http://www.isham-research.com
> >   +44 7785 302 803
> >   +49 173 6242039


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