You should care, even if you 'are not doing anything illegal', for the simple reason that you don't get to decide what is illegal. When 'the powers that be' (ie, whoever has real power) decides that you need to get steamrollered they will make *something* that you are doing 'illegal' and steamroller you. C'mon. Wake up.
What you probably mean, is that you believe you are too insignificant to ever be a threat to anyone with real power, so they'll never bother with you. Kinda feeble view of yourself.
You are the one talking shit, buddy. You think sub-postmasters buy this software? The Post Office REQUIRES them to use it. There is no way they would allow the sub-postmasters to see the code, and even if they did, how many of these little guys do you think can read code. If it was open source there would be geeks interested in the claims of the sub-postmasters who would be delighted to reveal that the evil Post-Office was screwing the little guy. They would do it for fun. And if there was noone to review the code voluntarily, the sub-postmasters could gang up to hire an INDEPENDANT consultant to do so.
They could (gasp) pay professional reviewers, who could be monetarily penalized/ blacklisted if they were found to be taking bribes. But that would be counter to the spirit of the age, which started out by promising to liberate the independant voice, but ended up by drowning any and every manifestation of indivduality in the interests of corporate profits.
... the tail wagging evolved to attract strikes from snake species that target movement, while the "heating tail" evolved to attract strikes from species that target heat (like rattlers). Maybe in the daylight it will be the wagging that saves the squirrel. Perhaps, if the waggging has no effect on squirrel survival, it's a leftover from an earlier evolutionary stage, where the snakes didn't have the infrared targetting capability.
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What you probably mean, is that you believe you are too insignificant to ever be a threat to anyone with real power, so they'll never bother with you. Kinda feeble view of yourself.
You are the one talking shit, buddy. You think sub-postmasters buy this software? The Post Office REQUIRES them to use it. There is no way they would allow the sub-postmasters to see the code, and even if they did, how many of these little guys do you think can read code. If it was open source there would be geeks interested in the claims of the sub-postmasters who would be delighted to reveal that the evil Post-Office was screwing the little guy. They would do it for fun. And if there was noone to review the code voluntarily, the sub-postmasters could gang up to hire an INDEPENDANT consultant to do so.
They could (gasp) pay professional reviewers, who could be monetarily penalized/ blacklisted if they were found to be taking bribes. But that would be counter to the spirit of the age, which started out by promising to liberate the independant voice, but ended up by drowning any and every manifestation of indivduality in the interests of corporate profits.
... the tail wagging evolved to attract strikes from snake species that target movement, while the "heating tail" evolved to attract strikes from species that target heat (like rattlers). Maybe in the daylight it will be the wagging that saves the squirrel. Perhaps, if the waggging has no effect on squirrel survival, it's a leftover from an earlier evolutionary stage, where the snakes didn't have the infrared targetting capability.
Thanks, Luís
Thanks!