Re: murphy is listed on spamcop
Russell Coker <russell@coker.com.au> writes:
> On Monday 03 January 2005 07:25, Thomas Bushnell BSG <tb@becket.net> wrote:
> > This is true whether the bad things are false positives in email or
> > the deaths of hundreds of people. Certainly deaths are worse, but I
> > wasn't comparing false positives to deaths.
> >
> > I was explaining why your style of excuse is never acceptible. If
> > false positives are bad (and they are), they do not become less bad
> > because you cannot figure out how to avoid them and still achieve your
> > goals.
>
> There is no comparison between killing people and bouncing email.
I agree completely. It is for this reason I did not compare killing
people and bouncing email.
But there *is* a comparison between your excuse and Rumsfeld's excuse
for inadequately equipping his soldiers.
Thomas
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