Re: Blocking Gmail ads
On Thu, May 15, 2008 at 05:09:50PM -0500, Ron Johnson wrote:
> On 05/15/08 17:01, Jordi Guti?rrez Hermoso wrote:
> > On 15/05/2008, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> wrote:
> >
> >> How can the software be conveyed to me if I'm pushing buttons on a
> >> seat-back screen that's connected to a server in the stewardesses'
> >> area. *Especially* since I don't own the seat!!!!
> >
> > Depends on what "convey" means, doesn't it? I think YOU (and I, for
> > that matter) need to read GPLv3 more closely.
>
> Convey \Con*vey"\ (k[o^]n*v[=a]"), v. t. [imp. & p. p.
> {Conveyed} (k[o^]n*v[=a]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. {Conveying}.]
> [OF. conveir, convoier, to escort, convoy, F. convoyer, LL.
> conviare, fr. L. con- + via way. See {Viaduct}, {Voyage}, and
> cf. {Convoy}.]
> 1. To carry from one place to another; to bear or transport.
> [1913 Webster]
>
> The software is *not* being conveyed to the airline passenger. It's
> conveyed from the computer programmers to Airbus and the airlines.
Actually, the software and the passenger are being conveyed at the same
time from point A to point B.
Doug.
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