Re: [spoon-discuss] Re: [Spoon-business] less judges

[Daniel Lepage <dplepage@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tuesday, April 1, 2003, at 04:30  PM, bd wrote:

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> On Monday 31 March 2003 10:16 pm, Orc In A Spacesuit wrote:
> > > Secondly, while something done privately doesn't necessarily mean it 
> > > must
> > > stay secret, doing something privately does in fact suggest it is 
> > > done in
> > > a manner that excludes others.  Dave can blab it all he wants after 
> > > he
> > > gets it, but sending something to him privately would seem to suggest
> > > it's not sent to anyone else.
> >
> > Yes, and it excludes everyone who isn't subscibed to spoon-discuss.  
> > The
> > fact that the mail server blabs to all who want to 'listen' afterwards
> > doesn't change that.
>
> That argument is specious and you know it. The mailserver is 
> configured to do
> so, and everyone knows it. Otherwise the word 'privately' wouldn't 
> apply
> anywhere - I could post votes to alt.games.dave.reads.this.group and 
> get my
> votes recognized (if Dave chove to read it ;)

If messages posted to alt.games.dave.reads.this.group were forwarded to 
Dave, then you could. Because a copy of your votes would appear in eir 
inbox.

Note that if they were just stuck in an archive, and you hoped that 
Dave would read said archive, that would not count - e would be calling 
up your votes from a website open to the public. It's the difference 
between putting a poster with your message on it in the coffee room, 
and printing a hundred copies of your message and sticking one in every 
professor's mailbox.

--
Wonko

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