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Subject: Re: Good suggestion, and sneaky and underhanded also.

Author: Duncan Stanley

Date: 09:55:47 04/19/01

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On April 19, 2001 at 12:50:12, Christophe Theron wrote:

>On April 19, 2001 at 12:46:45, Duncan Stanley wrote:
>
>>On April 19, 2001 at 12:43:05, Christophe Theron wrote:
>>
>>>On April 19, 2001 at 12:37:12, Dan Andersson wrote:
>>>
>>>>It would do to have a settings file or somesuch. And Switch it to the optimum at
>>>>once close to the match date. Or A gradual normalisation till the match takes
>>>>place.
>>>>
>>>>Regards Dan Andersson
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>Of course. And can it be forbidden in the contract?
>>>
>>>Of course not!
>>>
>>
>>Oh dear. Even the idealists accept it to be "sneaky and underhand" :-(
>>
>>Can't you stay idealist just a little longer?
>>
>>You don't have to be like "them", you know.
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>
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>Do you feel like you need to behave in a ideal way when you are faced with a
>dishonest condition?
>
>I don't.
>

Nail, head, hit.

Nor did I. Nor did any young programmer who saw what was going on.

But, if you then "behave in a (less than) ideal way" you join the corrupt
establishment. And the younger ones see you, and they copy that too, and so it
continues.

Hence the mess you see now. All the 'players' were idealists once. Now they are
merely corrupt. Don't join them.


>
>
>    Christophe



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