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O(1)k, I(2) wi(3)ll try to(4) co(5)mply i(6)n the(7) fu(8)tu(9)re(10). -E(11)ri(12)c (1) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (2) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (3) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (4) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (5) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (6) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (7) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (8) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (9) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (10) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (11) (C)1995, Roderick Farb (12) (C)1995, Roderick Farb On Fri, 4 Aug 1995, Roderick Farb wrote: > Date: Fri, 4 Aug 1995 15:44:41 -0400 (EDT) > From: Roderick Farb <rfarb@em*.un*.ed*> > To: techdiver@terra.net > Subject: Copyright protection on the list > > I have been quoted WITHOUT attribution so many times I'm FIGHTING MAD. > For example, many years ago I said, "Give me liberty of give me death". > Did I get credit for it, NO! Or what about my statement, "a penny saved > is a penny earned". Did I get credit for that. NO! More recently on one > of my many expeditions, I said, "one small step for man...", you know the > rest. Did I get credit for that? NOOOOO! But when your friend said, "a > mind is a terrible thing to lose", I got credited for that. SO, I am now > copyrighting in my name the use of the following intellectual words > THE, OF, DIVING, DECOMPRESSION, STUPID, TECHNICAL, REBREATHER, SCUBA > DIVER, GEEK, NURD, ARE, IMHO, ;), LIST, FOR, DEEP, AIR, OXYGEN, TRIMIX, > COMPUTER, INSTRUCTOR, CERTIFICATION, BOAT, LINE, I, ME, MY, MINE, FLAME, > the vowels a, e, i, o and u, DEAD, DIVER, IS, DUMB, the numbers 1-598 and > ETC. This copyright is effective 8/4/95. If anyone on the list attempts > to violate my copyright, I will e-mail my friend, who's name is spelled with > all vowels, to you and he will bust your chips. I will also sue you. > I also said, when speaking to a large group of ichthyologists, "even a > fish wouldn't get into trouble if it kept its mouth shut". Did I get > credit for that. NOOOO! Pyle did. > -- > Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@terra.net'. > Send subscription/archive requests to `techdiver-request@terra.net'. >
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