full-disclosure - Re: UNOFFICIAL ZERT PATCH CAUSES NYC PLANECRASH

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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 22:53:47 -0500
From: Paul Schmehl <pauls@...allas.edu>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: UNOFFICIAL ZERT PATCH CAUSES NYC PLANECRASH

--On October 12, 2006 11:22:36 PM -0400 "Scott T. Cameron" 
<scameron@...tehero.com> wrote:

> On Thu, Oct 12, 2006 at 10:19:20PM -0500, Paul Schmehl wrote:
>> BTW, you completely misunderstand Godwin's Law.
>> <http://www.faqs.org/faqs/usenet/legends/godwin/>
>
> "There is a tradition in many newsgroups and other Internet discussion
> forums that once such a comparison is made, the thread is finished and
> whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically "lost" whatever debate was
> in progress. This principle is itself frequently referred to as Godwin's
> Law. Thus Godwin's Law serves also to impose an upper bound on thread
> length in general."
>
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Godwin's_law

Look up "comparison" in a dictionary.  Then come back here and explain 
that in the context of what I wrote.  I didn't *compare* anything or 
anyone to Hitler.  I referred to Hitler, the historical figure himself. 
You really do not understand Godwin's law at all.

Paul Schmehl (pauls@...allas.edu)
Adjunct Information Security Officer
The University of Texas at Dallas
http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/

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