[H-GEN] Installing IRIX onto an Indy - now scsi burner

[Harry Phillips]

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> Tony Bilbrough said:
>
> > If you want it NOW, no worries. You can pick it up from home. I will
> > leave it in the garage, on the table next to the freezer if I am out.
>
> [snip contact details]
>
> Now, this is possibly just me, but I think not.  Leaving your contact
> details and words to the effect that computer equipment will be
available
> in an insecure location is very foolhardy on a public mailing list.
>
> If I were a criminal, I would now have a phone number to check if you
were
> home or not, and the address to go and help myself to your stuff if you
> weren't - knowing full well that the garage was open to help myself.
(to
> at the very least a freezer and an old cd burner)
>
> There is a place for private emails, and passing along details such as
> these is an ideal use for private communications.

I don't think that was his intention. I think that he saw it was David
and just hit the reply button forgetting that the 'reply to' is set to be
the list.

It has caught out many people, including veterans, hasn't it Sandra :)

Regards
Harry


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