Posted by Loco Jones on 11/29/05 03:25

"George Hester" <hesterloli@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:QNNif.49055$uC3.20819@twister.nyroc.rr.com...
> "NRen2k5" <napsterneorenegade@hotmail.com> wrote...
> > anthonyberet wrote:
> > > NRen2k5 wrote:
> > > <snip>
> > >
> > >> Hold the Shift key when you put the CD in your computer to prevent
> > >> AutoRun just for that time.
> > >
> > > I though holding the shift key down was illegal in the US?
> > > - You want to watch out, you could put folk in prison!
> >
> > Yes, holding down the Shift key is illegal in U.S.A.
> >
> > I'm in Canada.
> > - NRen2k5
>
> Where do you guys get these things? Holding the shift-key down is illegal in
> the US? I suppose all the English eat Goat soup and Canadians have a mind
> of their own? Come on there is nothing illegal about what you hit on your
> keyboard. Even if it were so it would have to be a Federal law and I can
> tell you there is no such thing. Provide the applicable statute.

Well, George - I checked with the places that know about this sort of
stuff, and the following is their reply: < quote >
"I think it is covered under the statute against abject stupidity,
thickness, and total lack of sense of humor or grasp of irony. Section
429 paragraph 12 of the Hester Statutes, specifically."
< end quote>

That, I suspect, aptly sums it up.

- Loco -
(Now Playing: No Excuses - Alice In Chains)

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