Comments on: Hey, you deleted my files! http://blog.mischel.com/2008/08/08/hey-you-deleted-my-files/ Musings on technology and life Tue, 06 Jan 2009 14:26:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Michael Covington http://blog.mischel.com/2008/08/08/hey-you-deleted-my-files/comment-page-1/#comment-3489 Michael Covington Sat, 09 Aug 2008 04:57:05 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/?p=157#comment-3489 The exact thing to say to him and to anyone who wants to know what happened: "You posted links on your web site which were open for access by the public; which looked as if they led to further web pages; and were rigged to delete a file whenever a member of the public accessed them in the normal manner. You are the victim of your own booby-trap. In fact, you are guilty of creating what the law calls an 'attractive nuisance,' and it is fortunate that you are its only victim." The exact thing to say to him and to anyone who wants to know what happened: “You posted links on your web site which were open for access by the public; which looked as if they led to further web pages; and were rigged to delete a file whenever a member of the public accessed them in the normal manner. You are the victim of your own booby-trap. In fact, you are guilty of creating what the law calls an ‘attractive nuisance,’ and it is fortunate that you are its only victim.”

]]> By: Roy Harvey http://blog.mischel.com/2008/08/08/hey-you-deleted-my-files/comment-page-1/#comment-3470 Roy Harvey Fri, 08 Aug 2008 17:44:28 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/?p=157#comment-3470 I think a better analogy than the bus would be wiring your doorbell button to a bomb and blaming the person who presses it for blowing up your house. I think a better analogy than the bus would be wiring your doorbell button to a bomb and blaming the person who presses it for blowing up your house.

]]> By: Steve http://blog.mischel.com/2008/08/08/hey-you-deleted-my-files/comment-page-1/#comment-3465 Steve Fri, 08 Aug 2008 16:29:36 +0000 http://blog.mischel.com/?p=157#comment-3465 "Posting a destructive link on an unprotected page and then blaming somebody else when the link is clicked by an “unauthorized” person is akin to running out into a busy street and then blaming your injuries on the driver of the bus that hits you." The sad thing about that though is that most of the time the bus driver will be considered at fault. “Posting a destructive link on an unprotected page and then blaming somebody else when the link is clicked by an “unauthorized” person is akin to running out into a busy street and then blaming your injuries on the driver of the bus that hits you.”

The sad thing about that though is that most of the time the bus driver will be considered at fault.

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