RE: Warnings

[cpwinter -at- rahul -dot- net]

On 1 Nov 2002, at 16:08, KMcLauchlan -at- chrysalis-its -dot- com wrote:

> 
> So, why don't we just bypass all the fretting and 
> anxiety and put one, single cover-it-all warning 
> on products and in manuals:
> 
> "Warning: almost any imaginable use of this product 
>           may server to enrich lawyers."
> 
> /kevin 
> 

    Hmmm... One single, all-purpose warning... I can think of several 
approaches. (Today is Friday, isn't it?)

    For the legally opportunistic user: WARNING. Injury resulting from 
misuse of this product is not subject to tort-claim compensation. (This 
one probably ought to have a cite, like "Per article 147.2, sub-part b.")

    For the commonsensically challenged: WARNING. You'll get hurt if 
you misuse this product. If you can't figure out how to use it properly, 
don't use it.

    But the one I like best is to have a blank white page with, printed in its 
center in large, red letters, the single word

		WARNING

    Zen. Let them figure it out.    ;-)

Chris



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