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Subject:Missed another opportunity to be insecure From:Amy Brown <abrown -at- OPENMARKET -dot- COM> Date:Thu, 24 Jul 1997 09:55:26 -0400
Geoff Hart wrote:
>Clarification: Amy Brown had wondered <<Is a browser
> "insecure" or "nonsecure"?>>, and in a moment of inspired
> self-editing, I responded: "I'd be distressed if "insecure"
> is the standard because, like you, it seems too
> anthropomorphic to me.>>
> See? I told you everyone needs an editor! <stitch> Sorry,
> Amy... didn't mean to imply that _you_ were too
> anthropomorphic. That should have read "because I agree
> with you that it seems too anthropomorphic". Sigh.
Geoff, did someone write to you about this? I knew what you meant!!!
Dang, I guess I just missed another opportunity to read a personal insult into a perfectly innocuous comment. Won't make that mistake again.
Amy "More Human Than Human" Brown
abrown -at- openmarket -dot- com
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