Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/09/07
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Come on, Marc - I would suggest that FdiG's post says a good deal more about his stupid instructors than it does about attorneys. Whom, we all know, are as much paragons of virtue and rectitude as are journalists, pr people, college professors, or photographers. :-) B. D. Marc James Small wrote: > At 11:20 AM 9/7/01 -0700, Feliciano di Giorgio wrote: > >When I was studying industrial design, I had to design a > >copy > >machine. I built a lifesize mockup that resembled a black slab. It was > >rejected, because they were worried that if it somehow got knocked > >over(eventhough it was bolted in to the floor), it would open up the > >buyer to a huge lawsuit. > > Excuse me. I am not following this. Why would a "black slab" copy machine > be more inclined to get knocked over than, say, a white slab copy machine, > or whatever? And, if it did get knocked over, what sort of litigation > would result? On what theory? > > I do get really tired of the constant whingeing over attorneys. We guys do > more to protect your rights than you recognize, so learn a bit about the > way the legal system operates before making gratuitous slams at the > occupations of others. > > Marc > > msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 > Cha robh bąs fir gun ghrąs fir!