[AccessD] Access 2007 - Microsoft is just plain stupid.

Speaking of rants, it irritates the hail out of me when people mis-state the
subject of the previous rant.  The rant was about the uselessness of
security in general, with an example of the lack of security provided by
encryption due to it's...  uhhh... the possibility of end runs.  

;-) 

In fact the rant seems to be about the stupidity of Microsoft.  I love that
rant simply because it so easy to join in.

I have to tell you though that your irritation is matched by my wife's who
likewise hates the misuse of it's.  One of my favorite misuse (mis-spelling
in fact) is loose when the author intends lose, as in "Every time I read
Arthur's rants I loose my train of thought".  However I suppose it has to be
loose in order to loose it.  But if anyone finds my train of thought I hope
they will return it to it's rightful owner.

;-)

John W. Colby
Colby Consulting
www.ColbyConsulting.com 
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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
Sent: Monday, December 10, 2007 4:34 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 - Microsoft is just plain stupid.

Speaking of rants, it irritates the hail out of me when people incorrectly
use "it's" when they intended "its". There is a very simple rule here:
"it's" is a contraction of "it is", as in "it's raining cats and dogs and
there are poodles all over." "Its", on the other hand, is a possessive
pronoun of neutral gender, as in "Despite its intentions, China was unable
to confine its populace to having merely one child per family."

That said, I do find your essay on encryption and the lack thereof
interesting. As it happens, I am taking a course on Techniques of Encryption
now. The last time I did anything meaningful in this area was pre-DES, so I
have a fair amount of catching up to do.

A.

On 12/10/07, Drew Wutka <DWUTKA at marlow.com> wrote:
>
> Of course, if I found a laptop, I would return it to it's owner...
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