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   Jim S to All   
   Re: How can we programmatically distingu   
   01 Apr 23 05:56:35   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: jim@jimXscott.co.uk   
      
   In article , Char Jackson   
    says...   
      
   > I'll dumb it down for you. Why do you think any free VPN service would   
   > be safe? Why do you think its free in the first place?   
      
   I will dumb it down for you. The instant someone mentions VPN, there is   
   *always* a fool who starts screaming how much they fear VPN, and it's even   
   sooner than in an instant if you put the word "free" in front of VPN.   
      
   There should be a "VPN Law" which says something like that, where that fool   
   *never* adds a single thing that everyone doesn't already long ago know.   
      
   It's even worse than that fool never adding anything that everyone doesn't   
   already know in that the fool *never* provides a solution to their problem.   
      
   If you don't realize how foolish these people are, then allow me to try to   
   provide an example, although you should have gotten the point by now.   
      
   USER: I think I'll go out for a stroll.   
   FOOL: You can't do that! It's too dangerous.   
      
   USER: Why?   
   FOOL: There are bad things out there, that's why. Very bad I say.   
      
   USER: Like what?   
   FOOL: Everything. Everything is bad out there. Don't do it. Baad!   
      
   USER: But can't you name something that I don't already know?   
   FOOL: Oh yeah! Cars. Dogs. Mosquitoes. Lightning bolts too! Baaad!   
      
   USER: Cars? Dogs? Bugs? Lightning? But everyone knows all that?   
   FOOL: Yes. But I feel the need to scare you with all that. Baaaad!   
      
   USER: But can't you tell me something that I don't already know?   
   FOOL: Of course not. I'm a fool after all. I say Baaaaaaaaaaaaad!   
      
   USER: OK. Well then, after all that, what's your solution?   
   FOOL: I never thought about it, so, no. I have no solution.   
      
   USER: No solution?   
   FOOL: Yup. Nothing. I have nothing but Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!   
      
   USER: OK. But why did you bother to warn me of what I always knew?   
   FOOL: I'll dumb it down for you. VPN Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!   
      
   It never changes.   
   It happens every single time someone mentions VPN, & especially free VPN.   
   FOOL: VPN Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!   
   FOOL: Free VPN Baaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaad!   
   --   
   Jim S   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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