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   Ken Blake to All   
   Re: How can we programmatically distingu   
   01 Apr 23 08:22:04   
   
   XPost: alt.comp.os.windows-10, alt.comp.os.windows-11   
   From: Ken@invalid.news.com   
      
   On Sat, 1 Apr 2023 05:56:35 -0000 (UTC), Jim S    
   wrote:   
      
   >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!   
      
      
   Now you've done it! You mentioned VPN, & especially free VPN.    
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)   

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