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Ulf Dittmer wrote:I'd say that one example of where secrets hurt does not prove that secrets are always wrong...
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Greg Brannon wrote:Was the condition of the ASUS laptop a SECRET, or could you have learned about it with more research, a visit to a forum, a call to ASUS customer support beforehand, etc? I often find out details available in the public domain about a product after I already own it that might have convinced me not to buy it had I known them before making the decision. I feel cheated afterwards, but I have to accept that it's really my fault.
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Guillermo Ishi wrote:Secrecy is of course inevitable, and it can be a valuable tool. What that tool is used to do is the issue. Not being able to change the OS on the laptop is surely not advertised and is therefore something of a secret deception...
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:Let me first state my opinion:
Secrets are wrong. They are always wrong.
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Winston Gutkowski wrote:
Secrets are wrong. They are always wrong.
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Jeanne Boyarsky wrote:
Winston Gutkowski wrote:Let me first state my opinion:
Secrets are wrong. They are always wrong.
Since you said "always", the way to argue is with a counterexample.
Do you feel it is wrong to buy a gift for someone's birthday and keep it a secret to make it a surprise? Or a surprise party for that matter?
fred rosenberger wrote:then please give me your bank account numbers, passwords, "secret question" answers, and all other relevant information to let me access your finances.
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Piet Souris wrote:it all reminds me of this new BIOS thing called UEFI. I tried the internet
for similar problems, and found this:
http://forums.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=46&t=140874
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fred rosenberger wrote:If secrets are bad, all the time, in every case, then please give me your bank account numbers, passwords, "secret question" answers, and all other relevant information to let me access your finances.
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