On 28 Aug 2008, at 09:24, Ken Guest wrote:
> On Thu, Aug 28, 2008 at 9:15 AM, Niall O Broin <niall at linux.ie> wrote:
>> On 28 Aug 2008, at 08:55, Colm Buckley wrote:
>>>>> My opinion is that the way the Dell thing was done was a very bad
>>> idea; I
>>> got the impression that we gave Dell some levers to tweak in the
>>> software
>>> regarding the number and placement of the ads in the search
>>> results, and
>>> they basically pushed all the controls up to 11. Has anyone
>>> gotten a Dell
>>> recently; is this horrible software still included with them?
>>>> You're asking people on this list to admit to buying a Dell AND
>> running
>> Windows? There'd definitely have to be a lot of taking the 5th
>> amendment
>> there :-)
>>>> What? The removal of the special position of the RC Church? Is Mr Dell
> a saint or something?
I referred to the 5th amendment to the U.S. constitution (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fifth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution)
. Invoking one's right under this to not be "compelled in any
criminal case to be a witness against himself" is commonly referred to
as "taking the 5th" in (U.S.) popular culture.
Niall
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