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25 Oct 2021, 06:42 by bret@busby.net:

> On 25/10/21 3:40 am, Ricardo C. Lopez wrote:
>
>> Use case: At work (a school) they use Windows 10 and IT is kind of
>> fundamentalist about it. So I am thinking of "just" using the RAM and
>> the processor in their machine. I am thinking of:
>>  * running Debian Live from an external USB attached DVD player
>>  * via Qemu, which, of course, I will have to install and for which I
>> may need admin rights, and
>>  * attached an external pan and/or microdrive with whatever code I
>> need for my business.
>>
>>  Is such an environment possible? What kinds of technical problems do
>> you foresee with such setup?, probably with the BIOS? Any tips you
>> would share or any other way of doing such thing (I don't like to use
>> Windows, but at work you must use it)?
>>
>> Thank you,
>> lbrtchx
>>
>
> I wonder at the ethics and legality of using the computer system of a school, for your own personal business, instead of your business having its own assets. On the face of it, it seems comparable to embezzlement.
>
You have absolutely no idea of what the situation is.
He could be a contractor who has been offered the school facilities; just one potential scenario.

>
> I also wonder how Leibniz is relevant to this scenario - my understanding is that Leibniz is a symbol structure used in differential calculus as an alternative to Newtonian differential calculus symbolism.
>
And Liebniz was a philosopher and mathematician. The `symbol structure' you refer to would add up to a fullstop in the entirety of his works, so your `understanding' would appear to be as limited as your sense of common courtesy.
Cheers!

Harry.

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Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 21:50 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... David Christensen <dpchrist@holgerdanske.com> - 2021-10-24 22:10 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 22:20 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 22:30 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible          worlds" ... Linux-Fan <Ma_Sys.ma@web.de> - 2021-10-24 22:30 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 22:40 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... harryweaver@tutanota.com - 2021-10-24 22:40 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-10-24 23:00 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 00:00 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Bret Busby <bret@busby.net> - 2021-10-24 23:10 +0200
    Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 00:00 +0200
      Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 01:50 +0200
        Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "James H. H. Lampert" <jamesl@touchtonecorp.com> - 2021-10-25 17:40 +0200
          Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" "Thomas Schmitt" <scdbackup@gmx.net> - 2021-10-25 18:40 +0200
            Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" Kenneth Parker <sea7kenp@gmail.com> - 2021-10-25 20:30 +0200
            Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" Nicholas Geovanis <nickgeovanis@gmail.com> - 2021-10-26 21:50 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... harryweaver@tutanota.com - 2021-10-25 02:00 +0200
  Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Ricardo C. Lopez" <lbrtchx@gmail.com> - 2021-10-24 23:30 +0200
    Re: Leibniz' "best of all possible worlds" ... "Andrew M.A. Cater" <amacater@einval.com> - 2021-10-24 23:40 +0200

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