[PRCo] Re: PRC Roster

[Derrick J Brashear]

On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Fred W. Schneider III wrote:

> Ed Lybarger pointed out to me that the "78 page Pittsburgh roster" may
> contain some mistakes and that the two people who copied the material
> out of company files will not be happy if it is released.  

I assume that makes this material "lost" then. Oh well.

> I have been typing a generalized roster for you fellows ... numbers,
> builder, year built, car type, general information on apparatus and
> changes thereto, generalized scrap dates (not specific by car but often
> first, last, and majority).  The data come from a variety of sources,
> none of which have proven accuracy.  I'm up to the 4700s now.  Maybe I
> can finish it this week.  It will be put on like in Microsoft Word when
> finished. Derrick can change it to other formats if he wishes.  

Good enough.

> (In case no one understands this latter concept, information can not be
> copyright protected but original work, style, etc. can be protected. 
> For that reason many cartographers put insignificant mistakes in their
> maps in order to prove in court that someone ripped them off.)

It won't win me friends but note the next time someone complains that some
piece of software doesn't work quite the way they want I reserve the right
to laugh and suggest it was so Microsoft would know their software had
been pirated;-)

-D
-hates inaccuracy as over time if enough people believe the wrong
something it can become gospel whether your work was "copied" or not
-and now back to work, since my deliberate inaccuracies, er, bugs, are
causing problems