Received: from maia.hub.org (maia-2.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5C13E1337BD8 for ; Tue, 3 May 2011 12:08:38 -0300 (ADT) Received: from mail.postgresql.org ([200.46.204.86]) by maia.hub.org (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.251]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 98135-04 for ; Tue, 3 May 2011 15:08:20 +0000 (UTC) X-Greylist: from auto-whitelisted by SQLgrey-1.7.6 Received: from sss.pgh.pa.us (sss.pgh.pa.us [66.207.139.130]) by mail.postgresql.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 679AA1337BE4 for ; Tue, 3 May 2011 12:08:20 -0300 (ADT) Received: from sss2.sss.pgh.pa.us (tgl@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by sss.pgh.pa.us (8.14.2/8.14.2) with ESMTP id p43F8J6s020711 for ; Tue, 3 May 2011 11:08:19 -0400 (EDT) To: pgsql-general@postgresql.org Subject: Re: [ADMIN] Can we Flush the Postgres Shared Memory ? In-reply-to: <20110503145430.GG2246@hermes.hilbert.loc> References: <20110503145430.GG2246@hermes.hilbert.loc> Comments: In-reply-to Karsten Hilbert message dated "Tue, 03 May 2011 16:54:30 +0200" Date: Tue, 03 May 2011 11:08:19 -0400 Message-ID: <20710.1304435299@sss.pgh.pa.us> From: Tom Lane X-Virus-Scanned: Maia Mailguard 1.0.1 X-Spam-Status: No, hits=-1.91 tagged_above=-5 required=5 tests=BAYES_00=-1.9, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01 X-Spam-Level: X-Archive-Number: 201105/87 X-Sequence-Number: 175519 Karsten Hilbert writes: > On Tue, May 03, 2011 at 03:33:34PM +0100, Simon Riggs wrote: >> If you post here, the above disclaimer is not effective. Right now >> your words are being copied across the internet... > By typing / selecting a public list address "written consent > of the author" can be assumed to exist implicitely ;-) Nonetheless, corporate lawyers who insist on such disclaimers on all email are idiots, and make their company's employees look like idiots as well. Every disclaimer on obviously-public mail hastens the day when such disclaimers will have no legal force whatsoever (if indeed there's any left to them now). regards, tom lane