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Date: Mon, 01 Dec 2003 11:39:02 -0500
From: Andrew Dunstan <andrew@dunslane.net>
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Greg Stark wrote:

>Oliver Elphick <olly@lfix.co.uk> writes:
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>
>>Then it needs to be stated very prominently.  But the place to put a
>>sign saying "Dangerous cliff edge" is beside the path that leads along
>>it.
>>    
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>
>The only way to make this prominent would be a file with the *name* "THIS
>DIRECTORY CONTAINS CRITICAL DATA". Not a "README" with that message inside.
>
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>

Renaming the directories is the only suggestion I've seen that makes 
sense. The others remind me of the warning that is now placed on coffee 
cup lids at fast food places: "Caution, Contents May Be Hot".

cheers

andrew