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Why would you ever default to an opt-out for that information? That's like saying "people should read the contracts" while waving about a 10,000 EULA in 6 point type, or burying an option checklist so deeply that most users don't even know it's there.

“But the plans were on display…”

“On display? I eventually had to go down to the cellar to find them.”

“That’s the display department.”

“With a flashlight.”

“Ah, well, the lights had probably gone.”

“So had the stairs.”

“But look, you found the notice, didn’t you?”

“Yes,” said Arthur, “yes I did. It was on display in the bottom of a locked filing cabinet stuck in a disused lavatory with a sign on the door saying ‘Beware of the Leopard.”



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