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Don't mess with Greeks.

A lawyer and a Greek are sitting next to each other on a long flight.

The lawyer is thinking that Greek s are so dumb that he could get over on them easy...So the lawyer asks if the Greek would like to play a fun game.

The Greek is tired and just wants to take a nap, so he politely declines and tries to catch a few winks.

The lawyer persists, and says that the game is a lot of fun. I ask you a question, and if you don't know the answer, you pay me only $5; you ask me one, and if I don't know the answer, I will pay you $500, he says.

This catches the Greek s attention and to keep the lawyer quiet, he agrees to play the game.

The lawyer asks the first question. 'What's the distance from The Earth to the Moon?' The Greek doesn't say a word, reaches in his pocket pulls out a five-dollar bill, and hands it to the lawyer.

Now, it's the Greek ’s turn. He asks the lawyer, 'What goes up a hill with three legs, and comes down with four?' The lawyer uses his laptop and searches all references he could find on the Net.

He sends e-mails to all the smart friends he knows, all to no avail. After one hour of searching he finally gives up. He wakes up the Greek and hands him $500.

The Greek pockets the $500 and goes right back to sleep.

The lawyer is going nuts not knowing the answer. He wakes the Greek up and asks,

'Well, so what goes up a hill with three legs and comes down with four?'

The Greek reaches in his pocket, hands the lawyer $5 and goes back to sleep.

Stripping external links

Please don't remove links from OrthodoxWiki to OSource! The purpose of OSource is for source texts, not to strip external links out of OrthodoxWiki. —Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 02:41, November 18, 2008 (UTC)

OSource does not only source "texts" but sources "Audio" as well ... only problem is that it is taking time to develop the site - especially since I have been away for 2 months. Vasiliki 02:56, November 18, 2008 (UTC)
That's fine, and you're right. OSource is for other kinds of source material besides texts.
Nevertheless, please don't remove standard content (such as links) from OrthodoxWiki. —Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 21:51, November 18, 2008 (UTC)

Copyright question for OSource

I've noticed you've been adding many texts to OrthodoxSource. This is good.

I'm wondering, though, whether these texts are explicitly in the Public Domain or whether you have been given permission from the copyright holders to reproduce them on the site. Just in a brief examination of some of the texts on the site, I've found several articles which seem to be violations of copyright. (No indication is given that permission was received to use them.)

OrthodoxSource is hosted in the United States and has to abide by US copyright law. Except in the limited context of Fair use, it's illegal to use material from another source without explicit permission to do so. (Reproducing and republishing whole texts online does not constitute "fair use.")

Please make sure that you are abiding by US copyright law. OrthodoxWiki and OrthodoxSource could get shut down and the people who run them could get in trouble with the authorities.


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Fr. Andrew talk contribs (THINK!) 21:52, November 20, 2008 (UTC)