[net.micro] Software Piracy and Newspaper Stands

wetcw@pyuxa.UUCP (T C Wheeler) (04/05/84)

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I see open newspaper racks all the time.  There are a number of them
in diners and motels around Jersey.  The main reason you see covered
racks up North here, is to keep the danged papers dry.  Have you ever
tried to read a wet paper?  The racks I run across have a little coin
box on the side to drop your money into.  Of course, there are some places
where it is just more prudent to lock up your papers.  I am sure that
these places exist in Canada also, as well as everywhere else.  Open
racks are not unique to any one place, nor are closed racks.  It all
depends on just how paranoid the seller is and how much rain is
going to fall on the rack.  In fact, I see many people open a closed
rack, and before they can close it, another person take a paper and
throw the money in the bottom of the rack.  More often than not, I
have seen people do this who did not have the correct change.  For
example, I have had a dime and a quarter in my hand to try and pay for
a thirty cent paper.  I just toss the thirty-five cents in and take
my paper.  It just seems more efficient than running around looking for
a nickle.
T. C. Wheeler