
Some useful (?) things to send somebody ...
a) A pair of scissors, in one of those hard plastic wraps that the stores use to prevent their products being used before they are sold, and you need a pair of scissors to open.
b) A decompression program, in a compressed format
c) A software download, with the documentation for the unpacking and installation procedure included within the zipped / compressed file.
d) The name of a file on their computer, rather than its contents
e) A shrink wrapped software product, with a software license inside the shrink wrap which when you get to it says "by opening this product wrapping, you are agreeing to the terms of this license"
(written 2008-09-02, updated 2008-09-04)
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