[Ads-l] vampire rule

Bill Mullins amcombill at HOTMAIL.COM
Wed Jan 28 18:38:05 UTC 2026




2016 State Advisory Committee for the Education of Exceptional Students (SAC) Meeting Report 12 July 22

The state is putting out fires. There is a vampire rule: it only comes when it is invited.

https://www.fldoe.org/core/fileparse.php/7571/urlt/July2016SACminutes.pdf



2018 IEEE Consumer Electronics Magazine March 104/1

This vampire rule serves as an interesting plot device in supernatural fiction, but it has its root in a collective understanding that our homes are special places that afford us an important and desired level of privacy. 

https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?arnumber=8287046


2020 West Lebanon NH Valley News 27 Sep A5/6

It’s not clear whether, at this point, the Babiarzes fully understood that the libertarians were operating under vampire rules – the invitation to enter, once offered, could not be rescinded.

https://www.newspapers.com/image/913306523/
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