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Outdated technology
This is what I take Migeru's obscure comment to imply.

Er? That was a comment asking a site gnome to delete some spam...

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 2nd, 2006 at 01:37:40 PM EST

welcome back ;-) n/t (none / 0)

You can't be me, I'm taken

by Sven Triloqvist on Sat Sep 2nd, 2006 at 01:42:10 PM EST
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Re: welcome back ;-) n/t (none / 1)

Hush, hush.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sat Sep 2nd, 2006 at 01:55:08 PM EST
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Sorry I'm new to blogging.
But it was a strange way to tell somebody to piss off.
Anyay, you unwittingly opened up an important point to be dealt with and I can thank you for that.

John of Paris

by JohnofParis (wrightdotperrierarrobasfreedotfr) on Sun Sep 3rd, 2006 at 05:47:33 AM EST
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But it was a strange way to tell somebody to piss off.

You still don't understand. We regularly get people registering accounts and spamming diaries by posting comments full of chinese characters and hyperlinks. I replied to one of them and said "delete parent". My own comment should have been deleted or hidden when the spam was removed.

I didn't open up any points to be dealt with. You saw what you wanted to see.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Sep 3rd, 2006 at 08:08:50 AM EST
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"I didn't open up any points to be dealt with. You saw what you wanted to see."

Of course and it helped me out. Thanks again.

I would still be interested in your views on steam technology though.

John of Paris

by JohnofParis (wrightdotperrierarrobasfreedotfr) on Sun Sep 3rd, 2006 at 10:06:03 AM EST
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I am not much of a technologist, really.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Sep 3rd, 2006 at 10:40:56 AM EST
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Migeru's exact comment was:

Vandalism in progress... Delete parent!

It was indeed meant to draw admin attention to a spam comment it was attached to as a reply (parent comment).

BTW, if Helen had taken it for a piss off comment, I think she'd have found a suitable reply ;)

by afew (afew(a in a circle)eurotrib_dot_com) on Sun Sep 3rd, 2006 at 08:34:01 AM EST
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The best way to deal with vandals is to tell them to piss off. I don't see what Helen was supposed to do except thank him.

John of Paris

by JohnofParis (wrightdotperrierarrobasfreedotfr) on Sun Sep 3rd, 2006 at 10:08:40 AM EST
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The best way to deaal with vandals is to quietly undo their vandalism. The particular breed of vandal in the case at hand doesn't actually read the site so there's no way to tell them to piss off even if we wanted to.

Nothing is 'mere'. — Richard P. Feynman

by Migeru (migeru at eurotrib dot com) on Sun Sep 3rd, 2006 at 10:27:34 AM EST
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