|
But to be honest I can understand those who did report the post - it had all the signs of a stupid spam...
I tried to stop reporting the member, but was too late... Fortunately we can fix it, by asking the staff the reverse history...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
modified 8-Feb-16 9:52am.
|
|
|
|
|
Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter wrote: it had all the signs of a stupid spam
For me, that makes marking the post as SPAM understandable; but to kick the person off this site (by marking the account as SPAM) seems way overkill for something like this.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
Those two are follow almost automatically (and in case of a spammer rightfully) - in this case it was misinterpreted and for that I will ask to reinstall the member (what I would not do in case of real spammer)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
|
|
|
|
|
The problem is that marking a forum post as spam is also reporting the account.
I forget this sometimes like in this case.
|
|
|
|
|
I did not think that was the case. Are you certain? Or guessing? Doesn't really matter in the end, just curious.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
You will find my name among those that closed the account. But I reported only the post and not the account.
I recognised this some time ago when reporting real spam and found the account to be closed already including my name when trying to report that too.
But this seems to apply to forum posts only as far as I know (not to Q&A posts).
|
|
|
|
|
Interesting.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
So, you have an email that you think is spam but your email client hasn't caught it. Do you follow it? Do you let the spammer know that there's rich pickings there?
This space for rent
|
|
|
|
|
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: Do you follow it?
Nope. But I also don't report it as SPAM unless it is.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
So you leave it to others to do the heavy lifting and dirty work for you. Don't get upset at those of who do that work for you then.
This space for rent
|
|
|
|
|
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
|
|
|
|
|
You see a brown faced gentleman with a beard, do you tell the police there might be a bomber or do you let him kill women and children?
In a culture of fear no-one wins.
Don't fear the spammer, he might only want people to look at his jar of meat paste.
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
|
|
|
|
|
Way to go with a disproportionate analogy. That escalated very quickly. Given the same circumstances as in this thread, would I do it again. Definitely and without hesitation - armchair quarterbacks notwithstanding.
This space for rent
|
|
|
|
|
Pete O'Hanlon wrote: would I do it again. Definitely and without hesitation
Isn't that a quote from George Zimmerman?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
|
|
|
|
|
I did have a look at the link again and followed it all the way through and to my surprise discovered that it's actually an app - it's not satirical in nature.
There is an app that allows you to save files to your home computer - seriously! No wonder I thought it was satirical!
It was in fact spam - my bad!
“That which can be asserted without evidence, can be dismissed without evidence.”
― Christopher Hitchens
|
|
|
|
|
Funny thing it is...As now I asked Chris to reopen the account, and he did...
Let see the next move of the member...we can wait with the next ban for now (sometime those spammers are post and forget)...
Skipper: We'll fix it.
Alex: Fix it? How you gonna fix this?
Skipper: Grit, spit and a whole lotta duct tape.
|
|
|
|
|
I really need a quizzical eyebrow raised here.
This space for rent
|
|
|
|
|
Not bad enough that the Panthers played like a bunch of tailor's dummies operated with knotted up strings pulled by blindfolded children or that their offensive co-ordinator's play calling was indeed offensive, nay outrageously stupid, I had to listen to bloody Coldplay at half-time. Four hours (four wee small hours to boot) that I shall never get back. 
Who can I sue?
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
|
|
|
|
|
I take it some kind of sporting event didn't go well for you? 
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
|
|
|
|
|
It was Bulldog, Rounders or Netball. Not sure which.
veni bibi saltavi
|
|
|
|
|
It was something that the Americans call "football", where the ball is never allowed to touch anyone's foot. The rules being:
- stand around for 10 minutes
- throw the ball around for 10 seconds
- jump up and down shouting "touchdown" with the ball held high above the head
- repeat for four hours
- stand around for a further ten minutes looking at the clock
- declare someone the winner
|
|
|
|
|
Richard MacCutchan wrote: where the ball is never allowed to touch anyone's foot
On the contrary, kicking is a vital part of the game.
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
|
|
|
|
|
I watched a superbowl live some years ago (when the Broncos also won), but I don't remember any kicking; unless it was of the opposition. 
|
|
|
|
|
So you don't remember 11 kick-offs, 8 punts, and 2 field goals? How much were you drinking that night? 
I am not a number. I am a ... no, wait!
|
|
|
|
|
I didn't drink much at all, I was just bored to tears.
|
|
|
|
General 
News 
Suggestion 
Question 
Bug 
Answer 
Joke 
Praise 
Rant 
Admin 
Submit an article or tip
