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(...) What about making the server reject any new posts to a thread, either through the web or NNTP? It again wouldn't be the most elegant solution, but I'd imagine it would be doable. (...) I think the easiest way would be adding some negative (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Okay, here's the big issue: LUGNET is based on an NNTP server, and the news system does not support such a thing as thread locking, since threads are only made up by matching subjects (and some header info) in the very first place. Enhancing (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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In lugnet.people.support, Elroy Davis wrote: [snip] (...) [this entire incident aside] I'm not sure if thread locking is even do-able. I think it was talked about a few months ago (privately). Jerry would know if it's possible, and then it would be (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support, lugnet.admin.general)
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Would an admin please either: 1) ban these folks who want to make their personal squabbles (on other boards!) public here? OR 2) at least remove this thread from the front page spotlight? Barring that, please edit the home page to remove the tag (...) (18 years ago, 15-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Eric, With that "logic", should I post here about the woman at the Massachusetts Registry of Motor Vehicles who gave me a hard time the other day? How about a PITA Brickseller? How about when rude comments are made about me over in (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people.support) !
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(...) Bringing it "back" was not my motivation, showing others that I get hassled even when I keep to myself was. (...) Perhaps a different man would. This man has had enough. Manipulate my image and I will say something and I will point it out in (...) (18 years ago, 14-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, lugnet.people.support)
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Eric, get a clue! You brought this round back to lugnet yourself. A smarter man would either laugh and ignore the insult or do some kind of damage control. If someone had done something like this to me I'd be doing some research to see why people (...) (18 years ago, 13-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Dear Admins, In light of this response I retract my statement. Tim (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) Arthur, thank you for taking the time to write this and to do so with a clear head. If you are willing, we need such an arbiter. I give my word that I will not engage in malicious activity. I am to isolated to even have anyone to chat with let (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Arthur, thank you for taking the time to write this and to do so with a clear head. If you are willing, we need such an arbiter. I give my word that I will not engage in malicious activity. I am to isolated to even have anyone to chat with let (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) My name and my “strange use of phrasing and language” are my own I commented on this issue as I believe I recognize the behavior being demonstrated by some of the people on this forum. I have been involved in resolving many cases of (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) May I inquire politely as to the nature of your involvment in this? I have asked you many times to knock off the petty bickering and team disparagement you engage in. You are a talented man Mr. Roberts. Lift your soul and the fibers of your (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Dear Admins, I have my strong suspicions that this is a puppet account for Eric Sophie. The strange use of phrasing and language of this response matches his very closely and the name used is further suggestive of a puppet account. I would ask (...) (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.people.support, lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) May I inquire politely as to the nature of Lugnet's policy on sockpuppets? I would consult the ToU but I feel in this case it's best to ask administration directly. Soren (18 years ago, 12-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general, FTX)
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(...) I miss my Todd Lehman. Good to see you around buddy! (18 years ago, 9-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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A couple of things confuse me about the entry for set 10177. First, why is there a link on the Guide page to an image (instead of the "Picture not available" box), but following that link ( (URL) leads to no image? Second, why isn't this set in the (...) (18 years ago, 8-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.database, lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hmm, that *is* weird. This isn't actually a PML thing, though, but an FTX thing. The FTX-to-HTML converter runs as a seperate self-contained module; all PML parsing occurs prior to the FTX-to-HTML conversion. The backslash in FTX was intended (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Hi Travis, sorry, but FTX/Perl isn't _my_ invention ;-) I could imagine it has something to do with Perl (AYMK, LUGNET is based upon Perl). The backslash in combination with a char is a so-called "control character" in Perl and also used to (...) (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) Wow, that's really weird. Ya gotta love PML... Steve (18 years ago, 2-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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(...) OK, now that's just plain weird. So you're saying that every odd backslash will show up in an FTX post, no matter where they are, right? I confess that I fail to see the reasoning behind this behavior. It's worth noting that I couldn't find (...) (18 years ago, 1-Aug-06, to lugnet.admin.general)
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