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(...) Seriously? (I meant the first post in the tree, not the followup one with the quoted text)... Dave K's post reads like he sees that it got cancelled and it looks cancelled to me from where I sit. if you seriously see the first post in the (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) Heh, relax :) I could still see it, because (as you might forget), I read news-by-mail. While your post is canceled to anyone looking at it NOW via the web interface, email users, and some NNTP users might still be able to read it. I take it (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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In lugnet.off-topic.test.foo, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) Yep, says cancelled! Dave K (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) Actually it says "(canceled)", rather than "(cancelled)" :-) So the correct answer technically was None of the above. :-) As for Dan seeing it, I forgot Dan was merely a mailboy rather than a newsman or webslinger... so ya, of course he did. (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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In lugnet.off-topic.test.foo, Dan Boger wrote: <snip> (...) For News-to-Mail to work, one must subscribe to that particular NG... So that means... (adds up column of numbers in head, carries the one, divides by the sqr root of pi...) Dan subscribed (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) (yes I had permission) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) Here's something--I couldn't reply to the actual cancelled message--there was no 'reply' button. Dunno if that's proper or not. Dave K (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) Yes... tempting, isn't it... there are so MANY posts that are a waste of electrons :-), but... no... Seriously... Cancelling posts without permission from their authors is a grave violation of the trust that all users have in the sanctity of (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) I believe that is WAD, but I don't have time to go find an older cancelled message to check at the moment for you to try it out on. Thanks for the followup though! (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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In lugnet.off-topic.test.foo, Larry Pieniazek wrote: <snip> (...) As per usual, Larry, always here for you. Especially in the kingdom of Foo! We now return to the regularly scheduled stuff of Foo! (Picture little old lady at the counter...) "Where's (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) It's OK dave. I'm here now. I was in the anteroom working on a small lugnet project. OK. let me have a QUICK look around foo, and see whats new...... hummmm read read read.. !!!!W H A T !!!!! this cant be right... sec. re-read, re-read, (...) (21 years ago, 17-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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To add to the confusion, this post will disappear for a short while. As you may be about to guess, I also have the power, and want to try out the uncancel feature... Frank (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) Yup, uncancel works. Frank (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) THIS is FANTASTIC NEWS. now, Ivan and I can say what we truely want, and when we get censored and the post is deleted, all we have to do is be nice to Frank, and wham-o, UN-DELETED!!! Chris King i think the King needs delete and un-deleted (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) LUGNET eschews censorship. (...) I can't think of a scenario where that would happen. a) Frank and I think alike in more ways than you might think... so he wouldn't uncancel my cancel, assuming I *did* cancel, without checking with me first, (...) (21 years ago, 19-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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(...) lets just break down this last sentence: -You're not clever enough This is a slap in the face if I've ever heard one. Any person would feel both challenged and the need for vindication. -cause a "dire emergency" I'm not sure what would (...) (21 years ago, 20-Nov-03, to lugnet.off-topic.test.foo)
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