Path: csiph.com!eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Keith Thompson Newsgroups: comp.lang.c Subject: Re: Vacation time Date: Thu, 28 Jul 2016 15:09:14 -0700 Organization: None to speak of Lines: 24 Message-ID: References: <9c991c4a-682a-7d2e-55ac-a6b30b982076@verizon.net> <1beg6efq75.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> <1b37mtg75d.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> <1b60rpo3ba.fsf@pfeifferfamily.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Injection-Info: mx02.eternal-september.org; posting-host="945944de09706c9b4e29b53c9d2efdc2"; logging-data="10229"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1+id8WEVba8f5DkSfEkqhVX" User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.1 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:1krMMIooTxC1nXdsy64YI4YdDCg= sha1:0C61IzLfhPYFkwng6Sg04ELnBtU= Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.c:91282 Real Troll writes: > On 28/07/2016 22:33, Joe Pfeiffer wrote: >> Your original post still appears in my news feed (so far as I know, >> it isn't locally cached). I've now made a couple of tries at canceling >> my post, and every try is getting a 441 response, > > Don't waste your time cancelling anything because you can't. Google > knows everything and forgets nothing so before you post anything, take a > deep breadth and think before clicking on that "Send" button. If you > are under the influence of something then don't go near a computer! > It's dangerous and you'll come to regret it. James cancelled his original article on Google Groups and eternal-september, and it was actually deleted from Google Groups. If you use Google Groups, it's probably worthwhile to (try to) cancel an article if you need to. As for eternal-september.org, contacting the admin *might* be worthwhile. -- Keith Thompson (The_Other_Keith) kst-u@mib.org Working, but not speaking, for JetHead Development, Inc. "We must do something. This is something. Therefore, we must do this." -- Antony Jay and Jonathan Lynn, "Yes Minister"