blackaeronaut Wrote:Glad that Fast Eddie saw where the wind was blowing.It really wasn't so much as that as it simply being the only rational and proper thing to do. There would have been no way in hell to justify ignoring a C&D just to spite a user he was banning, especially when under the law doing so would have made him vulnerable to a deserved massive retaliation that might well have taken the entire site down for a little while.
I have no doubt it irked him -- it probably looked like I deliberately timed it to get in a last zinger by being able to legally force him to delete something of mine, with the implicit threat that I could down the entire wiki (and cause a third Google Incident in the process -- the actual "takedown" would have included bringing Google in on the matter) if he blew me off. But that was never my intent or goal. I just wanted my story removed, it took me that long to do the research and get the chance to send the C&D, and I trusted Fast Eddie not to be irrational or a dick about it.
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.