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   nunya_bidness, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:38am

   
   

   Thank you for reassuring me that I was not losing my mind!

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   Eh!

   

   Anonymous of Course, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:41am

   
   

   You'll have some of that.
   
   It's unfortunate but thanks just the
   same for Techdirt. We probably don't
   say that often enough.

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   whoops!

   

   Mark, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:43am

   
   

   Didn't a UK ISP just do this to a few hundred gigs of email?

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   HA!

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:51am

   
   

   I apologize for inciting others to spam (see sirius/xm posting), and you apologize for deleting it!
   
   That's wonderfully rich.

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   Fat fingers

   

   Paul, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:51am

   
   

   The fingers you have used to delete the comments are too fat. To order a special typing wand, please mash the keyboard with your palm now.

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   Just Another Joe, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:54am

   
   

   Mike, It's completely unAmerican of you to simply admit your mistake. Nothing short of suing the manufacturer of the admin software will do, after all shouldn't they have created a "oops I F'd it up tool" to recover the lost data. Maybe you could go after the HD manufacturers as well since we all know the data is really there, just not there (awaiting over write). its all a big conspiracy and we have to get the bad guys.

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   Conspiracy? Damned right!

   

   anna, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:58am

   
   

   It's all George Bush's fault.

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   You know...

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:02pm

   
   

   If noone had stolen your magic sword of Typing +1 this wouldn't have happened...

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   Fired?

   

   Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:04pm

   
   

   Where's Donald Trump when you need his catch phrase? :D

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    Database with no way to restore to a point in time

    

    Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:07pm

    
    

    Wow sounds like someone needs to upgrade to SQL Server or something. Point in time restore learn, must you...

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    Steve, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:12pm

    
    

    Every application should have an un-do function...that should be a law!!! (Hmmm...I wonder if this comment will post....????)

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    Never mind man!

    

    Philip, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:14pm

    
    

    It's ok man, at lease this site gets comments, i've just started up my site, not got one comment yet :(
    
    If anyone wants to give my site a comment, go ahead, its http://www.philipaustin.co.uk
    
    its a tech blog btw ;)

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    c'est la vie

    

    Meredith, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:16pm

    
    

    I can't imagine that this hasn't happened to all bloggers at least once in their blogging career. It's certainly happened to me. You're working quickly, are thinking about ten thousand other things you need to do, you hit the wrong button and "boom!" Thanks for admitting your mistake. :)

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    Re: Conspiracy? Damned right!

    

    Name Withheld, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:16pm

    
    

    Don't laugh. Bush's ineptitude is viral and may well have been a partial cause of the comments' loss.
    
    I'm convinced that Republican running our government is the root of 90% of the bad things that have happened since 2000.

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    Wow...

    

    Jake, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:16pm

    
    

    I commend you for telling the truth! If only the rest of the companies in America could do that same thing.
    
    So some posts got deleted, mildly irritating but not the end of the world.
    
    THANK YOU FOR ADMITTING IT! Other companies should take note!

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    Re: Never mind man!

    

    Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:18pm

    
    

    "If anyone wants to give my site a comment, go ahead, its http://www.phi...."
    
    Hey Mike, does your tool let you delete "part" of a post? I suppose its a good thing when you competition starts spamming your comments section, right? Thats an indication that you are doing better than them... right?

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    Re: Conspiracy? Damned right!

    

    CodeGator, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:18pm

    
    

    George Bush hates fat fingers!

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    Bummer

    

    Dan, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:27pm

    
    

    Eh, I write mostly pointless crap anyway.
    
    But I will say that I wrote a fairly pointless (as usual) post once, and it was flagged as SPAM... system said it would be reviewed and posted (if it wasn't completely pointless)... but my comment never showed up! So there's a fairly fine line between offhand comments and SPAM.
    
    Wait... what was my point, again?

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    Isn't that an act of terrorism now days?

    

    ROFLMAO, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:33pm

    
    

    Don't let Dubya (W) find out or he will put you up for accommodations in a resort he owns in Cuba. I think its called “Wan-to-no-more” Cuba.

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    Wrong button

    

    Saboteur, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:35pm

    
    

    Heh Heh I pushed the wrong button heh Fat fingers heh But I can tell you we are not looking for Osama in Iran any more

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    Here's the solution...

    

    Spam King, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:40pm

    
    

    Hi Mike,
    
    Just wanted to swing by and let you know about a new solution from Sanders Enterprises called Comment Save. All you do is load our software on your machine and you'll be able to backtrack and save data in the unfortunate event of lost comments on your board. We can discuss pricing offline if you prefer, but I wanted you to know I am prepared to offer you a significant discount - along the line of 25 percent - should you decide to purchase our products.
    
    Thanks
    Steve Sanders
    CEO

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:44pm

    
    

    i was gonna say, what happened to the comments on several of the pages i was keeping up to date on.
    
    thanks for the post!

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    Damn...

    

    Sanguine Dream, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 12:49pm

    
    

    Damn dude! I know you want to get rid of the childish insults, immature arguing, and those foresaken "first" posts but this was a touch of overkill. LOL. We all make mistakes. I'm just glad you're un-American enough to admit it.

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    Glad someone...

    

    Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:02pm

    
    

    can admit that they made a mistake. We need more of that. Instead of this pointing fingures bullshit

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    Damn

    

    charlie potatoes, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:02pm

    
    

    fuck you, towel head.

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    Re: Re: Conspiracy? Damned right!

    

    DittoBox, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:05pm

    
    

    Please. And democrats could do better? Same s*** different a**hole if you ask me.

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    Transparency has a lovely shine to it ...

    

    Alan MadLeese, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:08pm

    
    

    What is most remarkable about Mike's all-too human error is his admission, no bullshit, no alibis, no evasions, just, well, I screwed up. That, to me, a recent arrival in the world of bloggers, although I am not a blogger, is the magic of the Internet, the thing that will make it bigger and better and more empowering. Yeah, we all fuck up, and you do not have to demand a retraction, clarification or admission. Wow. holyfuckingwow, almacleese from hallowell, maine, where life is as it oughta be.

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    ConceptJunkie, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:10pm

    
    

    Bah! It's not worth suing unless you go for the deep pockets. I suggest Microsoft, Sony and Google. There's not a jury in the world that wouldn't deliver some serious kaching! to you. This is America, land of the lawsuit lottery.

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    Re: Damn

    

    Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:32pm

    
    

    Towel head? Where?

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    Re: Database with no way to restore to a point in

    

    Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:38pm

    
    

    A Point In Time Restore of an entire database to undo the work of one transaction would not be the best approach. While SQL Server may be considered an "upgrade" of some sort, it wouldn't provide any outstanding recovery features. To get that, you need Oracle - then you can undo the effects of one transaction.

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    Re: whoops!

    

    RJ, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 1:56pm

    
    

    I hope Mike from the Sorry dept was not working at that ISP when the gazillion gigs went AWOL!!!! I jest!!!

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    jsaltz, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 7:11pm

    
    

    This is an abomination.

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    Anonymous Coward, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 8:18pm

    
    

    Jesus. Reading this cracked me up.
    
    Thanks for the heads-up Mike.

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    You'll be hearing from my lawyers

    

    DV Henkel-Wallace, Aug 16th, 2006 @ 9:19pm

    
    

    I am shocked and disappointed that you have infringed my human rights. Help, I'm being repressed! My attorneys will be sending you a demand letter for $2,048,000 and if you do not make good within 24 hours I will go to the feds!
    
    You have been warned. After the feds are done with you I will dig up the landscaping around your (by then former) offices for the platinum bars.

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    oi

    

    rijit (profile), Aug 16th, 2006 @ 11:59pm

    
    

    Well, there goes all those educated discussions everyone was having, such a great day for intelligent conversation on TechDirt too. All the FU's and up yours, I do not know what I will read now. The last conversation had something to do with Captain Patent....

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    The wisdom

    

    oh no!, Aug 17th, 2006 @ 5:45am

    
    

    of dorpus is now gone!

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    Re: Re: Database with no way to restore to a point

    

    Just Another Joe, Aug 17th, 2006 @ 6:15am

    
    

    That's it....should have been using Mac, then you could upgrade to Leopard and have Time Machine. (insert typical Mac fanboy cheesiness)

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