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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:07 AM
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I have another idiot newby question.
What does "protected" mean? I've obviously been in the archives, but what does it mean?
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BlueJazz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:13 AM
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1. I've wondered the same thing myself. I assumed it meant....
...that there were a pack of Bad-Ass DUer's that would beat the shit out of you if you tried to access them.. :)
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:17 AM
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4. I'm now shaking in my shoes.
<sarcasm off> Maybe there are no safe places.
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PartyPooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:16 AM
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2. You're in the wrong Forum for this question.
Go to "Ask The Administrators" Forum. Skinner will give you a reply to your question!

:D

:hi:
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:20 AM
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5. Good suggestion, PP, thanks.
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PartyPooper Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:22 AM
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6. You're welcome. And, say "hello" to Skinner when you're down there!
:D

:hi:
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:49 AM
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12. Did it.
Told him you said hi.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:17 AM
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3. I think we could start a group to deal with these questions
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=105x2577899
follow the link
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:23 AM
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7. did you ask the admin?
If not should I?
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:25 AM
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8. Nah, don't sweat it
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:29 AM
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9. Sorry. but I can't stand a mystery.
The only way to know is to ask.
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JVS Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:31 AM
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10. My thread was a joke
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:37 AM
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11. Oh! Well then,
:toast: :hi:
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 12:53 AM
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13. OK, I just clicked the link.
No emoticon for bite me.:hi:
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 01:25 AM
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14. Close the "protected" thread immediately. Erase your hard drive.
Sell your computer or discard it in an undisclosed location. Eliminate any fingerprints or other identifying marks from the computer case and monitor.

See if you can find somewhere to stay in another town where few people know you. Don't try to contact your friends or your family. Don't speak to strangers. If someone approaches you, act as if you are very ill with a highly contagious disease and avoid engaging them.

If you are male change the pattern of your facial hair. If you are female consider shaving your head.

Trust me on this. I know.
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 01:35 AM
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15. Thank You!
I knew it. I would never sell a computer. I have a sledge hammer standing by. I also shop at Costco, so I have a large amount of garbage bags at the ready. We know who they are, NNadir, and their coming for us.:tinfoilhat:
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NNadir Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 01:47 AM
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16. Shhhh. You're doing it wrong.
Please don't address me by my screen name. The moderators could find out my email address.

Moderators: I really didn't understand that he or she was opening protected threads! See, I don't even know if this Hickman person is a man or woman or even a hermaphodite! I never met him/her/it before tonight.
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hickman1937 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Feb-05-05 02:15 AM
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17. Special Agent Dirk,
I promise, I don't know the above poster. If you'll notice, we said nothing about the pResident, or about the righteous war in Iraq.
Yours Sincerely
One of the Kennedys.
P.S. We're still connected(if you know what I mean).
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