Novel justification for "Slow Down" notice

[Canal321 10]

1 hour ago, rasputin said:

Better use of your time would be chop it down before it flowers. So brum brum to you from me here in Cumbria where I was involved professionally with it's eradication from some areas 

I use a long stick and cut them down at the base. You have to keep an eye on them though because some start standing back up. 

[rusty69 3849]

....That is a bit drastic for banned members.Even a bit strong for sock puppets.

[Jim Riley 309]

2 hours ago, rasputin said:

Better use of your time would be chop it down before it flowers. So brum brum to you from me here in Cumbria where I was involved professionally with it's eradication from some areas 

Of course I know that, but round tuit are a scarce commodity, demands on my time to do other things excessive. The bits I cleared last year, appropriately earlier in the summer haven't grown back. There is also some Knotweed but the parks dept are dealing with that. They have reduced the amount over the past few years. I reckon if we could promote it as a free alternative to rhubarb it might help, but to be legal afaik, we would have to cook and eat it on the spot. The Japanese eat it. 

[doratheexplorer 855]

1 hour ago, rusty69 said:

....That is a bit drastic for banned members.Even a bit strong for sock puppets.

What you wanna do, is pull their tops off, and hopefully that will stop them spreading their seed.

[Sir Nibble 1865]

14 minutes ago, doratheexplorer said:

What you wanna do, is pull their tops off, and hopefully that will stop them spreading their seed.

Would definitely stop me spreading mine

[Jim Riley 309]

2 hours ago, Sir Nibble said:

Would definitely stop me spreading mine

You'd best stop trying to pull the top off then.

[tree monkey 1964]

2 hours ago, Sir Nibble said:

Would definitely stop me spreading mine

If you reacted the same was balsam does that would probably be a good thing.

[rusty69 3849]

2 minutes ago, tree monkey said:

If you reacted the same was balsam does that would probably be a good thing.

It would probably have no DisSirNibble effect.

 

Yeah,I know,its an oldie, but I like it.....ok!

[Sir Nibble 1865]

Don't panic. Disconnected shadbolts.

[Mike Todd 377]

8 hours ago, nicknorman said:

I don’t think that is too surprising - in order for the system to know a user ID is banned and display that on the user’s screen, that user must first login with username and password in order to be identified. So being logged in, and being able to post, are not the same thing.

That is a somewhat inferior system design: an attempt to login is not the same as logging in. Once the name/password have been entered, one response is "combination not recognised" (or whatever) and another is"you are logged in". It is entirely feasible/sensible at that point (before logging someone in) to post "you are banned". This at least means that the user knows that they have supplied correct combination but avoids a possible system vulnerability by logging someone in that should not be, even if for a short time.

[nicknorman 3113]

27 minutes ago, Mike Todd said:

That is a somewhat inferior system design: an attempt to login is not the same as logging in. Once the name/password have been entered, one response is "combination not recognised" (or whatever) and another is"you are logged in". It is entirely feasible/sensible at that point (before logging someone in) to post "you are banned". This at least means that the user knows that they have supplied correct combination but avoids a possible system vulnerability by logging someone in that should not be, even if for a short time.

Well I suppose it depends on your definition of “logged in”. But clearly the combination of user name and password has to be checked against the user database, before a banned user can be identified as banned.

[Chewbacka 534]

1 hour ago, nicknorman said:

Well I suppose it depends on your definition of “logged in”. But clearly the combination of user name and password has to be checked against the user database, before a banned user can be identified as banned.

Not if you ban everybody.....

[Paul C 463]

kris still can't log in

[Dyertribe 524]

7 hours ago, Paul C said:

kris still can't log in

Bump

[ditchcrawler 1281]

On 11/09/2019 at 07:14, Jim Riley said:

Waste of time replying with twaddle more like. My special high power stereoscopic full colour vision devices told me that there were still lots of flowers, mostly flowers, yes there were a few seeds, but not many. It's colder oop North. My vast superspeed organic thought processor then told me it was worth the effort, there will be fewer next year. So Ra Ra to you?

Why didn't you just scorch it off