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Gentle Corrections

Mark Baker: Today, Roy Fielding ripped me a new one on the topic of the https URI scheme, which I had always considered an unnecessary hack.

It seems that Mark now knows a bit more about the rationale behind the https URI scheme, but doesn't quite grasp the colloquialism.

Trust me, if you've ever witnessed Roy ripping someone a new one, you will know it.

Me?  I've only gotten a mild swat or two...

Must be Yankee-speak.  I've only heard it used once, and it wasn't in the way you suggest there.  But some Googling reveals;

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So it seems I misused it; Roy has never verbally abused me, just taught me a whole lot.  Serves me right for dabbling in an unfamiliar foreign language.

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