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You hitted on the shoulder, sean made a headshot
M.D.V. 
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Answer is gone
Use on 3
He almost had me with the whole answering of the question in a semi informative way.
The spammers are really starting to make a effort.
Tom
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M.D.V.
If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about?
Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you
Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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I'm not sure about this.
Yes it's a 2 year old question but that on it's own isn't a "bannable" offense is it?
Yes it has a link to a blog, not sure if it's his blog or not (most likely it is but no way to be sure), but if that blog contains the answer to the question isn't that allowed?
(yes better would be to actually copy the relevant info into the answer so that when the blog goes offline the answer still has value, and even better to then credit the blog (with a link))
And yes the blog recommends a tool (payable) but it's not his tool, and there is also a explanation of how to do it for free.
So I'm divided on this, and will give him the benefit of a doubt (for my part at least)
Will keep an eye on him tho.
Tom
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A link to a link to a commercial product is still spam. The only exception is if the OP specifically asked about that product, or possibly if they indicated they were looking for a commercial option and the link was clearly marked as such.
The question of whether or not it's his blog is irrelevant. He's linking to it to drive traffic to it, with the ultimate intention of driving traffic to the commercial tool. This is becoming more common since the introduction of the spam filter, since a post linking directly to the commercial tool would get caught.
The question of answering old questions comes up for debate regularly. In this case, we have an off-topic question which reads like a typical spam-bait setup. It already has an answer which appears to solve the problem. The chances that the OP is still looking for a solution two years after posting are pretty slim. When the solution doesn't add anything of value over the previous answers, there's absolutely no reason to keep it.
At least two other people obviously agree with me - the answer is now gone. 
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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I'd agree - it's either spam (most likely) or a rep hunter answering old questions just for the points.
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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I'd say that linking to a blog (or every external site) is generally a bad idea. For the following reasons:
- No control over the content itself (might be spam, malicious, etc.)
- The link can break in the future (site moved, blog entry deleted, etc.)
At least I tend to search the internet for a solution to my issues before asking a question on sites like CP or SO. If I then stumble upon answers which are linking to content that does no longer exist, that's costing me time. Time that I wouldn't have had to spend if the answer wouldn't have only been a link to some other obscure website that has gone a long time ago.
I think the correct way to do it would be to post the relevant pieces directly with the answer and adding the link to provide the source of the information provided.
Edit:
And if the question isn't worth that effort: downvote and ignore it.
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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No more software tools
Tom
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There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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Right. It's on my watch list.
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The user is gone; the answer[^] is on 2.
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Answer is gone as well
Tom
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