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| Tech update... |
| 2007-06-11 |
| Since the database transfer flopped so spectacularly, I'm going to leave WoT Research up for awhile and tinker with Rantburg behind the scenes. We're currently using MySQL for articles and Postgres for everything else. The server's not as responsive as it should be, but Badanov is also having a look and he knows more about Postgres than I do. We've had three attacks (600+ hits each) by the spammers, and I've made additions to the .htaccess file based on each of them. Assuming my syntax is correct, similar posts should be filtered out. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #12 Major gratitude to Fred and Badanov for all their efforts. Sorry to see that the migration was not the success hoped for, but I'm willing to accept whatever constraints required in order that the proprietor and mods do not have to endure more DoS spamming. |
| Posted by: Zenster 2007-06-11 22:13 |
| #11 Ima sooooooo happy to see y'all... Merry Christmas and Mazel Tov! I waz about to enter re-hab Fred so thanks for saving me the udder humiliation being with Paris Hilton, Lindsay Lohan and Britney Spears an all. |
| Posted by: Dawg,Red 2007-06-11 21:34 |
| #10 Go go BadMan! |
| Posted by: Muffler the Man 2007-06-11 21:29 |
| #9 If you click on "Editor" you get kicked into some website http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ which I have not seen for sometime--was really annoying. I would like to nuke that website. I got your annoyed right damn here buddy. |
| Posted by: Muffler the Man 2007-06-11 21:27 |
| #8 That was what was supposed to happen. We appear to be up and running, thanks to Badanov. [Wild applause... Cheering... Cash and ladies' underwear thrown...] We've still got MySQL running and I'd like to see it go away, if Postgres will cooperate. But I'm looking forward to doing some posting for a change, instead of coding, cursing, and watching resources get gobbled. |
| Posted by: Fred 2007-06-11 20:41 |
| #7 I like the coloured article boxes, actually. It reminds me of the Financial Times, printed on that distinguishable pink newsprint, so that from across the train one knows that the person reading it is serious. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2007-06-11 20:40 |
| #6 welcome back! |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-06-11 20:34 |
| #5 When you click on "Today" a screen comes up that displays "Editor." If you click on "Editor" you get kicked into some website http://www.roadsideamerica.com/ which I have not seen for sometime--was really annoying. I would like to nuke that website. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-06-11 17:50 |
| #4 I hate spammers. Send 'em to spammer hell. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2007-06-11 17:45 |
| #3 Let's see. Do I cut the red wire or the blue wire? |
| Posted by: Snealing Oppressor of the Jutes1616 2007-06-11 17:43 |
| #2 600 hits is an "attack"? Jeez, my website could take that without blinking. Don't mean to be critical, but 600? |
| Posted by: gromky 2007-06-11 06:13 |
| #1 This turd brown article box color is......different, heh. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2007-06-11 01:26 |