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2010-03-15 --Tech & Moderator Notes

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Posted by trailing wife 2010-03-15 08:36|| || Front Page|| [8 views ] Top

#1 Thanks for the "heads up" TW.

Posted by tipover 2010-03-15 11:20|| 2010-03-15 11:20|| Front Page Top

#2 Be careful not to toss your cookies.

Posted by Ebbang Uluque6305 2010-03-15 11:39|| 2010-03-15 11:39|| Front Page Top

#3 Halliburton X X Division still possible, no?

Posted by twobyfour 2010-03-15 12:53|| 2010-03-15 12:53|| Front Page Top

#4 The spam/hack/dos attacks are a backhanded compliment to Fred and the mods for providing the truth to all of us about terrorism in the world today, and other important things. It shouldn't happen, and if we could ever find out who is behind it, I'll gladly authorize the use of deadly force against them. I'm ashamed I'm not a good enough programmer to build a counter-bot that would toast someone's attack computer. I'm glad that Fred and Badanov stand between us and this sewage. Thank you, all, for all you do.

Posted by Old Patriot 2010-03-15 13:14|| http://oldpatriot.blogspot.com/ 2010-03-15 13:14|| Front Page Top

#5 trailing wife,
just wondering if you've looked at this free spam blocker?
I've heard good reports about it.

Posted by tipper 2010-03-15 13:27|| 2010-03-15 13:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Halliburton is still ok -- him we know and love. :-)

No, of course I didn't know about that spam blocker, tipper, I'm the one who refers to bot thingies. Is that for the little laptop my family got me, or for Fred? I'm not aware that I had a spam problem, which does not mean that I don't... What say you knowledgeable Rantburgers?

Posted by trailing wife 2010-03-15 16:03|| 2010-03-15 16:03|| Front Page Top

#7 In TW's defense, the TOS page was written more than a year ago, but was just never linked to in the front page.

Fred has developed his own antispam solution which is unique and is a journey, not a destination.

My theory about this last attack is that we got hit by two large spam networks consecutively judging by the server/client signatures, as well as the message signatures.

Spammers act like locusts. They attack and overwhelm and when they are done there is little to do but move on. My own limited experience is that these spammers won't give up until they are given good reason to move on, and we haven't done that yet.

Make no mistake about spam. It is online crime; a criminal act whether it supports Russian criminal activity, Barak McDreamy and his Dreamettes or terrorism, it is still a crime to steal eyes and bandwidth for advertising.

Posted by badanov 2010-03-15 19:01|| 2010-03-15 19:01|| Front Page Top

#8 bad, Too bad there's not a digital equivalent to the anti-junk mail technique of putting their post-paid reply permit on a box of rocks.

Posted by Glenmore 2010-03-15 20:24|| 2010-03-15 20:24|| Front Page Top

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