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04-01-2008, 06:37 PM
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Spambots
We are under siege.
April Fool?
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04-01-2008, 10:49 PM
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I know, it's a problem. I'm behind on security patches for the forum. I need to renew the license, and since moving back to Ottawa, I just haven't had any money. I'll take care of it as soon as I can.
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short [03:17] FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem. [03:17] IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction
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04-01-2008, 11:18 PM
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Time for Hackneyed Joke #4571:
What is this mythical substance you call "money?" 
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04-02-2008, 04:36 PM
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I'm eating them as fast as I can, dammit! It would be easier if there were a few brainbots as well for variety, but sadly it looks like I'm going to have to go somewhere else for those.
Mmmm, brains. Also, I'm willing to chip in on the licence like last time, Zekey. These things always cost an arm and a brain, I know.
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04-02-2008, 07:18 PM
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I hope you put enough salt on those PHJ. I hear it enhances the flavor.
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mudshark: Nate's just being...Nate. Zeke: It comes nateurally to him. mudshark: I don't expect Nate to make sense, really -- it's just a bad idea. Sa'ar Chasm on the 5M.net forum: Sit back, relax, and revel in the insanity. Adam Savage: I reject your reality and substitute my own! Hanlon's Razor: Never attribute to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity. Crow T. Robot: Oh, stop pretending there's a plot. Don't cheapen yourself further.
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04-02-2008, 09:33 PM
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Salt? Salt? Bah! Salt is for dullards! No, a true connoisseur eats their spambots marinated in a caraway sauce.
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04-02-2008, 09:48 PM
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Fritters.
Yeah, you heard me.
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Mason: Luckily we at the Agency use use a high-tech piece of software that will let us spot him instantly via high-res satellite images. Sergeant: You can? That's amazing! Mason: Yes. We call it 'Google Earth'. - Five Minute 24 S1 (it lives, honest!) "Everybody loves pie!" - Spongebob Squarepants
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04-04-2008, 07:38 AM
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Good news: there's good news! I got that license renewed thanks to a timely assist from PHJ. Antony will be patching the forum on Saturday; he says there's a new anti-spam system he's sure will work.
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short [03:17] FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem. [03:17] IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction
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04-04-2008, 07:58 AM
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It's official - I own Zeke's soul. Go me!
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04-05-2008, 07:20 AM
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(1) Spazzing awesome.
(2) Do I read my timecodes wrong, or was PHJ making brain jokes the day before ZZ5MV went live? Can PHJ travel through time? (3) How cool is it that the Sci-Fi channel went ahead and bought the first series of The Sarah Jane Adventures for our delighted consumption?
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04-05-2008, 02:59 PM
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Any of it. There's another one, btw. Make it suffer.
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04-05-2008, 06:25 PM
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Can't believe I missed this before, but:
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04-05-2008, 10:51 PM
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04-06-2008, 12:05 AM
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I'm really surprised PHJ hasn't pointed this out, but...
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04-06-2008, 10:24 AM
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06-02-2008, 04:29 PM
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I just deleted about a hundred spambots, but we can probably expect more. Antony is working on the problem (they're having it at Trek BBS and Talk CSI too). In the meantime, I think I'm going to switch to manual confirmation of new members. It's a hassle for real people -- and yes, we do get one now and then -- but it should keep the bots from actually posting. I for one am sick of those same damn two pictures. Where's the variety?
ETA: Huh! I just noticed that our CAPTCHA system isn't actually turned on. I'll try that first and see how many bots still get through.
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FiveMinute.net: because stuff is long and life is short [03:17] FiveMinZeke: Galactica clearly needs the advanced technology of scissors, which get around the whole "yanking on your follicles" problem. [03:17] IJD: cylons can hack any blades working in conjunction Last edited by Zeke; 06-02-2008 at 04:32 PM.
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06-02-2008, 06:45 PM
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Spammers have actually come up with an effective means of bypassing CAPTCHA systems now: Paying people in poorer nations the equivalent of a few pence a time to decode them. Probably more cost effective than working out an automated CAPTCHA cracker system. Yay technology, hm?
Thankfully, we're probably not a large enough target for them to spend actual money on.
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06-03-2008, 07:40 AM
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Well I wish I'd known that before I did.
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Mason: Luckily we at the Agency use use a high-tech piece of software that will let us spot him instantly via high-res satellite images. Sergeant: You can? That's amazing! Mason: Yes. We call it 'Google Earth'. - Five Minute 24 S1 (it lives, honest!) "Everybody loves pie!" - Spongebob Squarepants
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06-03-2008, 07:03 PM
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Don't be too proud of this humanistic horror you've uncovered. The power to decode the CAPTCHA is nothing compared to the power of open source.
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06-05-2008, 11:35 AM
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My collar... is feeling awfully tight all of a sudden.
It wouldn't be quite so strange if I was actually wearing a shirt!
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