Comments on: Technical update http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/ Harangues that just make sense Sat, 05 Jul 2008 04:58:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: onefinejay http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-98259 onefinejay Thu, 02 Nov 2006 02:48:21 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-98259 Bill: When you get your Gorgonzola in the blue foil five pounds at a time from Costco and slice it up, it's got holes. And Gzola is totally kewl in my book. Swiss? Get some sharp cheddar, blow some cigarette smoke its way and chow down. Cheaper that way. Bill: When you get your Gorgonzola in the blue foil five pounds at a time from Costco and slice it up, it’s got holes. And Gzola is totally kewl in my book. Swiss? Get some sharp cheddar, blow some cigarette smoke its way and chow down. Cheaper that way.

]]> By: BeachBumBill http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-98142 BeachBumBill Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:53:58 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-98142 Now don't go spreading untruths about the terrific Gorgonzola. Gorgonzola is a dense, crumbly cheese very similar to blue cheese. The cheese with the holes is Swiss. Now don’t go spreading untruths about the terrific Gorgonzola. Gorgonzola is a dense, crumbly cheese very similar to blue cheese. The cheese with the holes is Swiss.

]]> By: Dana http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-98124 Dana Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:30:00 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-98124 I'd note here that I've had a couple of spammers register on my site; it'll only be a matter of time until some pond-scum techie comes up with an auto-registration spambot that gets around that. The point of the spams on the old topics (where they never get read; they are hoping that a site administrator will never know they are there) is to increase inbound links, to drive up the site's ranking on Google and other search engines. But such also uses up hosting site memory and site bandwidth. I don't know about our esteemed host, but I have to pay for my site hosting service, and if I exceed either hosting memory or bandwidth access, my costs would increase. These spammers are literally trying to steal service from us! Which brings up the obvious question for the attorneys who visit here: couldn't spammers be prosecuted or sued for such? I’d note here that I’ve had a couple of spammers register on my site; it’ll only be a matter of time until some pond-scum techie comes up with an auto-registration spambot that gets around that.

The point of the spams on the old topics (where they never get read; they are hoping that a site administrator will never know they are there) is to increase inbound links, to drive up the site’s ranking on Google and other search engines. But such also uses up hosting site memory and site bandwidth. I don’t know about our esteemed host, but I have to pay for my site hosting service, and if I exceed either hosting memory or bandwidth access, my costs would increase. These spammers are literally trying to steal service from us!

Which brings up the obvious question for the attorneys who visit here: couldn’t spammers be prosecuted or sued for such?

]]> By: Kevin Murphy http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97940 Kevin Murphy Wed, 01 Nov 2006 18:38:08 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97940 I don't much object to registration, <em>so long as it remembers me</em>. What I really dislike is having to re-register and type in the hard-to-read validation sequence each and every time I preview a comment. I don’t much object to registration, so long as it remembers me. What I really dislike is having to re-register and type in the hard-to-read validation sequence each and every time I preview a comment.

]]> By: aphrael http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97800 aphrael Wed, 01 Nov 2006 15:57:51 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97800 I've had reasonable success with akismet, although I do get a few false positives. Usually the key is *short comments* trigger false positives: a comment from a legitimate commenter containign the text "amen, brother", for example, got held up. I’ve had reasonable success with akismet, although I do get a few false positives. Usually the key is *short comments* trigger false positives: a comment from a legitimate commenter containign the text “amen, brother”, for example, got held up.

]]> By: Veeshir http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97725 Veeshir Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:40:22 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97725 This is only related because it's about technnical issues. I usually right-click to open links in another window, usine IE 6.0. Now, tight-clicking allows me to open another window if I do it quickly, but it also opens the link in this window, if you see what I mean. It basically acts as if I'm just left-clicking on it. This only started a week or so ago, I think. This is only related because it’s about technnical issues.

I usually right-click to open links in another window, usine IE 6.0. Now, tight-clicking allows me to open another window if I do it quickly, but it also opens the link in this window, if you see what I mean. It basically acts as if I’m just left-clicking on it.

This only started a week or so ago, I think.

]]> By: Dana http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97705 Dana Wed, 01 Nov 2006 13:03:10 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97705 I installed Akismet about three weeks ago, and it has worked very well. Akismet gives you a page listing of spams (or is the plural of spam, spam?) caught, so the administrator can review them and "unspam" a wrongly caught comment. The one glitch that I have found is that whenm it goes into a second page, trying to review caught spam on the second page is impossible; you get a page not found error. That means when you hit delete all, you might be deleting a valid comment you can't review. Also, I have to keep one comment in permanent moderation, or the button to check the Akismet spam queue cannot be accessed. I installed Akismet about three weeks ago, and it has worked very well. Akismet gives you a page listing of spams (or is the plural of spam, spam?) caught, so the administrator can review them and “unspam” a wrongly caught comment. The one glitch that I have found is that whenm it goes into a second page, trying to review caught spam on the second page is impossible; you get a page not found error. That means when you hit delete all, you might be deleting a valid comment you can’t review.

Also, I have to keep one comment in permanent moderation, or the button to check the Akismet spam queue cannot be accessed.

]]> By: Christoph http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97576 Christoph Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:11:32 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97576 Thank you. Thank you.

]]> By: Patterico http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97573 Patterico Wed, 01 Nov 2006 07:08:27 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97573 I asked Jay to do something about this in part because you were having problems. I asked Jay to do something about this in part because you were having problems.

]]> By: Christoph http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97566 Christoph Wed, 01 Nov 2006 06:59:36 +0000 http://patterico.com/2006/10/31/technical-update/#comment-97566 I've been completely prevented from leaving comments from my home computer for a while... so if this goes through that's encouraging. Spammers are a bitch, definitely. I’ve been completely prevented from leaving comments from my home computer for a while… so if this goes through that’s encouraging.

Spammers are a bitch, definitely.

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