Ok kids. here's the deal.
Please don't bitch about the spam on the site.
(and by please, I mean: If you do, I'll have to hunt you down and kneecap you)
I clear it off as soon as I get time, and we all agree that it's annoying as hell. Until we get the blacklist installed someone has to kill it all manually. I've closed the threads that seem to get hit the most as well.
I just spent an hour on it and I think I've gotten most of the stuff that was glossed over before it became a real problem.
(and I'd also just like to ask: What the hell is wrong with America's dick? viagra, cialis, etc???)
Posted by tj at March 08, 2004 04:01 AMI can't imagine that such efforts are even the least bit successful. Until my less thoughtful Marketing brethren glom on to this, thanks for your work, tj.
Posted by: Fes on March 8, 2004 09:04 AM(and I'd also just like to ask: What the hell is wrong with America's dick? viagra, cialis, etc???)
That's not im-po-tant right now.
Posted by: jonmc on March 8, 2004 09:37 AM(and I'd also just like to ask: What the hell is wrong with America's dick? viagra, cialis, etc???)
That's not im-po-tant right now.
Posted by: jonmc on March 8, 2004 09:37 AMI'd be glad to help getting MT Blacklist installed. Isn't it available in the latest MT release? Anyhow, tj, let me know if you want any help with that.
Posted by: adampsyche on March 8, 2004 09:45 AMI ain't got no knowledge or nothin, but I'll bring pie and pompoms.
I'll wear the cheerleader's uniform, but only by request. The thing really doesn't fit well, you know, down there.
(See, not to brag or nothing, I'm not completely "American," if you know what I mean.)
(Sorry.)
Posted by: Chico on March 8, 2004 10:42 AM(See, not to brag or nothing, I'm not completely "American," if you know what I mean.)
Chico, I don't know what you mean. Please explain in graphic detail - I'm here to learn! Not leer, dammit, learn.
And, bravo Mighty Tay-Hota - you're my hero.
Posted by: tizzie on March 8, 2004 11:10 AMI'd just like to take this opportunity to bitch about the amount of spam on this site. Shocking, really.
Posted by: kafka, esq. on March 8, 2004 11:49 AMheh. sorry about the tone of that...
and you just made the list.
Posted by: tj on March 8, 2004 01:16 PMI just visited your site and thought that tj looked like he needed my help!
(Please hope him!)
Posted by: hot-penis-pills on March 8, 2004 03:44 PMOh, tizzie. Sweet, newly VW'd, lovely tizzie.
A true gentleman does not divulge how large his winnings were in the great genetic lottery.
But to use the South Park euphemism, I will admit I must be an uncle fucka, as I can nae fuck any ants.
-- What? What'd I say?
Posted by: Chico on March 8, 2004 05:16 PMThere's also a Queen Leer joke in there somewhere, but I believe I've used up my olde-englishe quotient for today.
Also, tj, thanks for the work. It's gotta suck pulling all those weeds out of our hallowed ground.
Posted by: Chico on March 8, 2004 05:18 PMDid someone say Spam?
Mmmmmm, Spam. Did you know that if you cut it into little cubes and dip it into cheese fondue (what comes in a foil pouch) while crouched in the cabin of a tiny sail boat, during a thunderstorm, you get really, really sick?
Also, I don't know about Americans, but Canadian men are hung like the mighty sequoia.
Posted by: towerbrave on March 8, 2004 09:30 PM"Did you know that if you cut it into little cubes and dip it into cheese fondue (what comes in a foil pouch) while crouched in the cabin of a tiny sail boat, during a thunderstorm, you get really, really sick?"
Amazing.
What if you actually ate it? I suppose you'd die?
Towerbrave speaks nothin' but the god's honest truth, folks. *hand over heart, rises to sing 'O Canada'*
And TJ, Bravo! Bonne chance! Vous frappez les spams comme un tres bon spam-frappeur!
'strue, folks, I speak French like a true Albertan. I.E., horribly.
Posted by: arto on March 9, 2004 04:07 AMI don't like the spam so much as that delicious translucent Cosmoline it comes packed in. Now *that's* good eatin'!
Posted by: Fes on March 9, 2004 09:21 AMSince I've moved south to the holy land of pee-pee-spam, my French (sorry, I should say, my Freedom) has gone right into le merdeur.
So if y'all could type a little slower so's the rest of us can follow what-all all y'all's saying, that'd be great.
Posted by: Chico on March 9, 2004 01:48 PMPee pee spam ... reminds me of Cold Chef's classic: My pee smells like ham.
Posted by: tizzie on March 9, 2004 02:07 PM"Scabs on my butt and I'm losing my mind."
Ha!
'Scuse me, I have a song to write.
Posted by: Chico on March 9, 2004 03:28 PMEvery time I read that thread, I cry.
It's so beautiful.
Posted by: tizzie on March 9, 2004 04:56 PM"I'm releasing semen when I take a crap."
The classics truly are the best.
Posted by: ColdChef on March 10, 2004 07:46 AMHi:
Remember me? I used to be a regular visitor to your little site here, until I was taken aboard an alien vessel, where I was probed relentlessly for several months, only to be left by the side of the road with a hundred-dollar-bill stuff in my boxers and some stubborn stains that even Tide with Bleach Alternative can't get out.
I've been waiting until MT3 was released, but Ben and Mena are taking their sweet time about it (jk, Trotts!) I don't like to do frequent updates, because we've had problems before with lost data. I think this site is much bigger than MT likes to handle. I will look into blacklists and see what we can accomplish with the version we're running now (2.64). If we need to go to 2.66, we can do that.
I promise to make some time this week to take care of it. If you'd rather not wait, and anyone wants to monkey with it on their own, I'll be glad to provide them access to the server. Just email me and I'll hook you up.
Posted by: jpoulos on March 10, 2004 12:05 PMI know my Saturn is kind of funky looking, but I'd think that "alien vessel" is kind of a harsh way to describe it, wouldn't you?
Posted by: ufez on March 10, 2004 12:34 PMMe & ufez are still waiting for change from that hundred by the way.
Posted by: jonmc on March 10, 2004 01:29 PMI was taken aboard an alien vessel, where I was probed relentlessly for several months, only to be left by the side of the road with a hundred-dollar-bill stuff in my boxers and some stubborn stains that even Tide with Bleach Alternative can't get out.
Oh, my jealousy knows no bounds.
Posted by: Vidiot on March 10, 2004 01:38 PMMe & ufez are still waiting for change from that hundred by the way.
Don't tell lupo, but it was actually a Canadian $100. I'll send ya a nickel, jon.
Posted by: ufez on March 10, 2004 01:44 PMWe could use the spam to plug the hole in the sea? Don't want any crunchy little fishies getting away ...
Posted by: flying walrus on March 11, 2004 08:10 AMI'd just like to take this opportunity to spam about the amount of bitch on this site. Shocking, really.
Posted by: wendell on March 11, 2004 03:04 PMI've installed the MT-Blacklist plugin. It was so simple, I feel bad for taking so long.
(Thanks to adampsyche for stepping up to the plate.)
Posted by: jpoulos on March 11, 2004 04:18 PMYay! they're gone! The spambots are gone!
*drinks a toast to TJ, Lupo, and Adam*
*drinks another toast to all of us, even the useless ones :-)*
Posted by: tizzie on March 11, 2004 08:33 PMYAY! I just checked in for my nightly cleaning, and I don't have to do a damn thing! YAY!
Posted by: tj on March 11, 2004 11:14 PMPlenty of time to catch the remaining Wings games now, tj.
Posted by: adam on March 12, 2004 07:32 AMI really, really never realized how bad it was. I'm sorry you had to waste so much time keeping things clean, teej. We all thank you for your vigilance.
Please, everyone, don't hesitate to ask for ponies.
Posted by: jpoulos on March 12, 2004 09:22 AMI have no idea, but it was around a half hour nightly... I think I closed about 15 old threads.
Posted by: tj on March 12, 2004 12:06 PMAdam, you've had plenty of octopi lately. Don't get greedy.
tj, I think we all owe you pie. You've done yeoman's work for too long. Thanks, brotha.
Posted by: Chico on March 12, 2004 12:38 PMThere were about 60 or so spam comments still remaining when I did the final cleaning. If there were that many left, I can't image how many tj cleaned up along the way.
Posted by: jpoulos on March 12, 2004 03:28 PMA note about posting images:
We encourage users to post images, especially those hilarous pics of monkeys
wearing dresses or programming for Linux. But posting images that reside on someone
else's server is considered by many to be bandwidth theft. Our thoughts
on the matter, along with some solutions to the problem, can be found
here. Thanks.
In an effort to help eliminate spam (and to preserve the sanity of the 9622 Volunteer Simian Spam-Cop Brigade) all threads older than 30 days will now be closed to comments.
