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sonicsnail
Bipolar (III) Inmate

From: Scotland
Insane since: Jun 2001

posted posted 09-06-2012 01:26

.. to come back after a LONG time and start a thread just to see if your account is still there?

(Hi everyone :-)

Pete



Edit: sad to see my sig doesn't work anymore..

(Edited by sonicsnail on 09-06-2012 01:28)

GRUMBLE
Paranoid (IV) Mad Scientist

From: Omicron Persei 8
Insane since: Oct 2000

posted posted 09-06-2012 22:13

yes it is!


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Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 09-07-2012 00:54

As a refreshing drink on a hot summers day.

Rick
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Borneo Island
Insane since: Apr 2000

posted posted 09-08-2012 04:44

I would say yes..

vinoun.com

Hugh
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Dublin, Ireland
Insane since: Jul 2000

posted posted 10-04-2012 19:22

I suppose it is.

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 10-16-2012 04:16

You're probably all spam bots.

White Hawk
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 10-17-2012 23:43

I'm not a spam bot. I can also assure you that Tao isn't.

Edit: I've been gone a long time, though... Hello everybody.

(Edited by White Hawk on 10-17-2012 23:46)

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 10-18-2012 06:14

That's exactly what a spam bot would say, except it'd be longer and would be about some transcoding software.

Tyberius Prime
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Germany
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 10-18-2012 10:12

http://xkcd.com/810/

Tyberius Prime
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Germany
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 10-18-2012 15:39

Btw, what's your take on installing http://bad-behavior.ioerror.us/ - it might stop our reoccuring spam 'problem'.

moaiz
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Burque
Insane since: Nov 2000

posted posted 10-20-2012 20:50

so not a spambot

Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 10-23-2012 02:24

I'm partial to the old CodingHorror.com/blog captcha system. It required for posting that you enter a captcha- which was always the word 'Orange' with a few lines drawn in it. He posted about it once, about how it stops the great majority of spam that is not hand-entered. I think the idea was that most robotspam doesn't even try, and the site isn't high-profile enough that more effort is required. If some robot DID figure out that all it had to do was enter 'orange' every time, he could just as easily change the 'pass word' and the image.

I can't find the correct post now, but see his second comment on the comments section of this post: http://www.codinghorror.com/blog/2006/06/love-it-hate-it.html

Maybe we can choose a word- say, 'crazy'- and have the ps forum come up with several pics for it.

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 10-23-2012 02:58

Contemporary "CAPTCHAs" (quoted because if they aren't actually what they're named to be [because if they were they'd work, and we wouldn't be having this discussion]) are backwards. What you should do is have something that learns what is and isn't spam, and over time disable it before it's even added (just let them attempt to add it, you can always block it because it's the same or from the same IP, too, for bandwidth issues). That is, identify your enemy and nullify them, instead of merely having your enemy jump through hoops.

White Hawk
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: zero divided.
Insane since: May 2004

posted posted 10-23-2012 13:48

It seems to me that you just want to stop the evolution of spambots, Reisio. Come on - not every AI is destined to become a world-dominating genocidalist. You're just being prejudiced.

I agree, though. I think spam defences should be more offensive. Once the anti-spam ban-bot is intelligent enough to determine intelligence, we can strap it into a mech chasis, send it out to track down spammers in the real world, and eventually eliminate them completely!

Why isn't there a "mwahahahaha" slimey?

Tyberius Prime
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist with Finglongers

From: Germany
Insane since: Sep 2001

posted posted 10-24-2012 09:51

We already have a registration captcha - the famous recaptcha. Either it's easily broken by the bots or they ain't bots at all.

Bad-Behaviour is a whole different concept based on user agent sniffing.

reisio
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Florida
Insane since: Mar 2005

posted posted 10-31-2012 18:45

Yeah they're actually 3rd worlders paid to spam forums. :/

helven
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From: gone
Insane since: Aug 2009

posted posted 11-02-2012 07:34

test yourself.

=/===~

Gilbert Nolander
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: Washington DC
Insane since: May 2002

posted posted 11-25-2012 06:37

test.


.Quotes.

Wavmixer
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Lat: 34° 3' 8" Lon: -118° 14' 37"
Insane since: Nov 2002

posted posted 12-02-2012 05:35

Does anyone have the cheat sheet for this test?

Petskull
Maniac (V) Mad Scientist

From: 127 Halcyon Road, Marenia, Atlantis
Insane since: Aug 2000

posted posted 12-22-2012 18:14

The answer is always C. Start there.

poi
Paranoid (IV) Inmate

From: Oslo, Norway
Insane since: Jun 2002

posted posted 12-22-2012 22:03

Boo!

aditd
Nervous Wreck (II) Inmate

From:
Insane since: Sep 2011

posted posted 01-24-2013 19:42

No it's not!

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Lacuna
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: the Asylum ghetto
Insane since: Oct 2002

posted posted 09-04-2013 19:10

holy wow! it's been forever.......i was surprised i remembered my login LOL good to see this place is still kickin!

Tao
Maniac (V) Inmate

From: The Pool Of Life
Insane since: Nov 2003

posted posted 09-05-2013 14:26

Hellooooo Lacuna.

eyezaer
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: the Psychiatric Ward
Insane since: Sep 2000

posted posted 09-14-2013 05:48

SPAMBOTTED!

WebShaman
Lunatic (VI) Mad Scientist

From: The Happy Hunting Grounds...
Insane since: Mar 2001

posted posted 09-14-2013 14:41

Oh maw gawds!!!

Nice to see some ol' folks around these dusty halls these days!

WebShaman | The keenest sorrow (and greatest truth) is to recognize ourselves as the sole cause of all our adversities.
- Sophocles

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