June 08, 2005
Commenters React to Posting Rules - Bush Blamed---Part II
Sheesh, I try and try and try to make it easier on my good friends and all I get is grief. Actually, the rules change was to try to get spam blocked, both comment spam and trackback spam, then when I almost immediately got a trackback spam from someone named www.bardak.com.ru I figured I had been either screwed, or screwed up. See Jim, I had that thought too. But I digress. This is the entry for the trackback from my control page:
A new TrackBack ping has been sent to your weblog, on the entry 83 (Truth In Politics &, Of Course, In Commenting).Now, the weblog listed is the exact same name as the post title here which oddly enough, is a post about trolls and spam on Dr. Sanity a blog written by a very nice lady psychiatrist.IP Address: 81.176.65.76
URL:
Title: Truth In Politics &, Of Course, In Commenting
Weblog: Truth In Politics &, Of Course, In Commenting
Again I digress. When you try to find out who the heck is bardak and type http://bardak.com.ru you get this:
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access / on this server.
So I asked for some help from my hosting company and they suggested I allow unregistered comments as well as registered comments. But when I clicked on the "allow unregistered" thingy in the blog configuration spot, the registration thingy disappeared. So, to heck with it. When I get spam I'll just delete it.
Since Woody's post was in fact authorized by allowing him to post at any time and he fibbed about trying to contact me, I'm going to eliminate his raise. I had planned to raise his pay by about 1000% but now.........
You guys crack me up, and I love all of ya....
P.S., I worked really hard on Counterintuitive Rant. At least you guys could go and read it and comment on it......
Posted by GM Roper at June 8, 2005 10:09 PM | TrackBackPeople that propulgate spam and virii are why I support the death penalty for certain offenses. We need to discourage the spreading of this soret of filth :)
Some purporting to be my internet co. (direcway) labeling themselves as a `Direcway Security Assistant' sent me e-mail yesterday saying my service would be cut off within 24 hours unless I verified my service by clicking on the link provided. Knew it was bogus...clicked on the link for the heck of it and Mozilla asked me if I wanted to open the attachment (which was hidden until then) or save it to my computer. Yeah, right.
I did read your rant...agree with your first amendment take...haven't had time to comment further because of, well, baseball. Sorry.
Posted by jim hitchcock at June 8, 2005 11:23 PM
Submitted herewith is evidence of communication from claimant denied to exist by recipient:
___________________
From: "Woody"
To: "G. M. Roper"
Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2005 12:37 PM
Subject: Hey
The new rules for posting.... Is the problem more about spam....
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Now, about that raise....
Anyway, now that I've mastered how to post a comment and so as to justify your time on a previous entry, I'll go read and comment on the "Counterintuitive Rant"--tomorrow, because I'm going to bed now.
Thanks for clearing everything up. I hope we solve the mystery of bardak.
Posted by Woody at June 8, 2005 11:44 PM
It is an invasion...I am getting them to and deleating as soon as I can.
Great Rant....
Posted by Michael at June 9, 2005 11:57 PM
