QUESTIONS ABOUT THIS SITE - Page 35

Uisge Beatha · 08-01-2007, 04:35 PM

Um, well.......they're lurkers, but maybe a special kind. How about pod people lurkers?__

__Would that actually be purkers?__

Uisge Beatha · 08-02-2007, 07:43 AM

OK, I made my little joke last night, but now I'm with Shawnee here. The user profiles for each of these two shows last activity on Tuesday morning, yet they are constantly logging in, as per Who's Online. And they are always logging in several minutes behind the current time; it seems to keep changing to six or seven minutes behind. Do we have a way to yank somebody out of a time warp?

Shawnee123 · 08-02-2007, 08:48 AM

i'm worried that they are furiously banging on their monitors, trying desperately to get out of the warp they have found themselves in, but in vain.

Let's help these poor souls.

Or, you could just fucking ignore me.

Uisge Beatha · 08-02-2007, 09:07 AM

Perhaps the Shawnee Foundation (parent organization of the Coalition for a Saner America) should run a telethon. Can we still send donations to the Crappicus address?

Shawnee123 · 08-02-2007, 09:16 AM

Of course you can. Just don't tell the feds. I haven't done the appropriate paperwork yet.

Hey, they're gone! Fly, little ones, be free! (If we love them we let them go. If they come back to us they are ours.)

yesman065 · 08-02-2007, 10:36 AM

I believe they were helped along on their merry way - they were logging on for hours upon hours

Shawnee123 · 08-02-2007, 10:39 AM

Yes, once someone important mentioned it.

Undertoad · 08-02-2007, 10:58 AM

Literally over a thousand accounts were purged this morning. Most of them, at this point, are here just to get a single link in their user profile in order to spam google with their bogus sites. Most of them are from Russia or at least enter Russian email sites to validate their accounts. The problem is massive and ugly and will not go away.

I expect these are the same people who used to start a thread to spam us but are now prohibited from starting threads because they haven't posted.

Shawnee123 · 08-02-2007, 11:14 AM

I can't even imagine what you have to do behind the scenes, UT. Thanks for all you do. I was concerned that those two were stuck or perhaps having an adverse affect on the rest of us, but I know you keep the situations well in hand.

Uisge Beatha · 08-02-2007, 11:38 AM

Wow! Now, cleaning up is definitely good, but it does mean that everybody's share to buy Cellar Island will now be $220 instead of $165.

elSicomoro · 08-02-2007, 02:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Undertoad

Literally over a thousand accounts were purged this morning. Most of them, at this point, are here just to get a single link in their user profile in order to spam google with their bogus sites. Most of them are from Russia or at least enter Russian email sites to validate their accounts. The problem is massive and ugly and will not go away.

I've been having a similar problem with the Bosque for months now. Recently, I just started letting the spam accounts pile up--I've gotten 100 new users in the past 2 days. At least they can't post because I haven't activated their accounts.

Given that folks don't join the Bosque that often, I'm thinking of getting rid of the joining page, replacing it with an e-mail form request. But I have to figure out which page it is first.

Shawnee123 · 08-04-2007, 11:04 AM

This isn't a question, just seems like a place to say this:

I am LOVIN' the Cellar right now. *does happy dance*

That is all.

BigV · 10-15-2007, 11:04 AM

I would like some help as to how to compose a search query where the operator is AND to search for posts with two or more terms. The default behavior is OR. I have tried AND and I have tried + and both are ignored. I have successfully used double quotes to enclose whole search strings. But the "AND" eludes me.

TIA

Undertoad · 10-15-2007, 12:40 PM

Go to google and use

term1 term2 site:cellar.org

That oughta do it. I don't think the built-in search includes an AND.

BigV · 10-15-2007, 12:49 PM

Thank you sir.

08-01-2007, 04:35 PM	#511
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Um, well.......they're lurkers, but maybe a special kind. How about pod people lurkers?____Would that actually be purkers?__

08-02-2007, 08:48 AM	#513
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	i'm worried that they are furiously banging on their monitors, trying desperately to get out of the warp they have found themselves in, but in vain. Let's help these poor souls. Or, you could just fucking ignore me. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-02-2007, 09:16 AM	#515
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Of course you can. Just don't tell the feds. I haven't done the appropriate paperwork yet. Hey, they're gone! Fly, little ones, be free! (If we love them we let them go. If they come back to us they are ours.) __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-02-2007, 10:39 AM	#517
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	Yes, once someone important mentioned it. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-02-2007, 11:14 AM	#519
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	I can't even imagine what you have to do behind the scenes, UT. Thanks for all you do. I was concerned that those two were stuck or perhaps having an adverse affect on the rest of us, but I know you keep the situations well in hand. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

08-02-2007, 07:43 AM	#512
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	OK, I made my little joke last night, but now I'm with Shawnee here. The user profiles for each of these two shows last activity on Tuesday morning, yet they are constantly logging in, as per Who's Online. And they are always logging in several minutes behind the current time; it seems to keep changing to six or seven minutes behind. Do we have a way to yank somebody out of a time warp?

08-02-2007, 09:07 AM	#514
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Perhaps the Shawnee Foundation (parent organization of the Coalition for a Saner America) should run a telethon. Can we still send donations to the Crappicus address?

08-02-2007, 10:36 AM	#516
yesman065 Banned - Self Imposed Join Date: Dec 2005 Posts: 1,847	I believe they were helped along on their merry way - they were logging on for hours upon hours

08-02-2007, 10:58 AM	#518
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Literally over a thousand accounts were purged this morning. Most of them, at this point, are here just to get a single link in their user profile in order to spam google with their bogus sites. Most of them are from Russia or at least enter Russian email sites to validate their accounts. The problem is massive and ugly and will not go away. I expect these are the same people who used to start a thread to spam us but are now prohibited from starting threads because they haven't posted.

08-02-2007, 11:38 AM	#520
Uisge Beatha Lecturer Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 945	Wow! Now, cleaning up is definitely good, but it does mean that everybody's share to buy Cellar Island will now be $220 instead of $165.

08-04-2007, 11:04 AM	#522
Shawnee123 Why, you're a regular Alfred E Einstein, ain't ya? Join Date: Jun 2006 Posts: 21,206	This isn't a question, just seems like a place to say this: I am LOVIN' the Cellar right now. does happy dance That is all. __________________ A word to the wise ain't necessary - it's the stupid ones who need the advice. --Bill Cosby

10-15-2007, 11:04 AM	#523
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	I would like some help as to how to compose a search query where the operator is AND to search for posts with two or more terms. The default behavior is OR. I have tried AND and I have tried + and both are ignored. I have successfully used double quotes to enclose whole search strings. But the "AND" eludes me. TIA __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

10-15-2007, 12:40 PM	#524
Undertoad Radical Centrist Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: Cottage of Prussia Posts: 31,423	Go to google and use term1 term2 site:cellar.org That oughta do it. I don't think the built-in search includes an AND.

10-15-2007, 12:49 PM	#525
BigV Goon Squad Leader Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Seattle Posts: 27,063	Thank you sir. __________________ Be Just and Fear Not.

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