| JIWilliams -GOAWAY! Do you want new Forum upgrade? #156029 09/26/08 01:20 PM 09/26/08 01:20 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | now that I've figured out that this isn't OUR John Williams, will someone please stop this moron from posting?
Last edited by RickWhite; 09/26/08 02:40 PM.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: JIWilliams - PLEASE GO AWAY!
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#156031 09/26/08 01:54 PM 09/26/08 01:54 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | its a bot jake.
The forum software is badly out of date. If you look on the UBB threads website, you'll see they are up to version 7.3 or something.
The registration process doesn't force the user to interpret a graphically distorted character sequence. You can write a bot to do the whole thing from registration to posting garbage. I know...I was just venting.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: JIWilliams - PLEASE GO AWAY!
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#156032 09/26/08 02:35 PM 09/26/08 02:35 PM |
Joined: Mar 2002 Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... RickWhite
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Posts: 3,355 Key Largo, FL and Put-in-Bay, ... | We do have access to the upgrades, but every time I have upgraded, every one really gets upset about it.., no one likes changes. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Give me the word and I will update. Keep in mind, sometimes improvements are really not improvements, i.e., my 1990 Civic gets 49 mpg, the new Civic is under 30, yet it is upgraded. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Rick | | | Re: JIWilliams - PLEASE GO AWAY!
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#156033 09/26/08 02:54 PM 09/26/08 02:54 PM |
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Posts: 110 Northern California, USA | Hi Rick, Seeing that LTHector has taken JIWiliams' place, my vote is to do the upgrades, hopefully we, the live sailors of the forum will adapt and accept the changes. Thanks, Ryan We do have access to the upgrades, but every time I have upgraded, every one really gets upset about it.., no one likes changes. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />
Give me the word and I will update. Keep in mind, sometimes improvements are really not improvements, i.e., my 1990 Civic gets 49 mpg, the new Civic is under 30, yet it is upgraded. <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" /> Rick
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | yeah, I can't tell you the pain I went through when I was only a couple months late updating the blog software on my website. It's only a matter of time before someone exploits some vulnerability in the older software.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: JIWilliams - PLEASE GO AWAY!
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#156036 09/26/08 05:31 PM 09/26/08 05:31 PM |
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Posts: 1,200 Vancouver, BC | Rick:
I'm sure if you put it to a vote (using the Vote options) you'll get an overwhelming support for it!
Hey, and we don't even need McCain to show to a debate on it <img src="http://www.catsailor.com/forums/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />
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Posts: 613 New Hampshire, USA | Well, as of 4:28 today this forum and site has been under full attack from these bots.
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#156041 09/26/08 11:02 PM 09/26/08 11:02 PM |
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Posts: 12,310 South Carolina | John Williams turned into a robot? Mr Roboto? Double watty gotto.
Jake Kohl | | | Re: JIWilliams - PLEASE GO AWAY!
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#156042 09/27/08 12:05 AM 09/27/08 12:05 AM |
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Posts: 1,382 Essex, UK | As it stands this forum is virtually unusable, it's only a matter of time before the other forums go the same way and then the whole site will be unusable. There is no other choice other than to upgrade.
In the short term is it not possible to disable the new user registration to the site?
John Alani ___________ Stealth F16s GBR527 and GBR538 | | | Re: JIWilliams - PLEASE GO AWAY!
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#156043 09/27/08 01:58 AM 09/27/08 01:58 AM |
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Posts: 3,528 Looking for a Job, I got credi... | As it stands this forum is virtually unusable, it's only a matter of time before the other forums go the same way and then the whole site will be unusable. There is no other choice other than to upgrade.
In the short term is it not possible to disable the new user registration to the site? Agreed.
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#156046 09/27/08 07:15 AM 09/27/08 07:15 AM |
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Posts: 3,224 Roanoke Island ,N.C. | Looks like there is no choice. 3 pages of crap for 3 sailing posts.Too bad somebody can't send something to the bot that would shut it down,crash it, or something.
"I said, now, I said ,pay attention boy!"
The cure for anything is salt water - sweat, tears, or the sea Isak Dinesen If a man is to be obsessed by something.... I suppose a boat is as good as anything... perhaps a bit better than most. E. B. White
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#156047 09/27/08 08:37 AM 09/27/08 08:37 AM |
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Posts: 3,528 Looking for a Job, I got credi... | Looks like there is no choice. 3 pages of crap for 3 sailing posts.Too bad somebody can't send something to the bot that would shut it down,crash it, or something. If there was more than one admin in this forum; they could have banned them ages ago.
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Posts: 613 New Hampshire, USA | Wow! We are now up to 6 pages of these bot attacks. This is the worst that I have seen since I joined this site. I am another that would like to be able to send something back to these bots to disrupt them.
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