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Server woes

· Administrative

Apologies for the sluggishness of the site recently, we have been under concerted attack from spammers.

May 8th, 2007 |

11 comments to Server woes

  • nick g.
    May 9, 2007 at 4:59 am

    What BUY A FORD would OMO WASHES BRIGHTER a OH WHAT A FEELING! spammer YOU DESERVE A BREAK!!! want I FEEL LIKE A TOOHEYS with UP THERE CAZALEY this PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE site?

  • Anton
    May 9, 2007 at 1:18 pm

    … and what have you done to protect your site?

  • Nick M
    May 9, 2007 at 1:48 pm

    Anton,
    I very much doubt Perry is likely to go into detail on that, here, in public!

  • Perry de Havilland
    May 9, 2007 at 2:03 pm

    I would tell you but then I would have to shoot you!

  • Curly
    May 9, 2007 at 5:48 pm

    Far better than being attacked by the undead!

  • Andrew Ian Dodge
    May 10, 2007 at 2:50 pm

    Libertarian fatwa against spammers! I am off to a day of shooting large caliber weaponry a week today. I might print out something spammer related and turn it into swiss cheese with my 306.

  • Sunfish
    May 10, 2007 at 8:08 pm

    Spam is free speech! Free Speach! The Constitution guarantees the right to free speach! By putting your server on the internet you agree to let people do whatever they want with it, and if it becomes a smoking wreck that’s your fault for not having a good enough server!

    Who do we call to get a fatwa? Is there a website that will ask what we want and accept credit cards, or have the imams not yet caught up to the technological prowess of pizza restaurants?

  • nick g.
    May 11, 2007 at 4:36 am

    Spam is NOT the same as free speech! I read these comments because of the viewpoint of the people making it. Spammers do NOT have the right to insist that I read their stuff!!! Would you say that Satanists have the right to invade churches and preach Satanism in the church? This is the same thing, except in a different medium!
    You have Free Speech on PUBLIC property, not on private!

  • Sunfish
    May 11, 2007 at 9:27 am

    Spam is NOT the same as free speech! I read these comments because of the viewpoint of the people making it. Spammers do NOT have the right to insist that I read their stuff!!! Would you say that Satanists have the right to invade churches and preach Satanism in the church? This is the same thing, except in a different medium!
    You have Free Speech on PUBLIC property, not on private!

    Nick, chill. You’re absolutely right. I know spammers are thieving pricks: I’ve been dealing with spam issues ever since Sanford Wallace.

    I keep forgetting that, on the internet, every joke is delivered deadpan and nobody can hear the sarcasm.

  • Perry de Havilland
    May 11, 2007 at 1:39 pm

    Sunfish, for what it is worth I got the joke!

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