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May 08, 2007
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Perry de Havilland (London)  Administrative

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

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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?


Posted by nick g. at May 9, 2007 04:59 AM

Something like that...


Posted by Perry de Havilland at May 9, 2007 11:28 AM

... and what have you done to protect your site?


Posted by Anton at May 9, 2007 01:18 PM

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


Posted by Nick M at May 9, 2007 01:48 PM

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


Posted by Perry de Havilland at May 9, 2007 02:03 PM

Far better than being attacked by the undead!


Posted by Curly at May 9, 2007 05:48 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.


Posted by Andrew Ian Dodge at May 10, 2007 02:50 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?


Posted by Sunfish at May 10, 2007 08:08 PM

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!


Posted by nick g. at May 11, 2007 04:36 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!

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.


Posted by Sunfish at May 11, 2007 09:27 AM

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


Posted by Perry de Havilland at May 11, 2007 01:39 PM
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