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I don't understand what's goin

2007-09-23T17:59:18.949+02:00

I don't understand what's going on. What's the backstory here?

Yeah, but they’re getting stal

2007-09-21T06:41:45.423+02:00

Yeah, but they’re getting stale, so we need to make new ones. Or something. >__>

Wouldn't this fall under libel

2007-09-20T16:42:38.056+02:00

Wouldn't this fall under libel/slander? If not, why not?

How do these people manage to

2007-09-19T23:03:21.455+02:00

How do these people manage to breed?

Another surprise: MoveOn.org never called Petraeus a traitor.

September 11 is... ...my anni

2007-09-12T05:34:29.808+02:00

September 11 is... ...my anniversary with my girlfriend Mindy. :-)

Oh dear. That’s rather embarra

2007-08-29T03:21:35.225+02:00

Oh dear. That’s rather embarrassing.

@huphtur: I assume you’re bein

2007-08-23T19:19:02.250+02:00

@huphtur: I assume you’re being sarcastic. (It’s hard to tell on the Internet.) I’ve ridden on the sidewalks in Boston sometimes, but only when the road was horrible and the sidewalks empty.

Abiogenesis is where the *real

2007-08-15T19:39:00.972+02:00

Abiogenesis is where the *real* controversy is. Heck with evolution, that’s old hat. I’m all about the montmorillonite hypothesis, myself.

I once got a virus on my Linux

2007-08-13T02:39:04.168+02:00

I once got a virus on my Linux box. But that's because I was stupid. I had an extremely limited account called "guest" (with password "guest") so that my college roommate could cleanly shut down the computer during a thunderstorm. Since there was no way to log in remotely, it wasn't a security issue. Some months later, I installed the OpenSSH package. It was configured to allow anyone but root to log in remotely, and sooner or later a worm found its way in and tried to crack root. I noticed the excess network traffic, found a suspicious file in /tmp, destroyed it (and a couple of processes), then added the AllowUsers directive to /etc/ssh/sshd_config. It didn't cause any damage, and I haven't had any trouble since then. Yay for privilege separation, boo for bad default configuration!

I’m all for replacing cooked f

2007-06-04T03:35:04.670+02:00

I’m all for replacing cooked foods with raw foods, but the “Lemonade Diet” looks like a pile of B.S.!

#7's code doesn't give you the

2007-06-01T19:30:53.724+02:00

#7's code doesn't give you the precise URL, just lets you know that certain domains have been visited. It is a partial solution. Also, I'd like to note that the Firefox extension SafeHistory is specifically designed to prevent this exploit, by subjecting "visited"-marking to the browser's cookie policy. :-)

How about this: $comment->

2007-05-08T04:24:54.128+02:00

How about this: $comment->user_id === $post->post_author That test will check if the commenter is the poster. Works in single-user or multi-user blogs. Doesn’t depend on userID, email addresses, etc.

You could offer paid features

2007-04-02T15:37:56.531+02:00

You could offer paid features that are a bit more resource intensive, e.g. IRC.

You do realize this is why f

2007-03-28T22:07:49.275+02:00

You do realize this is *why* folks of the future will think we wore goggles and red capes?

Funny, when I hear scientists

2007-01-25T07:06:15.034+01:00

Funny, when I hear scientists talk about string theory, I think "Today's science may be tomorrow's witchcraft."

It seemed a little light on ne

2007-01-25T00:13:23.533+01:00

It seemed a little light on neurophysiology (drat!), but it was a fun read. Quirks *always* make for a fun read.

This is a wonderful idea, and

2007-01-22T07:13:51.300+01:00

This is a wonderful idea, and fits in nicely with the way you already do business. I also like the idea of new members signing up for a month or two of Extended Support -- perhaps there's an unobtrusive way to let new users know about that option.

It sounds like Richard here is

2006-12-27T20:08:29.243+01:00

It sounds like Richard here is Verizon call center employee -- and he receives my sympathies for having to share in the reputation of the folks who actually screwed up.

Wow, that seems sketchy for so

2006-12-17T00:22:32.649+01:00

Wow, that seems sketchy for so many reasons. (And, like you, I understand that people go to jail under many, diverse circumstances -- a number are even innocent!) 1) There's kind of a mismatch between the phrases "attractive" and "penpal" -- I can't quite tell if they're looking for conversational partners or something more along the lines of life partners. 2) I seem to recall hearing many stories about gullible women devoted to scary male felons (why is does it never seem to be the other way around?), claiming "He's really kind and loving!" after the guy went to jail for mass murder or something. (Okay, this is a bit exaggerated, but you get my point.) 3) I didn't catch onto the inmate-exploitation angle you brought up, but that's an important one. The folks in prison are already exploited in so many ways, mostly by the state or corporation running the facility. Then I visited the site. It seems to be your run-of-the-mill e-cottage industry site, complete with a couple of animated GIFs. (Site was made in FrontPage, to no one's surprise.) Down at the bottom I see "Meet-An-Inmate.Com is Ranked Number One", according prisonpenpaldirectory.com. Is this alittle-known subculture, people who seek out inmates to become penpals? That's one thing, but the dating twist kind of throws me off. I dunno.

Also, you might correct your e

2006-12-11T07:54:42.177+01:00

Also, you might correct your email address in this post.

Isn't this just the Hilbert cu

2006-12-11T07:53:28.959+01:00

Isn't this just the Hilbert curve?

I should write a check for 1,0

2006-12-10T23:30:28.505+01:00

I should write a check for 1,000,000^0 dollars.