SpaceBadger
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Posting traffic here seems a bit low this evening. Was there something happening on TV that I missed?
Posting traffic a bit low...
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SpaceBadger
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Umm, yeah.... I guess I should have added a 
(I don't actually watch TV anyway, would have found it online somewhere if I was gonna watch.
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(I don't actually watch TV anyway, would have found it online somewhere if I was gonna watch.
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Timerover51
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A good night to eat out though during the Super Bowl, as we did Lawry's Prime Rib in Chicago with my brother in law and his wife, and I think that there was all of 8 people in the restaurant eating. We were outnumbered by the employees. Prime rib and Lobster tail special.
BeRKA
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Even the number of registrations was down 60-80%
Even for spambots :devil:?
American Football Championship game. Its the final official game for the season, and an excuse for a good chunk of the nation to get together for a party.
leo knight
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And here I thought everyone was watching the Beyonce concert...
Timerover51
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Beyonce?
Personally I'd recommend Google Image Search instead.
Even for spambots. 5 discrete spambot IP addresses in the last 48 hours, tho'.
I mean, 7 accounts from one IP Address with the word "horse" in one day? (And all with hotmail email accounts, periods in stupid places in the email address.) All from poland.
I know there are a few Poles on the boards who are legit... so no block on Poland as a whole, but, sheesh, the polish spammers really getting annoying.
My validation process for new user accounts:
- check to see if the IP address is unique in the last 24-48 hours of registrations. If multiples, consider suspicious
- look at the IP address - if from China, Russia, or the Ukraine, reject out of hand. If from Poland, any of the Balkans, India, or the Philippines, consider suspicious. If a discrete small range with consistent spammers, block the IP.
- look at the email host.... hotmail.com, yandex.com, aol.com: consider suspicious. Anything with sex in it, reject. Known malware or criminal hacking site, reject and report.
- look at the email account. more than two periods, periods dividing a word in the middle, multiple attempts with terminal number differences, sexual references: consider suspicious
- Look at the user name requested. Anything to do with sex or sales, reject. Anything in the banned words list, reject. Nonsense letter string, especially if one of a sequence, consider suspicious.
- if suspicious for more than one reason, reject.
Never thought spambots were interested in the Superbowl...:rofl:
shadowcat20
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At and T has been having lots of problems with their web connections lately. I have issues here at home and my lady has had issues at work. I wonder if the RIF's are playing dos attack games again.
Timerover51
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Personally I'd recommend Google Image Search instead.
That does assume that I have an interest in whatever this creature, group, or alien species is.
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