Thursday, December 10, 2009
Austin PSA
As I'm sure y'all have noticed, lately there's been a lot of spam in our little corner of the blogosphere. A lot of spam. Nasty shtuff. Anywho, back in the day, in the land before time, I used to have word verification on comments (On TRS). E convinced me to get rid of that, so I did, and replaced it with comment moderation. E convinced me to get rid of that too, so I did, and all was well for many moons. Now suddenly we are under attack, and it's quite annoying. What to do? Good Q. Obviously we don't want to stifle anyone's creativity, or the fights that happily happen between two bloggers (call them discussions if you will), but at the same time, who wants to provide a platform for spammers? The Japanese shtuff isn't so bad, because it's in a foreign language, but the other spam? Disgusting. I've taken the simple step of enabling comment moderation for all posts older than thirty days, which seems to have stemmed most of the tide. I think that the spambots detect that their spam isn't going through, and stop trying, or something like that. Far be it from me to suggest that anyone should follow my lead, but I thought it appropriate to say something on the matter.
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luckily they haven't found me yet. but i am sure it is only a matter of time... till they take over blogger forever (in a deep scary voice.)
dun dun dun
why austin? is that where you be for the festival of lights?
Altie: Yup.
Yossi: http://www.spam.com/games/Museum/visitthemuseum.aspx
Word verification? How could you. This is a dark past you have.
Ahem, *how could you?
Sara: It was a mistake! Please don't hit me!
I hit no one. I just throw water...
Wise suggestion, TRS.
Sara: this was back when TRS was a young and inexperienced blogger. And no one read his stuff anyways, so it made no difference.
Sara: true that.
e: thanks.
e2: and once it did make a difference I stopped it!
The first hour out of shabbas and all the bloggers are back online...I think we're addicts.
Not addicts, just responsible carriers of our... err... mission. Hrm...
so, what's the mission?
What's the mission? What kind of question is that? There is but one answer. Two at most.
There's the trivial solution: our mission is nothing.
Our mission is nothing, or our mission is Nothing? Gornisht or Ayin?
The alternative answer is that we possibly have no lives.
Speaking of that (and this is really a topic for a separate post): how chassidish is it to play dreydel-pong?
chassidish or not, its in my plans this year. anybody?
we call it drunk dreidel.
in any case, there is no mission. you know the rhyme 'how much wood would a woodchuck chuck'?
howabout, 'how bored would a blogger be if a blogger didnt blog? about as bored as he'd be if he did blog, cuz as they say, a blogger is a person with no real life.'
CA: Now you're offering non-trivial solutions. I suppose your determinant is zero? (I'm studying linear algebra the past few days.)
Anyhow, what's dreidel-pong?
it's like beer pong, but with dreidels. and please dont ask wut beer pong is.
If the ball lands on the dreidel you gotta drink the dreidel?
lol. i sure hope not. try it, let me know how it goes.
http://www.wonderhowto.com/how-to/video/how-to-play-dreidel-drinking-games-268161/view/
I'm not sure I agree with the 'bloggers have no life' theory...
according to E, real bloggers are people who invest more of their time into their blogs and their 'online identity' then their actual lives and real friends.
i don't consider myself a blogger. and maybe you are not a real blogger then.
or come up with a different theory that supports your beliefs. thats what everyone else does.
come on, then none of us are bloggers. more time blogging than our real lives? that would have to be over 9 hours, if we're awake about 17?
remember how u said you were at a shabbos meal with a few bloggers, and surprisingly they 'didnt' do anything weird like call each other by their blogger names, or raise their hands and say 'comment'?
THAT would be a real blogger. i dont think it means physically spending more time online then in real life. im sure its possible, but not probable. it's an attitude. and according to the Board of Blogger Society, I don't think any of us qualify as 'real' bloggers.
Well, maybe TRS.
whatever. I don't make up the rules, i just follow them. don't hate the game, hate the playa'
whichever of those fits, just apply.
did this blog use to be used for creative writing and stuff? it just switched to a sounding board between the chabad bloggers?
it seems to be dying out. i'm surprised it lasted this long.
i'm not really sure, ask the founding fathers. or mothers.
who are?
Dreidel-pong went well, I think. Some pictures to be posted soon, iyH.
Yossi, instead of complaining, post something creative. Or not creative.
did you win or lose?
and are you winning or losing if you get smashed?
hey, i have no achrayus on this blog, i'm not part of it. i can just comment and criticize
you played without me? damn. ok how was?
yossi, this is an invite blog. would u like an invite?
So, become part of it. Maybe this blog is like the US. If no fresh blood comes in, it begins to stagnate.
Altie, you wanted me to wait until you came to Waltham?
it's a big responsibility... I don't know.
what are the rules?
where's waltham?
Where's Waltham? Physically or spiritually? When Baal Shem Tov was talking about the "outskirts", he meant Waltham. (Besides Los Angeles, of course.)
I don't know the rules. I was mekareved by le7.
CA, i dunno where thst is, but yes. ok next time.
yossi, i cant invite u, i think only certain ppl can. and ya its a big responsibility but im sure u can handle it.
someone invited me once last year, i'll look around in my gmail...
crawling, when were u in la? do we know each other?
I was in LA in San Fernando Valley for about a week. I've had enough for my whole life.
I doubt we've known each other in LA. Maybe in other places...
yeah, maybe
Altie: I don't recall giving that definition.
Yossi: the founding mother is le7. Ask her or trs for an invite.
it's like they can hear our thoughts...
Incredible, ain't they?
E, something along those lines.
Yossi, maybe you knew him in another lifetime.
Altie, as Rambam?
wait, you were rambam, or yossi was?
Of course I was. Before I was a soldier in the UK army.
so none of you guys are at the poetry slam? wasn't that tonight?
Awesome. Were you ever king george?
and now you're a nutty scientist.
yossi, its next week. u still have a chance.
I don't think I'll be in the shchuna for next shabbos.
convenient.
No, I was the soldier at the same time that King George was alive. Also, I was obviously a Jewish soldier (although it's not clear if I was frum... I was killed when I was young, so it's hard to find out).
Nutty scientist? I wouldn't say so... Maybe in a couple years I can call myself a scientist fully. Right now I am just nutty.
and you know all that how...?
lol. nutty is good.
and if i was here, I probably would not attend, still
What do you mean, how? I just know. What, you need evidence for everything? Everything must make sense, have a reason? That's now how we, Jews, roll. We just know.
re: nutty... Nuts are good in a cake. But I also like cherries.
i hate cherries. im more of a strawberry person. and how do i find out who i was in a previous lifetime?
You have to open up to truth.
Cherry and chocolate chip is the best parve ice cream in the world.
I hate strawberry jam. In Russia they give it to you when you're sick. And wasn't there a ban on strawberries? Too many bugs or something...
You guys are crazy!! When I saw the number of comments, I kinda looked forward to an interesting or at least enlightening conversation. I should have known better.
This conversation was not enlightening?
Where there is no light, you should be the light yourself. Or something... Now I sound like Misha.
Well I'm always up for blowing things up. I like blueberries.
And regarding our social lives, I think it's an inverse relationship.
Sarah, have you read this article?
Blueberries are not bad. But I like watermelon more.
Well, Sarah-come over tomorrow for menorah lighting. Hopefully fires will be contained, but will be fun nonetheless.
Well if you dip your gum in citric acid somethign is bound to happen. Gosh. Watermelon is nice, I like the colors. When I was a kid I tried to see how far I could eat it to the rind. Not very tasty after awhile.
"I was, but am not"
C, I'll be there lady.
CA, sometimes im so open my brain falls out.
frozen strawberries. smoothies. yum.
i think this community is whacky. im talking abt bloggers. weirdos. seriously. its like an alternate universe. like speaking cling-on. and no one else would understand...
i'm so glad i'm normal.
Keep telling yourself that. :)
gasp! lol. okay well, if im not normal, then you are crazy.
ohh i cant believe i missed all this blogging activity, i was captured to play some music...anyway, i think the word verification is great, it gives you new words to think about their meanings, like 'bingste' or 'stsmsy'...
Altie, we already established that. :)
right, right. okay fine.
Promised picture of dreidel-pong.
Sorry saw the words "dreidel pong" and then skipped all the way down to the comment box.
How do I play?
It's the same thing as Beer Pong or what?
Yeah. With a dreidel. Except the local shliach and the “committee” decided that in each cup there will be water, and when a cup is hit, the person will drink from a bottle in his hand. To minimize the spread of germs.
Losers...
Another one
also this
"When I was a kid I tried to see how far I could eat it to the rind. Not very tasty after awhile."
ditto.
oh that actually is dreidel pong. i had in mind drunk dreidel, which is different. man, how many dreidel drinking games can you think of?
Power Dreidel:
Drinking Game played with four dreidels. At players turn, player spins four dreidels and does each action associated with the symbol.
Nun - Nothing happens
Hai - (Beer) Drink Half of your beer. (Mixed Drink) Drink once and spin again. (Liquor) Half shot
Gimel - Give a drink to someone else.
Shin - (Beer) Chug it. (Mixed Drink) Take three. (Liquor) Take a shot.
from: Urban Dictionary
pardon my bigotry, but what kind of gay game is that? You drink water?
No, you drink beer from the bottle in your hand vs. from the one of the cups, which the dreidel (or the ping-pong ball) hit. To minimize the spread of germs.
As Sarah would says, pansies.
That's what happens when you take a game meant for drunken buddies and make it into an official Chabad House event.
That's the avoida of our generation: to take beer pong and turn it into dreidel pong.
this one is boring...borrrrrrrrrrginnnnng
I hope you didn't read until the end then.
Lars: It's a PSA, it's supposed to be boring.
don't mean to be a meano. but lars is a certified nut.
So I've gathered.
oh are we ribbing out bloggers now? hmmm who should i say something mean abt now?
There's a vast difference between "bloggers" and Lars. Just saying.
touche!
That's "Rabbi Lars" to you.
There is obviously a lot to know about this. I think you made some good points in Features also.
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