tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post8605294446438098857..comments2024-03-26T11:27:35.814-07:00Comments on Tom Stephenson: New Year's ResolutionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger22125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-34828226463731666582012-01-23T23:10:04.572-08:002012-01-23T23:10:04.572-08:00So, you were in the Lower IVth form too!So, you were in the Lower IVth form too!Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-55988799365272126872012-01-22T04:52:24.619-08:002012-01-22T04:52:24.619-08:00Oh, all right then. I'll carry on leaving ann...Oh, all right then. I'll carry on leaving annoying comments on your blogs.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-26598956841367250662012-01-22T04:50:31.203-08:002012-01-22T04:50:31.203-08:00There's a joke along those lines, and the punc...There's a joke along those lines, and the punch-line is, "Well, it's gone black already!"Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-53660608557825239402012-01-22T01:08:07.756-08:002012-01-22T01:08:07.756-08:00Late comment (again - some of us have to work up c...Late comment (again - some of us have to work up chimneys on Saturdays you know).<br /><br />I looked at the Stats bit of the admin of my blog the other day (so I could have a good cry) and saw that there were a few referring URL's looking at the site at once. About 500 hits in one go. Even John's blog doesn't get that!<br /><br />These sites were trying to hack into my account:<br /><br />www.justforlaughsgags.tv<br />t.co/aH7Qjwuy<br />adfocus.us/198121<br /><br />It's worth looking at your stats page everynow and agian to see where any traffic might be coming from. If you seem to have a lot of readers from China or Russia for example...<br /><br />I work with computers everyday for a living, believe me ANYTHING you can do to add extra security to your site is a bonus.Chrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487456386841182116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-14518763728784898212012-01-21T21:21:03.988-08:002012-01-21T21:21:03.988-08:00I've never had the Chinese pollute my driven s...I've never had the Chinese pollute my driven slush, but I do get other buggers sending EMAILS about how to enlarge my (ahem) manhood. I sent the money, but the length of string and 5 pound weight that I received, have so far not worked.Cro Magnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06840670227576695352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-36990470830894799632012-01-21T18:38:14.417-08:002012-01-21T18:38:14.417-08:00I do not have that anymore. I had it for reasons o...I do not have that anymore. I had it for reasons of crazy, crazy family members who would say anything to anybody.Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562775041134498313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-62798612384620358982012-01-21T15:53:31.802-08:002012-01-21T15:53:31.802-08:00Always read the sell-by date on your tin of Spam b...Always read the sell-by date on your tin of Spam before dishing it out to others, Judith. It's been around for quite a while, and those black-marketeers have no scruples whatsoever.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-40314268142320391532012-01-21T15:51:25.322-08:002012-01-21T15:51:25.322-08:00The only reason that I don't bother to moderat...The only reason that I don't bother to moderate comments is because I can't be bothered to read them in the first place, Mise.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-91371264552508089682012-01-21T15:20:39.460-08:002012-01-21T15:20:39.460-08:00I don't like it either but I recently (and ver...I don't like it either but I recently (and very reluctantly) put in word verification after almost three trouble free years without it. A few weeks ago I suddenly started getting spam, but worse than that I was emailed by a regular reader to say that when she tried to go to my blog she got a warning message telling her my site was dangerous! Moi! <br /><br />I'm not bothered by the odd bit of spam but I hated the thought that my little blog was unclean. Infected! A leper among sites! So I put in word verification which is bloody ridiculous because I'm lucky if I get more than half a dozen comments at a time.<br /><br />I may take it off again and see what happens.Judithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13974206679853189199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-22836143205741561682012-01-21T15:12:00.714-08:002012-01-21T15:12:00.714-08:00Lord knows it's a bother right enough. It'...Lord knows it's a bother right enough. It's enough trouble to leave a comment in the first place, without having to verify the blighter as well.Misehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01784548726623938608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65411478459094733542012-01-21T14:50:55.330-08:002012-01-21T14:50:55.330-08:00I never know you were hacked, Moll. Does that exp...I never know you were hacked, Moll. Does that explain all your offers of free Viagra you sent to me a while ago?<br /><br />Turning it off is easy - believe me.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-37358570490604616182012-01-21T14:48:49.151-08:002012-01-21T14:48:49.151-08:00There's word verification, and then - to add i...There's word verification, and then - to add insult to injury - there's 'blogger approval'. Who the hell thinks they are so important that they need to vet their own comments?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-89883509073673489712012-01-21T14:42:32.675-08:002012-01-21T14:42:32.675-08:00I agree, Tom, Word Verification is a total pain. I...I agree, Tom, Word Verification is a total pain. I've gone into Google Search. It seems that there is a word verification button which can be disabled on the old interface but not on the new interface as yet. I switched a while ago to the new Google interface and have not yet sussed how to go back on to the old one to turn it off. As for being hacked, once was enough. If it happened again I think I'd just pull my site down and that would be it.Mollyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604864977387798470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-8863631643119248192012-01-21T13:57:38.981-08:002012-01-21T13:57:38.981-08:00I detest word verification too. I think people do ...I detest word verification too. I think people do not know HOW TO TURN IT OFF. If I can learn to auto post surely they can learn that one skill.Olivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04562775041134498313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-65680511701795480832012-01-21T13:31:41.581-08:002012-01-21T13:31:41.581-08:00I think you have just answered your own question, ...I think you have just answered your own question, Elegance.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-69818664612179074002012-01-21T13:30:38.620-08:002012-01-21T13:30:38.620-08:00Can I have rice and prawn crackers with that pleas...Can I have rice and prawn crackers with that please?Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-21888527291833144602012-01-21T12:54:00.856-08:002012-01-21T12:54:00.856-08:00Thank you kindly for your advice re Picasa Tom, an...Thank you kindly for your advice re Picasa Tom, and taking the trouble to use the secret password that Google and I have spent hours, nay years, perfecting. I shall have a word with the Fat Controller as I really don't want to upset my faithful blog-friends.<br /><br />Strangely that filter has never bothered me when I've left comments on the blogs I visit. Come to think of it, the only times I've left harmless sarcastic or slightly negative comments they've been on blogs with no filter and immediately attracted a huge sycophantic and troll-type outburst brown-nosing the blogger and fulminating against me,(which I quite enjoyed). But it goes to show that the internet is an arena open to the world's nutters and their diabolic spawn and I'm wary of attracting them to my blog. Though I suppose I could just delete them?elegancemaisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10043236515999573762noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-20771659292922909322012-01-21T12:35:49.593-08:002012-01-21T12:35:49.593-08:00Moo Goo Gai PanMoo Goo Gai PanJimmyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497874766764411664noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-15945163427032206762012-01-21T12:26:47.636-08:002012-01-21T12:26:47.636-08:00I cannot believe that I have tried to give Eleganc...I cannot believe that I have tried to give Elegance advice about a technical matter bothering her about Google, only to find the message "Your comment will be visible after blog owner approval'. FUCK THAT!Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-13545765639131387882012-01-21T12:17:42.531-08:002012-01-21T12:17:42.531-08:00It is easily by-passed, Raz, and I have long since...It is easily by-passed, Raz, and I have long since stopped being targeted by the Chinese sex-merchants, who I think Blogger has got rid of, with the help of the People's Republic.<br /><br />Come on everybody, just set your preferences to the 'no restrictions' option, then deal with any problems as they arise. It's not as if any of us are super-stars, is it??? I hve never yet barred any blogger from using my site, but I have disallowed 'anonymous' comments after being harangued by a right-wing looney who pretended to be ex SAS, just because I objected to the excuses for the invasion of Iraq.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-80026913178835350352012-01-21T11:59:57.098-08:002012-01-21T11:59:57.098-08:00I hear you Tom. The word verification is antiquat...I hear you Tom. The word verification is antiquated. Blogger has a built in anti spam now that works brilliantly. The only people that have left comments on mine that were uncalled for were the Man who Hates American Women and a lone Chinese person who commented on 20 posts advertising for whoever she worked for, and then apologized at the end for leaving an "uncalled for" comment.Razmatazhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02757164543598076420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2505385214324438018.post-90931535431421435342012-01-21T11:37:26.484-08:002012-01-21T11:37:26.484-08:00Sorry about the SHOUTING text, but this is what se...Sorry about the SHOUTING text, but this is what seems to happen when you copy and paste the material above. I was speaking in a very calm voice, actually. I've already tried to alter it a few times, but - like I say - life's too short.Tom Stephensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05979590950587415840noreply@blogger.com