Death to Spammers, Phishers etc.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:56 am

Okay, what part was joking?
Hard to tell sometimes.

I am never awake when I first get up.
And I'm at least three hours short of sleep today too.
I really don't function without sleep since the crash.

You are a relentless morning person.

Did I really miss a post?

Edited because of exactly that sort of thing.
I composed correctly, but it didn't make it to the page, and I kept reading it as the original sentence, even though it made no sense.
Oddly, in this case it may be related to the ability I used to have, to compose very long things in my head, before writing.
Short term memory is very weak still, but has improved.
When I first got on here under this name, I couldn't remember an entire sentence sometimes.
All very frustrating.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 5:57 am

You did.

I am.

Don't worry about it.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:14 am

I don't care if it was normal oversight.
But I can look at things and not see them, even if I have checked my own writing repeatedly.
It's sort of a version of aphasia in visual media.
Sometimes I have to edit a lot and still miss things.
I have to work very hard to read things correctly and it's worse when writing.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:14 am

AntiM wrote:Of course you do. I stand by my opinion, not that it matters to anyone but me. And you can do what you want on your own forums, that has no bearing to how the mods do things here.

That isn't what I meant, though I see how it could be read that way.

No, I would mod by the rules here now, just as you do.
I just meant I would read as a proofreader, whereas now I read for entertainment.
A wholly different approach.

Quite serious about the forums.
Nothing burner related.
I am getting excellent advice, fortunately.
I just need to raise my skill level considerably, but will be online once the current moving is done.

Mostly niches I have found that no one is filling.
One I suggested to the people that have the niche, and the people aren't interested in a forum.
It isn't an area I'm interested in doing, but the opportunity is too good to ignore.

Post by **AntiM** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:39 am

I read differently on screen than I do on paper. I am an excellent proofreader/editor on papers, enough so I was paid by others in my senior seminars to proof their thesis papers. On screen, I use a different section of my brain and make different mistakes.

Good luck with your endeavours.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 6:54 am

Thanks.
I hope to be paying moderators eventually, by the way.

I've noticed the same thing myself about the screen, especially since I have some damage to center point of my eyesight.
Thought I would never read again, it was so painful at first.
On charlie rose, the developer of the kindle? was talking about this area and said that the background is crucial to the comfort level, their major focus.

Research indicates that we see most screens as a virtual interpretation rather than fixed objects too, so we focus slightly past the screen and need glasses set for that focal point.
So that should make a difference too.

I can remember being too young to interpret the shadows on the tv screen.
Very annoyed too.
I could only see the patterns on a solid object.
That's why kids like cartoons so much.

junglesmacks · Post by **junglesmacks** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 9:59 pm

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=37464

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:42 pm

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 110#601110

crossjohn98

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Thu Oct 07, 2010 10:46 pm

hero01hero

his link is still up

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=37372

theCryptofishist · Post by **theCryptofishist** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 9:54 am

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 093#601093

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:19 am

Sorry about that - hit the wrong button. Damn. Restored the post...

NOW... on to business.

theCryptofishist wrote:http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 093#601093

Cut open his glowsticks and poured its juice down the JOTS "memory hole"...

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:35 am

gyre wrote:hero01hero

his link is still up

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=37372

Not any more - same lines as his other posts. Recorded all pert info and whacked.

bb sue
modern moderator general

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:47 am

gyre wrote:http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 110#601110

crossjohn98

Had not fishy answered his spam with good info, I would have killed the thread, but it DOES have good info (thanks, CF!!!) so I killed the spam link and left the post. We're watching this spamer, tho...

Post by **Sham** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:55 am

This may or may not be spam.
Singapore money lenders? Give me an f-ing break!
http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=37816

I had to edit to add this line from the post. I know it will be deleted, but this is a nearly perfect pitch. I wonder if they know any of my friends in Nigeria?

Quote from post: "It is the only Association that officially represents all the moneylenders in Singapore and this website is the only website representing the Association."

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 11:59 am

Shambala wrote:http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=37816

The spammer you have dialed is no longer in service... Please whack its number, thank you.

Post by **Eric** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:04 pm

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... highlight=

rganub

pure old fashioned spam, no bones about it.

Post by **AntiM** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 1:46 pm

Yes, they come back often. Need admin to administer the final blow.

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 6:24 pm

Bay Bridge Sue wrote:
gyre wrote:http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 110#601110

crossjohn98
Had not fishy answered his spam with good info, I would have killed the thread, but it DOES have good info (thanks, CF!!!) so I killed the spam link and left the post. We're watching this spamer, tho...

Please don't kill the thread.
That post was the only spam in it.

Lassen Forge · Post by **Lassen Forge** » Fri Oct 08, 2010 8:02 pm

gyre wrote:
Bay Bridge Sue wrote:
gyre wrote:http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... 110#601110

crossjohn98
Had not fishy answered his spam with good info, I would have killed the thread, but it DOES have good info (thanks, CF!!!) so I killed the spam link and left the post. We're watching this spamer, tho...
Please don't kill the thread.
That post was the only spam in it.

:wink:

Post by **Eric** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 1:23 am

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... highlight=

psynapz

I don't think this is actually spam, but it seems to be skipping on the edge of the TOS

gyre · Post by **gyre** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 2:51 am

I forgot about this.
I reported it, but it's still up.

http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic.php?t=26065

jessicasteven

Post by **AntiM** » Sat Oct 09, 2010 3:51 am

Eric wrote:http://eplaya.burningman.org/viewtopic. ... highlight=

psynapz

I don't think this is actually spam, but it seems to be skipping on the edge of the TOS

Yeah, mod chat time, hate these grey areas...