The Bar, Volume #4
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The Bar, Volume #4
*walks into an empty room, bare floors, blank walls, a janky piece of plywood held up on two sawhorses pretending to be a bar, and a creaky lonely chair in the middle of the room*
Sigh
*heads to the chair & sits down*
This, my friends, is the sorry tale of how, while battling the hordes of spammers, I killed a popular thread. Oh, I assure you, it wasn't done out of malice, but, bleary-eyed and dust-encrusted, I returned home to find our beloved board buried under an assault of spammers. I was tired, I was hungry, I was stupid. Emphasis on stupid. I decided to start fighting when I should have waited until I was rested, but I was the first mod back & the board was unusable.
*looks around the emptiness*
I made some coffee and entered the battle Sunday night, knowing that I could only remove posts but not block the spammers, but determined to try to get some breathing room. I started hacking and whacking, chipping away post by post for over an hour, and when I realized quite a lot of them were complete spammer topics I knew I could take out 20 or 30 at a time, instead of one by one. I attacked, I was knocking out the bastards by the handful...
and then I fucked up royally.
It was a wall of spam posts in "Open Topics", a long row, some marked as spam, some not. I was checking the boxes & trying to make sure I was only getting "zero follow-up post" while comparing the last post to known spammers when I checked the Bar 3, since the last post was a spammer, and somehow between cross-eyed & stupid I didn't notice the thousands of posts, and I didn't even realize I'd checked it until after I said "yes", delete topics...
I screamed loud enough my upstairs neighbor called to make sure I was okay.
It's unrecoverable. Gone. I've checked, but there's no way to recover a single thread.
I even checked the "wayback machine" to see if I could find any of it. It doesn't look like it's there either.
I am unbelievably sorry, and was so frozen by what I'd done it took me until Tuesday to even start going after the spam again - I seriously didn't want to fuck up more. I made it through over 8 hours of spam-whacking fine the last two days, so there's that at least.
Hopefully this empty space will get some love, and some of the memories created in Bar #3 can live on.
*sets up a round of drinks on the saw-horse bar, waits*
Sigh
*heads to the chair & sits down*
This, my friends, is the sorry tale of how, while battling the hordes of spammers, I killed a popular thread. Oh, I assure you, it wasn't done out of malice, but, bleary-eyed and dust-encrusted, I returned home to find our beloved board buried under an assault of spammers. I was tired, I was hungry, I was stupid. Emphasis on stupid. I decided to start fighting when I should have waited until I was rested, but I was the first mod back & the board was unusable.
*looks around the emptiness*
I made some coffee and entered the battle Sunday night, knowing that I could only remove posts but not block the spammers, but determined to try to get some breathing room. I started hacking and whacking, chipping away post by post for over an hour, and when I realized quite a lot of them were complete spammer topics I knew I could take out 20 or 30 at a time, instead of one by one. I attacked, I was knocking out the bastards by the handful...
and then I fucked up royally.
It was a wall of spam posts in "Open Topics", a long row, some marked as spam, some not. I was checking the boxes & trying to make sure I was only getting "zero follow-up post" while comparing the last post to known spammers when I checked the Bar 3, since the last post was a spammer, and somehow between cross-eyed & stupid I didn't notice the thousands of posts, and I didn't even realize I'd checked it until after I said "yes", delete topics...
I screamed loud enough my upstairs neighbor called to make sure I was okay.
It's unrecoverable. Gone. I've checked, but there's no way to recover a single thread.
I even checked the "wayback machine" to see if I could find any of it. It doesn't look like it's there either.
I am unbelievably sorry, and was so frozen by what I'd done it took me until Tuesday to even start going after the spam again - I seriously didn't want to fuck up more. I made it through over 8 hours of spam-whacking fine the last two days, so there's that at least.
Hopefully this empty space will get some love, and some of the memories created in Bar #3 can live on.
*sets up a round of drinks on the saw-horse bar, waits*
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Well, we can reconstruct the COCK and the LABIA easily enough. And the ECM and the NEB. No worries.
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Eric, it's time to look forward. Things happen and in the scope of the world, this was not major. No over died over it my friend.
I love the new bar and would like to order up an ice cold traditional martini please.

I love the new bar and would like to order up an ice cold traditional martini please.

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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
As I have learned at Burning Man, things come and go, you may try to chase the good memories to avail, but the best you can do is let it all go and begin to build new ones. 


Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Yep. And in a way isn't it perfectly appropriate to have burned it down to build a new one together for the new year?
A new open space inviting to newly opened people....
Drink of your choice, Eric..... and one for your neighbour too!
A new open space inviting to newly opened people....
Drink of your choice, Eric..... and one for your neighbour too!

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“She had blue skin, And so did he.
He kept it hid And so did she.
They searched for blue Their whole life through,
Then passed right by- And never knew.”
Shel Silverstein
“She had blue skin, And so did he.
He kept it hid And so did she.
They searched for blue Their whole life through,
Then passed right by- And never knew.”
Shel Silverstein
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Oh, my - it's so sparkly and shiny and new. CHEERS!
Thanks, Eric.
Thanks, Eric.
"I have gobs of mustard and ketchup on the front of my shirt, which does not make me a hot dog." Sam A. McKeen
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
And lest we forget what the Bar, in any of its incarnations, is about - here's what started it all:
The Bar
Postby tisha2 » Sat Sep 25, 2004 9:34 pm
Well kids,
I was just appreciating how much this here Eplaya
is like the real playa with the witty conversation, and the
mayhem, and the diverse opinions; being able to jump from one
camp (thread) to another...just realized that besides
the dust, there was something missing....hey! Where's my
fucking drink?!
SO - I take my needs into my own hands...
Welcome to the Eplaya Bar! Tish the Dish, the Hostess with the
Mostess at your service! She is plenty experienced (you heard me)
and pretty darn hot to boot. Step right up, pull up a barstool
and have a seat. The bar is fully stocked and lookee there!
A hundred kegs with every beer you've ever wanted on tap!
Act appropriately (as defined by you of course) and no puking!
What'll it be, baby?
"I have gobs of mustard and ketchup on the front of my shirt, which does not make me a hot dog." Sam A. McKeen
Re: The Bar, Volume #4
why not just delete the whole forum ?
nobody searches for shit anyways..
nobody searches for shit anyways..
Don't link to anything here!
Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Well... shit. Problem clown burned down the bar.
* starts mixing a generous portion of fast-setting epoxy *
Lets combine objects to make new things!
* starts mixing a generous portion of fast-setting epoxy *
Lets combine objects to make new things!

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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
5280MeV wrote:Well... shit. Problem clown burned down the bar.
Good god, laughing so hard I can barely post!
I'll set up some lovely draughts of single-malt, and start looking around for something a little nicer than these here saw-horses for a bar.

It's a camping trip in the desert, not the redemption of the fallen world - Cryptofishist
Regarding Scammers & Scalpers
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
now my post count is smaller.
yer gonna have to make up for that
yer gonna have to make up for that
Don't link to anything here!
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
I will miss "Da Bar" as it always gave me a little smile in memory of da Mule.
Here: (Just ignore the visual)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFnxJnQypY
Here: (Just ignore the visual)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTFnxJnQypY
The Lady with a Lamprey
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
"The powerful are exploiting people, art and ideas, and this leads to us plebes debating how to best ration ice.
Man, no wonder they always win....." Lonesomebri
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
*staggers in, runs into wall, spins, hits head on low cabinet door, trips on step, grabs drape and pulls off the wall as he falls on the planks and rolls across the floor*
*looks up from cloud of dust wrapped in drape like Roman senator*
Hey! new place? Nice!
*dials Elorrums Emergency Kreation number*
*builds fire in dirt corner for camp coffee*

*looks up from cloud of dust wrapped in drape like Roman senator*
Hey! new place? Nice!
*dials Elorrums Emergency Kreation number*
*builds fire in dirt corner for camp coffee*

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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Mmmm, coffee. Just the thing to go with a mountain of spam. Yum.
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
This bar is nicer anyway. Better Happy Hour I'm sure.
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
*** POOF ***
* lumpy NEB appears in a dark corner and littleflower peeks out *
where am i?
* lumpy NEB appears in a dark corner and littleflower peeks out *
where am i?
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
lemur wrote:why not just delete the whole forum ?
nobody searches for shit anyways..
been done before.
just really pisses people off.
Re: The Bar, Volume #4
WOW!
Nice new bar! Its funny how people risist change, Death is dwelling on the past or staying in one place to long.
And as real playa life, there's tons of Bars that are wonderfully awesome! As it is THERE(TTITD) it should be here too!
Sorry I missed the Meet n Greet, playa had taken me and sleep happened...4 hr nap right through the meet n greet...whoopsie!
Nice new bar! Its funny how people risist change, Death is dwelling on the past or staying in one place to long.
And as real playa life, there's tons of Bars that are wonderfully awesome! As it is THERE(TTITD) it should be here too!
Sorry I missed the Meet n Greet, playa had taken me and sleep happened...4 hr nap right through the meet n greet...whoopsie!
Names pinemom, but my friends call me "Piney".
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Single malt and camp coffee
hint of playa dust in the air
nice

hint of playa dust in the air
nice

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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
*reaches up, turns fan on high and throws a coffee can of dust in.......for ambiance*
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
littleflower wrote:*** POOF ***
* lumpy NEB appears in a dark corner and littleflower peeks out *
where am i?
why, you are right where you should be little flower.
care for some breakfast?

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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
here's a toast to goathead, who i managed to miss at least three times this year on the playa.
maybe if danielle & i do decom, we'll for certain make a detour to see our other hometown friends...
Gerlach in 2013 or Bust.
maybe if danielle & i do decom, we'll for certain make a detour to see our other hometown friends...
Gerlach in 2013 or Bust.
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
yeah, dang Simon..seemed you had "just left" everywhere I looked............well, unless that was on purpose....
hey GH: what was the opinion, when I was not around, of the mead?
too sweet, perhaps?
I'm making elderberry syrup, to work on it with.
*smooch* will do

hey GH: what was the opinion, when I was not around, of the mead?
too sweet, perhaps?
I'm making elderberry syrup, to work on it with.
lucky420 wrote:back at ya sweetie (i wish there was a kiss emoticon)
*smooch* will do

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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
ygmir wrote:yeah, dang Simon..seemed you had "just left" everywhere I looked............well, unless that was on purpose....![]()
thats because i went AWOL after refusing to participate in the dangerous plug and play shit show that was Root this year.
disappointed is an understatement.
try furious.
the Burn Was Great, however, Management, not the people, at Root Sucked my Ass, and should NEVER be allowed to step foot on the playa again.
seriously.
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Simon of the Playa wrote:ygmir wrote:yeah, dang Simon..seemed you had "just left" everywhere I looked............well, unless that was on purpose....![]()
thats because i went AWOL after refusing to participate in the dangerous plug and play shit show that was Root this year.
disappointed is an understatement.
try furious.
the Burn Was Great, however, Management, not the people, at Root Sucked my Ass, and should NEVER be allowed to step foot on the playa again.
seriously.
dang.......so sorry to hear this.
you know, you have my trust, my might and mane, and I have your back, in whatever it is.
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
thank you Yggy, i will soon outline publicly exactly what occurred and why and let the reader decide what should be done about it.
This Time, Frankenstein is organizing the Pitchfork Mob.
This Time, Frankenstein is organizing the Pitchfork Mob.
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Re: The Bar, Volume #4
Burning down the house to get rid of the plague is totally acceptable to me. Fresh starts are fresh... 


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