Friday, September 03, 2010

More Downtime

The blog will be down for a short period tomorrow as I try once again to upgrade the software.  Let’s hope this attempt goes smoother than the last…

(6) Comments
Posted by Jed at 0729 hrs
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  1. I hope the new software allows for more searches in the B & S archives - seems like if you don’t find what you want the first time, and try another search right away, you get this:

    The following errors were encountered
    You are only allowed to search every 30 seconds

    Also, when you do locate an old post, there is this:

    Commenting is not available in this weblog entry.

    I suppose there is a good reason for that. Why do I raise that issue?  Because of this post from May:
    [url=“http://www.bootsandsabers.com/index.php/weblog/permalink/mind_like_a_steel_trap…_a_closed_one/”]

    In that post, Owen was critiquing a co-columnist at the Daily News (Professor M Peterson) who had made this statement:

    It is probably a generational disability, but I have never been able to understand, or accept, the possibility of a 20 year old Republican; such a thing violates the laws of nature and the revolutionary traditions of this country.

    This is what made me think of that:
    <a href=“http://legalinsurrection.blogspot.com/2010/09/dems-losing-yutes.html”>Dems Losing the Yutes[/url]

    The college vote is up for grabs this year — to an extent that would have seemed unlikely two years ago, when a generation of young people seemed to swoon over Barack Obama.

    Though many students are liberals on social issues, the economic reality of a weak job market has taken a toll on their loyalties: far fewer 18- to 29-year-olds now identify themselves as Democrats compared with 2008.

    The professor is right, it must be a disability (but probably not generational, there are types of disability).

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 03, 2010 at 1355 hrs


  2. Let me try those links again:

    Mind Like A Steel Trap…A Closed One

    Dems Losing the Yutes

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 03, 2010 at 1359 hrs


  3. I can reduce the search limit a little.  Maybe 15 seconds.  It’s in place to deter the bots.

    We have comments set to close automatically after 30 days.  Otherwise, the spammers have a field day with the old posts.

    Posted by Jed on September 03, 2010 at 1415 hrs


  4. Thanks - we certainly don’t want to make it any easier for the bots.  Enough spam getting through already - seems like they do their stuff at night - first thing in the morning, a bunch of spam comments.  I should probably follow the links and place an order with a fake credit card number & address.

    I read at a few “Blogger” sites that whatever tools they use to fight spam sometimes causes good comments to get put in the trash too, so the blog administrators are having to go through all of them to recover the good ones.

    Posted by .(JavaScript must be enabled to view this email address) on September 03, 2010 at 1857 hrs


  5. Spammers… the bane of blogging.

    Posted by Owen on September 03, 2010 at 1931 hrs


  6. Interesting and informative. Would like to know more on this subject.

    Posted by Married men on September 07, 2010 at 0445 hrs


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