A billion, billion comment spam

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Well, that might be an exaggeration. It was more like a few hundred comment spam. Fortunately they were all so marked, making it easy to click–delete.

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Monday? Monday?!? So sorry to have missed y’all, yesterday. I’ve been preparing for this week’s RH300 course, and stayed pretty focused on that goal. We’re covering 14 days of regular Red Hat coursework in four days of grueling review, followed by the RHCSA and RHCE exams on Friday. And the exams are … challenging. I’m really good with the bits I use. And I can puzzle out the bits I don’t use often. But come exam-time, there’s 2 or 4 hours to do a WHOLE BUNCH of stuff, and it all has to work right, and it all has to survive a reboot.

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Our condolences to the families, friends, and units of these fallen warriors:

  • Pfc. Donnell A. Hamilton, Jr., 20, of Kenosha, Wisconsin, died July 24, at Brooke Army Medical Center, Joint Base San Antonio, Texas, from an illness sustained in Ghazni Province, Afghanistan.
  • Staff Sgt. Benjamin G. Prange, 30, of Hickman, Nebraska, died July 24, in Mirugol Kalay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
  • Pfc. Keith M. Williams, 19, of Visalia, California, died July 24, in Mirugol Kalay, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan, of wounds suffered when the enemy attacked his vehicle with an improvised explosive device.
  • Boatswain’s Mate Seaman Yeshabel Villotcarrasco, 23, of Parma, Ohio, died as a result of a non-hostile incident June 19 aboard USS James E. Williams (DDG-95) while the ship was underway in the Red Sea.
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2 Responses to A billion, billion comment spam

  1. Rick Hellewell says:
    July 29, 2014 at 17:00

    Regarding your comment spam; I’ve developed a solution that seems to be quite effective in blocking automated spam. It’s a simple process, although it does require Javascript on the client side.

    I’ve put it in place on several sites (including Chaos Manor), and implementation immediately blocks any automated spam. It’s an open-source solution, all the details are on my http://www.formspammertrap.com site. The comment form there uses it, and it hasn’t given me any automated spam. The source code is free, PHP-based, and has a WordPress template that can be used.

    The solution is quite simple, and works wherever I install it.

    …Rick….

  2. bilborg says:
    July 29, 2014 at 21:29

    I’m using Akismet, and it works just fine. I survey the field, then delete. One “spam” comment in a thousand or two is legit (and I then approve). But my process is easy. Thanks for the info, though.

    Best,

    Brian