http://www.starchamber.com/2004/07/sundials-by-computer.html Ned Gulley's Blog. Resident buzzwords: synthetic biology, ambient displays, swarm robotics, wise crowds. Thu, 04 Dec 2008 06:13:28 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.5 http://www.starchamber.com/2004/07/sundials-by-computer.html#comment-558 Ned Fri, 23 Jul 2004 13:00:51 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=878#comment-558 Well, not exactly. But I did use MATLAB to look at the spam traffic I'm getting. Between July 1st and July 22, my spam blacklist rejected over 1200 spam comments, with some 1000 of them coming during one particularly nasty four-day period. They come flying in, dozens every minute, clogging the server, advertising a variety of colorful and unlikely services. If it weren't for Jay Allen's MT-Blacklist package, [ <a href="http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist" rel="nofollow">http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist</a> ] I'd have to shut down comments altogether. Well, not exactly. But I did use MATLAB to look at the spam traffic I’m getting. Between July 1st and July 22, my spam blacklist rejected over 1200 spam comments, with some 1000 of them coming during one particularly nasty four-day period. They come flying in, dozens every minute, clogging the server, advertising a variety of colorful and unlikely services. If it weren’t for Jay Allen’s MT-Blacklist package, [ http://www.jayallen.org/projects/mt-blacklist ] I’d have to shut down comments altogether.

]]> http://www.starchamber.com/2004/07/sundials-by-computer.html#comment-557 Ben Thu, 22 Jul 2004 04:48:56 +0000 http://starchamber.com/?p=878#comment-557 Can MATLAB do anything about being spammed by Fioricet? Can MATLAB do anything about being spammed by Fioricet?

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