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§ ita § - Jun 30, 2004 8:02:09 am PDT #8003 of 10000
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.

It is a mailto, and most spiders will grab the mailto instead of/as well as what's displayed.


Jesse - Jun 30, 2004 8:16:50 am PDT #8004 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Oh, OK then. It's nice to be able to just click through. I can deal.


Jon B. - Jun 30, 2004 8:28:30 am PDT #8005 of 10000
A turkey in every toilet -- only in America!

And once the spammers got you, they never let go. I continue to get spam at my work email, even though I took it off my web page years ago.


Jesse - Jun 30, 2004 8:32:09 am PDT #8006 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

It's fascinating how many Russians really want to advertise to donations@buffistas.org, I must say.


Gus - Jul 05, 2004 5:28:33 pm PDT #8007 of 10000
Bag the crypto. Say what is on your mind.

insert standard infrastructure-based anti-proliferation argument here

Everyone not having the ita lust step to the left.

All of us the to the right...

Wait! I am never to right of anything.

Confusion! Massive confusion!


Aims - Jul 07, 2004 8:05:12 am PDT #8008 of 10000
Shit's all sorts of different now.

I have a question.

How much is one year on a dedicated server?


msbelle - Jul 07, 2004 8:21:52 am PDT #8009 of 10000
I remember the crazy days. 500 posts an hour. Nubmer! Natgbsb

sorry, wrong thread.


Jesse - Jul 07, 2004 8:57:05 am PDT #8010 of 10000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.

Our current plan is $1200/year.


Gris - Jul 07, 2004 9:59:39 am PDT #8011 of 10000
Hey. New board.

Curiosity: Is there a historical reason we went with building our own message board system rather than using an out-of-the-box solution like vBulletin or phpBB?

I wasn't around then, I don't really know what went into the decision.


DXMachina - Jul 07, 2004 10:05:08 am PDT #8012 of 10000
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.

Because we had the tools and the talent.