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These are automated attacks. I'm seeing them on at least three different sites.

the "fix" is to disable xmlrpc.php - but that also disables the ability to do pingbacks. Of course, for webcomics, I suspect that pingbacks aren't that important.

I haven't gotten back home yet. Anyway - tracked it down. It wasn't just wapsi, but that's the biggest target, and it was wapsi the last few times. Specifically, it's an attack on xmlrpc.php (used for pingbacks, mostly). Apparently often used to try to inject a referral to another website. One attac...

I changed out the board and memory, and it looks like the load is back to normal. I do suspect there is/was an assault going on.

BW

Fixed. Would you believe I had to retype that three times to get it to that level of incorrect? Being ready to collapse from the flu isn't condusive to accurate spelling.

Well, I did a manual upgrade to the wp-super-cache plugin, but I wasn't willing to spend another two hours breaking back into the server if it didn't work. (I have the flu) I'm going to change the board out - from a dual core to a quad core, with double the ram. That should absorb the impact better ...

I've been trying to delay doing some upgrades, but there's a plugin (or an assault on the site) that's locking the server up repeatedly. Right now, I have wordpress moved aside with just a basic text/html page. I have a new processor and motherboard ready to go in, but that's only a short term fix. ...

AnotherFairportfan wrote: There's an allergy warning on the label that says "If you are allergic to polyethylene glycol, don't take this stuff."

Don't drink the radiator fluid.

And, more seriously, wash it off promptly if you are topping off your radiator, if you're showing a sensitivity.

Yup. College Station. Originators of the Freebirds restaurants. Sort of the Texas hipsters reply to Starbucks.

Good food, but I've NEVER been fond of the attitude. I'd rather go to Amy's Ice Cream.

I don't see why it's THAT much of a surprise. If the appendix was marginal, going through the cleansing/purging cycles would have irritated it, and then stress of the colonoscopy on the immune system would allow it to proceed rapidly. "You know how you had this hole down here, and we shoved som...

Frankly, it's horse pucky. Yahoo is one of the biggest providers of spam out there, so their blocking _incoming_ emails to try to fight spam is a lot like Afghanistan searching people leaving for guns, to try to fight the insurgents. I constantly get complaints from people sending to my servers &quo...

I had the opportunity (a few years ago) to purchase one of the original Austin Mini's (Originally called the Austin Se7en or 7). http://gatewayclassiccars.com/saint-louis/1960/austin/mini-S2467.html http://www.classiccarportraits.co.uk/pages/AustinMini5961.htm The guy wanted 2 grand, and I didn't ha...

I found out that several mail providers were throwing hissy fits with the reply-to address that the board used. That is - Paul's email address. Right now, there's a throwaway unusable email address attached to it, but that'll be replaced with a 'real' email address soon. Apologies for how long it to...

Jabberwonky wrote:

shadowinthelight wrote:Those guys are wicked smart computer folks.

'Wicked' smart? I thought you were in Dallas...

Maybe he's been absorbing Boston by osmosis.

I've increased the maximum Avatar size from 20kb to 30kb, and physical size from 120x120 to 150x150.

Texas has four main accents. East Texas, which is what you heard from the Sheriff of Marshall, Texas, during the Shuttle disaster recovery searches. He should NOT have been allowed near a microphone, to prove to everyone in the rest of the country that everyone in Texas sounds like an inbred moron. ...

I suspect it has to do with caching software. I'm seeing the previous day's image myself. I'll be checking through a different internet provider in about 3 minutes. Okay - it's caching software on the internet provider's end. When I switched from Comcast to my T-mobile hotspot, I immediately got the...

Well, you can do Houston to Detroit in about 24 hours, obeying the speed limits, and not stopping for more than a fill-up. My "record" was two days of driving. I don't push things, not like the nutball woman I met who used to make the same drive _by herself_ in one 24 hour shot about once ...

His German translator just slaps a few words together in a big lump... I've heard this about German... Mark Twain supposedly told a story about reading a book in German, but somebody tore off the last page, so all the verbs were missing. The Awful German Language - http://www.crossmyt.com/hc/linghe...

Daft Punk Wants You to 'Get Lucky' Safely. Time article here . Only if I get the same light show as their helmets ... I read this as Dampf-Punk wants you to 'Get Lucky' Safely.... So I was wondering what sort of Victorian era designed helmets would help you be safe.... (Dampf-Punk is Steam Punk in ...

jwhouk wrote:Sorry, I'm not going THAT far back. My name's not Tolstoy

I thought it was Proust.