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Well at least they didn't get your CDs. As for the other stuff, I'd call the cops and check the local pawn shops.

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RIP Nathan "Buz" Buzdor

It's being done.

I can't help but laugh, knowing they're probably going to try to sell the CD's, and someone is gonna throw a fit at someone for trying to sell them an empty case.

I'm looking on EBay, and dad's going to check local flea markets. The crappy thing is, since there are several, there's little chance he would find all of the stuff before some of it gets sold.

If they had taken expensive things that didn't really mean anything, like the TV, DVD player, stereo, etc, it'd be ok. Insurance can replace stuff like that (and all of that stuff is pretty easily easy to identify, as it's all engraved).

The sucky thing is, most of the stuff is the kind of things that you can't replace.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

I thought of another one just now: not being able to edit comments on LiveJournal. I notice instances of accidental grammar and spelling mistakes in my comments right after I post them way too many times to count, and it always makes me feel embarassed. I make those mistakes all the time with my regular entries, and even posts on here too, but at least I can go back and edit those.

That's something I've always wondered about, too. They should have an edit button for comments you've made while logged in.

Could it be that nobody's brought that to their attention?

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

I'm sure many people have. You can, however, delete your own comments, and some of my friends have a tendency to post a comment, spot a mistake, delete it, and post a fixed version.

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Yeah, I do that quite often. It seems like it'd be so much simpler to just have an "edit" button.

I'm sure there's a good reason for not having one, but, for the life of me, I can't figure out what that reason could be.

Of course, if they wanted to boost paid accounts, they could add that to paid accounts.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

I think it would be sort of understandable if a comment became locked for editing once it was replied to for obvious reasons, but I don't see what the problem would be with doing it otherwise.

Comment Spam.

I figured I would never have a problem with comment spam. I don't get lots of traffic, and I wrote the whole site myself (using vi). I figured that since my site is totally custom, it wouldn't be worth anyone's time to write a bot to spam it.

Which gets me to the next problem... Since my site is totally custom and hand written, I can't just add some comment spam killing plugin or whatever. I get to write my own, instead.

You might try writing an interface to Akismet. The developer docs look pretty straightforward and the API pretty sensible. You'll still have to bang out some code (though if your fancy custom CMS is written in PHP, Ruby, Python, or Java a lot of the work might already be done for you), but Akismet would do the real work--i.e. the actual spam-detection--for you.

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Ah, VI. I know it well...

That's absolutely horrible, that someone would create a bot to spam your site. I, for one, would love to have nothing better to do that create spambots. Unfortunately, like you, I have a life and don't have time for such meaningless things.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

That does look pretty straightforward. I'd need to get a Wordpress API key, but after that the code seems pretty simple. I'm assuming that if I sign up for a Wordpress API key, I don't actually need to use Wordpress itself anywhere?

I built my site a little bit at a time. Started off using tables and HTML 4 back in 2001, I didn't start using php and css and such at all until a year or two later. A few months after that I thought it would be nice to have comments and such. Most recently I moved to xhtml, and I added a few ajax bits and pieces. But the whole thing has just been me typing stuff in a piece at a time, whenever I decide I'd like a new feature.

Right now I'm just using strpos with a few key words to block him. I'm sending myself emails with his attempts so that I can see what he is trying to use. I'm tempted to redirect his browser to crashmypc or some site with a million popups and tons of spyware when a spam comment is detected.

Yeah, that's correct.



Well, unless he's a really low-volume operation, chances are he's using an automated system, not a web browser.

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Peeve: My stupidity

I suck at scheduling classes. I scheduled a class 4 FREAKING HOURS after my first class. If I had read the freaking class guide I would have seen that there was the same class before it. To make matters worse, the girl who I like(Those of you on LJ know what I am talking about) is in it and I can't change into it, unless someone drops by Friday.

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You know what bothers me? My contacts. Nothing's in my eyes, but yet they're still driving me crazy. I would wear my classes, but I have to work, and the glasses do not fare well with work.

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Man, I hate it when my mum tries to make me go to bed earlier. It happened yesterday when I was watching southpark.

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Peeve: TAXI SERVICE IN FARGO/MOORHEAD

seriously, no wonder no one uses the public transportation here. they dropped me off at the wrong building, then charged me to correct their mistake and take me to the right building.

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I draw. Lots.

Did you pay him forthe mistake? I wouldn't have, and wouldn't have given a tip.

FYI, taxis aren't public transit.

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Really? I'd like to see the logic behind that.

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RIP Nathan "Buz" Buzdor

Most taxi services are private companies.

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Okay, okay, it could be argued that taxis are public transit because they're available to the public (Wikipedia says that "wider definitions" of public transport include taxis), but I disagree: taxis are not operated for the benefit of the public (they're operated for the benefit of their private owners), and they have none of the environmental benefits associated with public transit, i.e. moving more people with less energy and environmental impact.

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But they do transport the public.

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RIP Nathan "Buz" Buzdor

Jones is right on this one. "Public Transportataion" is meant to carry masses of people at a time, thus saving on fuel and pollution.

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If you can't fix it with a hammer, you have an electrical problem.

I AGREE.

Philly cab drivers are just as bad, if not worse. They're good with large places, like restaurants, bars and major streets, but heaven forbid you try to direct them to like ... A HOUSE. Namely, my house. I'm lucky I live fairly close to my workplace, eyaugh (I just can't walk home at 1 AM -- for obvious reasons).

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The Mu is NOT dead!

I cant find any sideview pictures of Jack Thompson on the internet, I need it for My cartoon.

Ugh...don't say Jack Thompson. Everytime I hear that name I want to break something, mostly him.

EDIT: 100th Page TOTPD!

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Peeve: Being Bored. There's absolutley nothing to do right now. And I keep biting this hangnail and it just won't come off.

Peeve number two: Having a dirty monitor. People are always touching my screen and there's always these weird stuck on smudges if unknown origins.

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I've got a little peeve, it's the Numa Numa guy. He's just so awesome, all he does is be's stupid in front of a webcam and he's an instaint internet classic. I REALLY wish I could do that.

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RIP Nathan "Buz" Buzdor

I'm gonna tell my friend to tell him you said that.

Ha, ha, I need to stop bragging about this... my best friend's family knows Gary Brolsma!

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Weeeeee! 100 pages of ticked-off-nessity, okay I'm done.
PS: Marshmallow Roast, can You ask the numa guy how it fells like to be a internet meme?