That's just weird.

YIKES!
*SWAT*
There's one crawling out of my CD drive door!

Soviet victory!

Don't they make a spray for that?

Robots Crawling All Over Us

Minority Report

Does Orkin handle this type of bug?

Wow, Charles. I'm alarmed and I don't even know what you're talking about. To paraphrase the Russian Cosmonaut from "Armegedden"....".Eeez thees a goood think or bad?"

joe stalin now has a grin on his face. remember joe stalin is from were this war is.

Seriously, what th' hell would they want with us?

I wonder if those Russian hackers that attacked the Georgian government web sites are doing a little forward reconnaissance?

Why?

re: #8 yochanan

joe stalin now has a grin on his face. remember joe stalin is from were this war is.

Uncle Joe if your a Democrat.

Deploy the shover bot!

That's what you get for being a 'hitter,' Charles.

Someone is always gunning for the big guys.

re: #9 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Seriously, what th' hell would they want with us?

We oppose them.

Pick any real evil and we're up there calling it evil and calling for action.

Sounds like the Russian hackers have moved on from DOS attacks against Georgian servers onto spying on the rest of the world (or just the US) so as to plan out the next cyberwar attack.

Are they making a list and checking it twice before submitting their findings to the UN Security Council?

"We have ways of crawling over your web...yah,yah,yah"- some commie rat-bastard.

I guess LGF is now an enemy of the state..

GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF! GET THEM OFF!

I don't understand...of what use is that info to them?

I Robot

Cylon attack.

What a coincidence, as Russia's cyberattack on Georgia continues

This 'bot needs to rescue the daycare from the kids.

Later.

Hey Putin, are you watching me now? I'm pulling down my pants, bending over and giving you a one eyed wink. ;)

/now I've gone to far

re: #19 jcm

Isn't that what the miner in Outland kept saying just before he popped the seal on his suit?

re: #5 bosforus

computer crabs?

re: #20 scottishbuzzsaw

I don't understand...of what use is that info to them?

It's just that we're so damned fascinating, Dahling.

re: #10 unclassifiable

I wonder if those Russian hackers that attacked the Georgian government web sites are doing a little forward reconnaissance?

I just heard a news broadcast that said that attacking the Georgia networks was the FIRST thing the Russians did, before they even moved any troops.

Walter in Golden, Co.

OH! Now I get it, and of course we are!

GEORGIA/RUSSIA GEORGIA/RUSSIA/GEORGIA/RUSSIA/GEORGIA/RUSSIA/GEORG IA/RUSSIAGEORGIA/RUSSIAGEORGIA/RUSSIAGEORGIA/RUSSI A

Got it? NOW FUCK OFF YOU COMMIE TOADS!

OT

Charles

Did you get my email about the Rocky Mountain News article mis-stating LGF as the source of the possible Dirie post?

Walter in Golden, Co.

alright everyone stay down, (whispering) don't give them our location. and don't tell them what our next move is. bwaha

They could also be looking for posts from *disaffected* individuals or ex-pats posting here.

/You're only paranoid until the midnight knock on the door.

Heh

Know where the web crawler originated from?

seriously though i believe i read something lastnight where they attacked all the georgian web outlets

I'm getting e-mail messages from the Mars robot through Twitter. Maybe I could sic it on these pesky things.

i've always abhored spiders

actually they got our credit cards now our web

re: #15 The Other Les

We oppose them.

Pick any real evil and we're up there calling it evil and calling for action.

Yeah, but we -- even Boss Lizard -- are just a bunch of individuals. We're not even classifiable as an NGO. Not putting down LGF, but do we REALLY have all that much influence?

/question's directed at thinking THE Russians might be watching us

What is the User Agent of the robots?

re: #35 kuffar

Heh

Know where the web crawler originated from?

The Church of Obamatology?

I blame this guy!

I understand there's a similar concern over on FreeRepublic.

Start with: [Link: www.freerepublic.com...]

how do these things work, are they clued or set by content like a word? or is it just like "right wing" or conservative, or any signs of intelligence sites in general

re: #42 thor

What is the User Agent of the robots?

All different. Most of them were masquerading as browsers.

re: #41 pre-Boomer Marine brat

Yeah, but we -- even Boss Lizard -- are just a bunch of individuals. We're not even classifiable as an NGO. Not putting down LGF, but do we REALLY have all that much influence?

/question's directed at thinking THE Russians might be watching us

How many divisions does the Pope have?

We talk to friends and other people and write letters to elected officials and other people, especially in the press, read this blog. Need I go on?

re: #45 snopercod
laughing , but now i am wondering if kos is being bugged

Can't answer the robots mystery, but I do know one thing - Sharmuta has certainly smashed the LGF record for first posts on threads.

;)

re: #48 The Other Les
thats' true.

re: #35 kuffar

So far he has traced two of them to Texas and Britain. (From the last thread)

Hi KGBniks. You suck. You guys are finished. Enjoy your last days. Typically, you're making everything suck for the rest of us. But you have no children. Best wishes in hell.

Wow, LGF is now a threat to the once and future USSR.

I feel all tingly.

What are the possible ramifications this? Anything especially sinister we should be concerned about?

re: #50 Cartman

Naw- I think it's zombie.

re: #47 Charles

Well the Russians would certainly nuclear have the capability of data mining nalchik anything that is sent out khashuri through the open internet.

...and not entirely OT

there are plenty of good alternatives to russian vodka.

re: #55 eastvillageinfidel

This is the real reason for OPSEC here.

well i don't know if this is significant but last several days i'm getting at least 100 warning at times into 130 warnings from my virus protection avg . a day, just from researching this topic, at most in regular days i'm getting 1-20 a week

re: #58 noshariaincanada

I only drink American vodka.

the interwebs are a lawless playground for russian thugery, gangsterism and misinformation.

they will try to intimidate anyone. those who bend hand them more power.

re: #61 Sharmuta

I only drink American vodka.

(I also drink water, occasionally)

So, this means that the Russkies are watching! Cool! Your ideology never takes into account human nature. That is why you failed and will continue to fail, although you may subjugate some of the people some of the time, you will forever be a transitory fad among losers.

Have a nice day :)

re: #53 godfrey

Hi KGBniks. You suck. You guys are finished. Enjoy your last days. Typically, you're making everything suck for the rest of us. But you have no children. Best wishes in hell.

I'll second that

Queue the Russian shark music!

Aren't bots supposed to observe the 'noindex,nofollow' meta tags? Guess the commies aren't much into playin' by the rules, but then again, that's nothin' new.

For any Russians reading :

Your vodka is Swill! Polish vodka Rules!

That'll get'em where it hurts!

re: #67 Cartman

You noticed.

Hey Russia! You're little volleyball team got their fat asses whooped by the Georgians!

Hey, let's redefine what is happening in Georgia.

Authoritarianism to the north and, combined with Armenia, a solitary christian enclave is surrounded by Moslems. Good thing Turkey is in NATO.

[Link: www.washingtonpost.com...]re: #68 eastvillageinfidel

ml..MOSCOW, Nov. 1 -- A perennial and pernicious Russian problem -- death by vodka -- has taken on alarming dimensions in recent weeks as dozens of people have died and thousands more have been hospitalized after drinking bootleg liquor laced with brake fluid, lighter fuel, disinfectants and other poisonous agents 2006

I saw a billboard sign that said:

NEED HELP, CALL JESUS

1-800-005-3787

Out of curiosity, I did.

A Mexican showed up with a lawnmower.

Soviets are watching us? I know how to piss them off.

Do you believe in miracles?

USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA! USA!

so are these bots attached to IE and is it connected to the problem a couple weeks ago?

The propaganda continues....
Why Russia’s response to Georgia was right

By Sergei Lavrov

.......
The writer is minister of foreign affairs of the Russian Federation

Hey Russia! YourYou're little volleyball team got their fat asses whooped by the Georgians!

Stupid Internet is ruining my grammar.

Boris and Natasha give it up. Moose and Squirrel always win. You have nothing and your fearless leader is a cross dresser.

re: #66 Catttt

Queue the Russian shark music!

Played on what? An accordion?

Lezak! Lezak! Lezak!

My bad. As Charles has pointed out, the robots.txt file prolly really is supposed to control the robot traffic. I put those commands in the XHTML meta, anyway, hoping they help. Ya just never know!

what's particularly depressing is their control of information. in these countries. this is what worries me about the dems and the fairness doctrine

they're crawling all over the forum looking for clues as to where we have the Allspark hidden.

> THIS IS A STORY ABOUT A COUPLE WHO HAD BEEN
> HAPPILY MARRIED FOR YEARS.
>
> THE ONLY FRICTION IN THEIR MARRIAGE WAS THE HUSBAND'S
> HABIT OF FARTING LOUDLY EVERY MORNING WHEN HE AWOKE.
> THE NOISE WOULD WAKE HIS WIFE AND THE SMELL WOULD
> MAKE HER EYES WATER AND MAKE HER GASP FOR AIR.
>
> EVERY MORNING SHE WOULD PLEAD WITH HIM TO STOP RIPPING
> THEM OFF BECAUSE IT WAS MAK
> ING HER SICK. HE TOLD HER HE COULDN'T
> STOP IT AND THAT IT WAS PERFECTLY NATURAL. SHE TOLD HIM TO SEE A
> DOCTOR, SHE WAS CONCERNED THAT ONE DAY HE WOULD BLOW HIS GUTS
> OUT.
>
> THE YEARS WENT BY AND HE CONTINUED TO RIP THEM OUT.
> THEN ONE THANKSGIVING MORNING AS SHE WAS PREPARING
> THE TURKEY FOR DINNER AND HE WAS UPSTAIRS SOUND ASLEEP,
> SHE LOOKED AT THE INNARDS AND NECK, GIZZARD, LIVER AND
> ALL THE SPARE PARTS AND A MALICIOUS THOUGHT CAME TO HER.
>
> SHE TOOK THE BOWL AND WENT UPSTAIRS WHERE HER HUSBAND
> WAS SOUND ASLEEP AND, GENTLY PULLING THE BED COVERS
> BACK, SHE PULLED BACK THE ELASTIC WAISTBAND OF HIS UNDERPANTS
> AND EMPTIED THE BOWL OF TURKEY GUTS INTO HIS SHORTS
>
> SOME TIME LATER SHE HEARD HER HUSBAND WAKEN WITH HIS
> USUAL TRUMPETING WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY A BLOOD CURDLING SCREAM
> AND THE SOUND OF FRANTIC FOOT STEPS AS HE RAN INTO THE
> BATH ROOM.
> THE WIFE COULD HARDLY CONTROL HERSELF AS SHE ROLLED ON
> THE FLOOR LAUGHING, TEARS IN HER EYES AFTER YEARS OF TORTURE
> SHE RECKONED SHE HAD GOT=2
> 0HIM BACK PRETTY GOOD.
>
> ABOUT TWENTY MINUTES LATER, HER HUSBAND CAME DOWNSTAIRS
> IN HIS BLOODSTAINED UNDERPANTS WITH A LOOK OF HORROR ON
> HIS FACE. SHE BIT HER LIP AS SHE ASKED HIM WHAT WAS THE MATTER.
>
> HE SAID, "HONEY YOU WERE RIGHT. ALL THESE YEARS YOU HAVE
> WARNED ME AND I DIDN'T LISTEN TO YOU".
>
> "WHAT DO YOU MEAN?" ASKED HIS WIFE.
>
> "WELL, YOU ALWAYS TOLD ME THAT ONE DAY I WOULD END UP
> FARTING MY GUTS OUT, AND TODAY IT FINALLY HAPPENED."
>
> "BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD, SOME VASELINE AND TWO FINGERS.
> I THINK I GOT MOST OF THEM BACK IN."
>

Russina snark music?

It's also Black Tuesday. New vulnerabilities exposed, new botnets unchained.

Freedom: The only thing worth fighting for.

Russians - Your country leadership will make you an international pariah. Putin will lead you into one war after another. Dump Putin Now.

(No man as ugly and short as Putin should be in charge of anything.)

re: #76 Killgore Trout

The propaganda continues....
Why Russia’s response to Georgia was right

By Sergei Lavrov

It's his job to fling bull feces.

Not that there's anything wrong with that...

/Seinfeld

re: #73 JimmyTheClaw

I saw a billboard sign that said:

NEED HELP, CALL JESUS

1-800-005-3787

Out of curiosity, I did.

A Mexican showed up with a lawnmower.

I have a bumper sticker that says "Are you following Jesus this closely?" It works like a charm. My previous attempt ("Don't make me get voodoo on your ass") had no effect at all. (I drive the speed limit.)

re: #79 The Other Les

Played on what? An accordion?

It's like Jaws, only instead of trashing the boat with brute muscle, they plant explosives to sink it.

Я собираю& #1089;ь сделать это легко их читать. Dude я вам КГБ, идти ебать сами. Я право склоняе& #1090;ся пистоле& #1090; tooting сын суки вы хотите ебать с Америко& #1081; у вас будет ебать с несколь& #1082;их моих друзей. Морская пехота Соедине& #1085;ных Штатов.

re: #91 Dark_Falcon

It's like Jaws, only instead of trashing the boat with brute muscle, they plant explosives to sink it.

Oh! A French accordion.

And Georgia topped Russia in Judo too. I'd post the video, but it's already copyright-banned on YouTube.

re: #89 The Other Les

Yes, but I'm disappointed the Financial Times gave him the forum.

The Russians took 3 Georgian boats from the harbor out into the Black Sea and sunk them.

They're looking for mojo hand. Sorry Boris. You still suck.

re: #92 BBev

Я собир аюсь сдела ть это легко их читат ь. Dude я вам КГБ, идти ебать сами. Я право склон яется писто лет tooting сын суки вы хотит е ебать с Амери кой у вас будет ебать с неско льких моих друзе й. Морск ая пехот а Соеди ненны х Штато в.

tRanslation?

re: #87 Taqyia2Me

Freedom: The only thing worth fighting for.

That and American women beach volleyball players.

re: #92 BBev

Я собир аюсь сдела ть это легко их читат ь. Dude я вам КГБ, идти ебать сами. Я право склон яется писто лет tooting сын суки вы хотит е ебать с Амери кой у вас будет ебать с неско льких моих друзе й. Морск ая пехот а Соеди ненны х Штато в.

And that means what in English? Seriously

re: #96 DistantThunder

The Russians took 3 Georgian boats from the harbor out into the Black Sea and sunk them.

Military or civilian?

And the men's water polo team - definitely worth fighting for.

2 queries:
1) is Stalin's birthplace monument in Gori still standing (lotsa marble columns around the hovel of his birth)?
and
2) was Stalin Ossetian or Georgian?

re: #101 The Other Les coast guard is what fox had said

re: #101 The Other Les

I read about this earlier - I believe they were Georgian police boats. The Russkies also took out some PT boats, but thier main missile cruiser Moskva was damaged in the process and had to pull out.

re: #104 willowone

coast guard is what fox had said

Well, we never accused the Soviets Russians of being decent.

re: #99 Tigger2005

That and American women beach volleyball players.

I thought we were fighting for the Brazilian women's VB players, no?

re: #98 DistantThunder

tRanslation?

I’m going to make this easy for them to read. Dude ya you the KGB, go fuck yourselves. I’m a right leaning gun tooting son of a bitch you want to fuck with America you will have to fuck with a few of my friends. The United States Marines.

re: #98 DistantThunder

its a babelfish or some such translation into russian of smthng like "i'll make it easy for you to read this you KGB (expletive), you wanna f* with me, you can go f* with my friends from US Marines"
Crude, I know, but his heart's in the right place.

re: #76 Killgore Trout

The propaganda continues....
Why Russia’s response to Georgia was right

By Sergei Lavrov

I'm surprised he didn't publish it at Daily Kos...

re: #93 The Other Les

Oh! A French accordion.

From Toulon, of course.

A guy was just on Macneil-Lehrer News Hour saying that there were thousands of botnets activated. Nazario, his name is.

re: #90 Catttt

I had one that said " I Brake for Hallucinations "

re: #108 BBev

ok , lost a little during the round trip, that babelfish.....

re: #108 BBev

re: #109 kuchuklambat

Either way. It works for me.

re: #108 BBev

I’m going to make this easy for them to read. Dude ya you the KGB, go fuck yourselves. I’m a right leaning gun tooting son of a bitch you want to fuck with America you will have to fuck with a few of my friends. The United States Marines.

my feelings about communists can be summed up with one fictional name "Red Foreman"

Cop claims to have body of 'Bigfoot'

A Clayton County Police officer, and his friend, claim to have the body of a Bigfoot.

The animal -- a legendary, hairy hominid that supposedly lives in remote forests -- is said to be dead, frozen, and "shocking."

Matthew Whitton, a 28-year-old, who has been with the department for six years, and Rick Dyer, a 31-year-old former correctional officer, posted a video on youtube.com, last week, claiming to have the male Bigfoot corpse, alleged evidence that the much-hunted and often hoaxed monster, is a real, living species.

/got Sasquatch?

re: #109 kuchuklambat

its a babelfish or some such translation into russian of smthng like "i'll make it easy for you to read this you KGB (expletive), you wanna f* with me, you can go f* with my friends from US Marines"
Crude, I know, but his heart's in the right place.

Crude you have not seen crude if I had said what I really wanted to.

re: #110 Spiny Norman

I am sure Markos will be more than happy to post it for him.

re: #110 Spiny Norman

It wouldn't stand out from the background noise.

re: #117 Killian Bundy

Cop claims to have body of 'Bigfoot'

/got Sasquatch?

Or is that André the Giant?

Even someone as tender-minded as a Democrat should realize that Russia's aggression took off when the US president was a lame duck. Think of what they'll do we have a president that weak all the time.

re: #122 godfreyThey already have an example: Dhimmi Carter.

re: #113 BignJames

I had one that said " I Brake for Hallucinations "

I have two. One says "Phone at ear = Head up A**". The other says "Hang up and Drive!"

Macker!

They hate a strong America, and they make me sick.

Charles, is it possible to give the webcrawlers a "honeypot", say the Enclopædia Brittanica with every occurrence of the word "the" replaced with the word "Georgia"? Is it possible to waste a lot of their time, bandwidth and storage this way?

Hey all y'all - just got up from my medicinally induced nap and just wanted to check in: any word about our humanitarian aid flights or Naval shipment?

re: #127 realwest

Not yet.

For those who didn't catch the Black Tuesday reference above, it's not a racist slur, rather today is the day that Microsoft releases security patches. There are several rated critiical and a couple of PATCH NOWS! as rated by SANS. Please go get patched if you own Gates Gear, you don't want to be some bot driver's biotch.

OT

I have very interesting information concerning the Saddleback Church
'Civil Forum' Saturday evening , with Barack Obama and John McCain
answering questions, live and in person, with Pastor Rick Warren, author
of 'A Purpose Driven Life'.

If interested in details of this forum, I'll be glad to e-mail particulars.

I have links, but not the 'savvy' to use them.

re: #127 realwest

1 C-17 on the ground. No news from the Navy (It's going to take awhile to get there). Russians halted advance (so far) on Tbilisi right after C-17 landed. Just waiting for the other shoe to drop. Charles is battling an influx of web crawlers. Other than that, just another day at LGF.

re: #127 realwest

I asked that question earlier. I asked if anyone had heard of an ETA for our Navy's ships delivering "aid". No answers. I thought it was important in the sense of breaking the Russian blockade of Georgia's ports.

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank President Clinton for gutting our intelligence services. Because hey- who needs men and women on the ground when you have satellites?

My most commented on bumper sticker: "I'm one too." People stop me in parking lots to ask me what I am.

So, is it time for us Mac users to get anti-virus software?
What kind?

re: #133 Sharmuta

I'd like to take this opportunity to thank President Clinton for gutting our intelligence services. Because hey- who needs men and women on the ground when you have satellites?

I'd also like to thank Clinton's fellow travelers in the US Congress and Big Media (BM) for their obliging assistance toward that end.

re: #129 Thanos

For those who didn't catch the Black Tuesday reference above, it's not a racist slur, rather today is the day that Microsoft releases security patches. There are several rated critiical and a couple of PATCH NOWS! as rated by SANS. Please go get patched if you own Gates Gear, you don't want to be some bot driver's biotch.

Anything for XP sp2, IE6, or am I on my own?

All we need now is Obama. oy

re: #137 itellu3times

Yes, go to those updates.

Maddy Albright was just on Macneil-Lehrer talking about how "Much could have been done diplomatically prior to the invasion". This from the lady who got done by Little Kim, in spades. Why people think she has one ounce of cred left is beyond me.

I'd like to thank President Bush for standing up to the Russians, while we're all thanking people!
Thank you President Bush.
Please, in the words of Maggie Thatcher, don't go all "wobbly" when our ships reach that apparently Russian controlled port!

re: #133 Sharmuta

As much as I hate to admit it, Clinton isn't really to blame. That asshole Frank Church had a lot to do with gutting the CIA.

re: #129 Thanos
Hey Thanos - I thought I read out here that the MS
Service Pack -3 for XP created a LOT of problems for XP users - is my memory faulty on that?!

From what I've gathered, the cyberattack on Georgia wasn't really all that big a deal in terms of real-world value. There just isn't enough "cyber" in Georgia for it to matter. I suspect it was independent actors, free-lancers, or some iteration on the theme that performed that attack.

Which makes you wonder about the 'bots. Was Georgia a dress rehearsal? Or are the kids looking for a juicer playground now that Georgia's stopped being fun?

Strange days indeed...

re: #143 realwest

Hey Thanos - I thought I read out here that the MS
Service Pack -3 for XP created a LOT of problems for XP users - is my memory faulty on that?!

No, not at fault.

re: #142 Bubblehead II

Agreed, but he put up 'the wall' between FBI and CIA, made it official and now Jamie Gorelick is a multi-millionaire on bonuses paid from Freddie Mac/Fannie Mae....

re: #141 realwest

I'd like to thank President Bush for standing up to the Russians, while we're all thanking people!
Thank you President Bush.
Please, in the words of Maggie Thatcher, don't go all "wobbly" when our ships reach that apparently Russian controlled port!

I hope for a bit more like the French Navy vs. Greenpeace—perhaps France's finest hour since....... ...........sometime really long ago.

re: #137 itellu3times

They are pushing XP service pack 2 and at least 10 critical updates. I DLed 9 of them, but don't want to reboot yet for them to take effect.

re: #145 Perplexed
Well help me out here - what were the problems with SP-3?! Windows wants to download it NOW! LOL!

re: #148 Bubblehead II

Oops, I meant service pack 3.

*Blush*
/PIMF

re: #149 realwest

Don't download SP3, unless you have a good backup. You might trash your whole system if you have some files that conflict with SP3.

DIZZY 26, this is very specific so it might help to make links:
1. Open a new tab to the web page you want to link to
2. Right click at the top URL/ click on Copy and come back to LGF
3. Post your message in the comment box
4. Highlight (click and drag across word) what you want linked from other site
5. Click on the Tab with the picture of chain links
6. A yellow bar will open up top. Click on the bar to temoprarily allow script
7. Click tab with chain links again and a box will open up top. Right click Paste into box.
8. Your message box should now have a bunch of text in it. Click on preview before you post to see if it is what you want.

I did some practice links on a dead thread before I finially got it. Hope it helps.

More OT

(an ought to read)

How did the Saddleback Civil Forum on the Presidency come about?

On July 2nd, after efforts by another organization failed to get the two candidates together, Dr. Rick Warren personally contacted the candidates out of his relationship with both men, and invited them to Saddleback's Civil Forum for August. Both agreed to participate on two conditions: 1) that Dr. Warren ask all the questions -- instead of a panel, or from the audience -- and 2) that it be open for all national media to cover as news or carry via live video feed from Saddleback, as opposed to co-sponsorship by any one network or outlet, as was done during the primary campaigns.

re: #151 Perplexed Um, I am a total tech tard but I do have a restore point and would of course shut everything down before downloading, but what is the purpose of SP-3? And can I download - and how do I do it - everything except SP-3 (btw, I have friends who've downloaded SP-3 and had no problems AT ALL with it - I'm just going by what I've read out here; caution sometimes being a good thing!)?

re: #149 realwest

Well help me out here - what were the problems with SP-3?! Windows wants to download it NOW! LOL!

If you have AMD procs, download the image and install from their.
If you have Intell procs go ahead.

re: #155 jcm "If you have AMD procs, download the image and install from their."
Um, I DO have AMD but don't know what you mean by download the image and install from there - WHAT IMAGE?!
I'm SO confused.

re: #154 realwest

Um, I am a total tech tard but I do have a restore point and would of course shut everything down before downloading, but what is the purpose of SP-3? And can I download - and how do I do it - everything except SP-3 (btw, I have friends who've downloaded SP-3 and had no problems AT ALL with it - I'm just going by what I've read out here; caution sometimes being a good thing!)?

Just be careful, have a restore point and go with caution.

re: #137 itellu3times

Not sure on that one friend, I put the SANS link in spinoffs -- they link to the KB's.

re: #149 realwest

Caused my system to crash and had to reset to a prior way point. For some reason it kept trying to write a file and the system wouldn't let. After aborting, *CRASH!*. Strange thing is, it did the same thing on my laptop, but due to other problem with it, I nuked the hard drive, did a clean install of XP Pro and DLed all the updates and service packs with no problems. I suspect it has problems with other non MS software. But that is just my opinion.

Hey Russian 'bots:

Yob tvoyu mat!

re: #152 snowcrash

DIZZY 26, this is very specific so it might help to make links:

I did some practice links on a dead thread before I finially got it. Hope it helps.

For a youngster, that would all make perfect sense, I'm sure.
It just short of Chinese to me. (I can cut and paste, make chess and poker moves, (even winning a few)), but computers generally baffle me.

I do thank you profusely for the help though.

re: #157 Perplexed
Thanks, as I said I do have a restore point but how do I go with caution - the sucker downloads, installs and then I re-boot - where is it I'm supposed to be cautious?!

re: #156 realwest

"If you have AMD procs, download the image and install from their."
Um, I DO have AMD but don't know what you mean by download the image and install from there - WHAT IMAGE?!
I'm SO confused.

Hang on I'll get the link.

re: #143 realwest

Hey Thanos - I thought I read out here that the MS
Service Pack -3 for XP created a LOT of problems for XP users - is my memory faulty on that?!

Dunno about that, I'm on Vista 64 bit, but haven't picked that up yet. I like them to "settle" a bit before I load 'em.

Ya got a source address for that activity?

re: #156 realwest

"If you have AMD procs, download the image and install from their."
Um, I DO have AMD but don't know what you mean by download the image and install from there - WHAT IMAGE?!
I'm SO confused.

Use the download button in the blue section. Make sure you know where it downloads to on your HD.
When it's done down loading run the downloaded file.

The update doesn't install some AMD drivers correctly. They will install correctly form the download in the link.

re: #127 {realwest}

Hey all y'all - just got up from my medicinally induced nap and just wanted to check in: any word about our humanitarian aid flights or Naval shipment?

How's the toof, handsome?

re: #165 buzzsawmonkey

Thanks someone had to do the dirty work. Neither is probably a terrible person, but they hold worldviews and passions that they let overcome both reason and civility.

re: #162 realwest

Thanks, as I said I do have a restore point but how do I go with caution - the sucker downloads, installs and then I re-boot - where is it I'm supposed to be cautious?!

hey Realwest!
Hope you are doing well..
We got a thing to go too so the mrs says she'll be ready in a half hour..So i got at least an hour and half to blog..hahah
what's up?

In the when it rains it pours column:
Sudan Launches Major Offensive in Darfur

Sudan's armed forces are reported to have launched a major military operation against rebels in a remote stretch of north Darfur where China wants to explore for oil.

For anyone who's interested and doesn't already know this, that LUKOIL company that bought up all the Mobil gas stations, at least in this part of the country ...

LUKoil (RTS:LKOH LSE: LKOD NASDAQ: LUKOY) (Russian: ЛУКойл; pronounced /lukɔɪl/) is Russia's largest oil company and its largest producer of oil.[2] In 2006, it produced 95.2 million metric tons of oil.

Its international upstream subsidiary is called LUKOIL Overseas Holding. Headquartered in Moscow, LUKOIL is the second largest public company (next to ExxonMobil) in terms of proven oil and gas reserves (ca. 20 bn boe by SPE standards; some 1.3% of global oil reserves).

LUKoil's North American Headquarters are in East Meadow, New York, USA.

link

Something to keep in mind when you're filling your tank (along with this).

Hey Charles, just to be careful, don't accept any polonium cocktails from friendly Russians.

Humanitarian Aid Arrives in Georgia

The first C-17 plane carrying humanitarian supplies arrived Wednesday in Tbilisi, Georgia, White House Press Secretary Dana Perino said. Another is scheduled to arrive on Thursday with additional supplies.

"There ain't no bugs on me...there ain't no bugs on me...There may be bugs on some of you mugs, but there ain't no bugs on me!"

/cute singing puppy

re: #175 loppyd

Is it Thursday there yet?

re: #167 jcm It says don't click if your dowloading just one computer (which is all I have!)!
GACK!
AND what's worse is that even though I am registered with MS, I never got the XP OS discs from Best Buy cause it was their last XP machine!

I'm gonna have to go eat dinner and hope y'all can e-mail me or something (nic's in blue).
Crap.

re: #155 jcm

Thanks for the info. I also have an AMD proc. (Athlon 2.01 Ghz). Thought the problem was with installed software. DLing the image now and will try the upgrade later.

I Updinged you as well.

re: #165 buzzsawmonkey

Thanos: good work dealing with the Tag Team Trolls downsite.

Egads! That thread is two days old!

How does a thread stay alive that long?

Vladimir Putin's Cyber-Red Army, no doubt.

They have been busy trying to shut down any websites that oppose their view of the events in Georgia.

Goodbye, Global Warming - hello Cold War II.

Vlad Putin is hanging on our every word! ;-)

re: #177 David IV of Georgia

Is it Thursday there yet?

I think it's 3:00 or 4:00 a.m. there.

Well heck, dinners ready for me to mush - hi {loppyd} and HH - yes tooth still hurts and the real pain doesn't begin until it's extracted on the 27th of this month for some reason I hurt 24/7 after an extraction for exactly 14 days and on the 15th I wake up, no pain!
Gah, I really gotta run - hope to have the chance to see you all down the road!

re: #152 snowcrash

I saved that myself, snow ! (I'm a complete cyber-dunce.)
Maybe I'll get up enough nerve to try it on a dead thread....in the wee hours of a moonless night!

New Thread!

OT -
I believe the Obama camp is spreading rumors: the George Clooney text thing, the Powell endorsement. Both Clooney and Powell have denied the allegations. Even though they are minor, I believe these things have been thrown out there to dilute the waters. Saturate the media with these types of things and the general public will look the other way at any scrutiny. He can't handle being questioned or looked at too closely.

re: #154 realwest

Phooey!
If you are a "total tech-tard," I am a potted plant!

Charles:
So?

Nasty comment there, #92.

re: #178 realwest

It says don't click if your dowloading just one computer (which is all I have!)!
GACK!
AND what's worse is that even though I am registered with MS, I never got the XP OS discs from Best Buy cause it was their last XP machine!

I'm gonna have to go eat dinner and hope y'all can e-mail me or something (nic's in blue).
Crap.

Email sent......

Apologies for the outright ignorance, but some questions:

1. Is ICANN located in the US?
2. If in the US, don't they effectively control all web domain/address names?
3. if both above are true, wouldn't this make the US as economically threatening as the largest oil-producing country in that the US could shut an entire nation out of their own web sites via domain name shutdown (like an oil producing nation could shut down an oil supply source)?

Try not to flame me - just curious and not really informed :)

Choose

Although analysts may debate how far Putin decides to go on Georgia will go, its actions are indistinguishable from a campaign that intends to go “all the way”.

The US decision to send a military airlift into Tsibilsi and dispatch a naval convoy bringing humanitarian supplies sends a signal eerily reminiscent of the 1948 Berlin Airlift. The use of military and naval assets simultaneously lays the framework for future action with the same vehicles. Like Putin’s cooing threats, the humanitarian effort is intentionally ambiguous. Vladimir Putin has told America to “choose” between Russia and Georgia. He was really asking the United States to choose between conflict and appeasement. By sending a mini-Berlin airlift into Georgia, Bush is giving no answer, only repeating the question: Mr. Putin, choose — choose what comes next.

re: #189 likesbrusselssprouts

Charles:
So?

Nasty comment there, #92.

No it's not, get a life

re: #193 Kenneth

Choose

I would like to have seen the move early, but it seems a good play by GWB. Makes Putin choose conflict or withdrawal.

re: #148 Bubblehead II

They are pushing XP service pack 2 and at least 10 critical updates. I DLed 9 of them, but don't want to reboot yet for them to take effect.

Thanks, I guess I'd better try them.

re: #190 buzzsawmonkey

The thread doesn't stay alive. Certain people's bileful obsessions do.

Good point. And a good reason not to be going back and reading the latest posts on old threads.

I can't keep up with one thread a day....

re: #197 thelongblogger

Good point. And a good reason not to be going back and reading the latest posts on old threads.

I can't keep up with one thread a day....

There's more than one?

The USN doesn’t have to control the Black Sea. It simply has to partly deny it to the Russians by making it a doubtful place. Then insurance rates and risk interest premiums will make Putin wish he had never been born.

re: #185 wolfie
Wolfie, just do it! Can't hide too much with the SPY feature but everyone wishes you well, so go for it. I don't know much, but I'll help with more specifics anyway I can.

re: #195 jcm

Russia has overplayed their hand. If they pull back now, they will keep Ossetia. If they keep pushing, Georgia will suffer but the Russians risk loosing everything.

re: #199 Kenneth

The USN doesn’t have to control the Black Sea. It simply has to partly deny it to the Russians by making it a doubtful place. Then insurance rates and risk interest premiums will make Putin wish he had never been born.

A pair of Burke's effectively could deny them the Black Sea, sea denial isn't control.

re: #198 jcm

There's more than one?

Where's Mandy and her whacking stick when I need to borrow it?

(she probably wouldn't let me...)

re: #201 Kenneth

Russia has overplayed their hand. If they pull back now, they will keep Ossetia. If they keep pushing, Georgia will suffer but the Russians risk loosing everything.

Let's hope they back down.

re: #203 thelongblogger

Where's Mandy and her whacking stick when I need to borrow it?

(she probably wouldn't let me...)

LOL.

I'm using road kill around here, two threads late on everything.

re: #205 jcm

LOL.

I'm using road kill around here, two threads late on everything.

PIMF usually....
see what I mean!

lemme guess? filthy thuggish control freak communist web-spiders

In violation of whose rules? Putinia makes her own rules. You tawk trash about Putinia, you get robotted for starters, and then poloniumed if you're a major pain.

These guys don't play nice. But they cannot play dirty everywhere all the time or they tip their hand.

Charles,

What are the IP addresses? We could geo-fix the IPs to a country (not that's necessarily a true indication of the source, but it might help).

You've put so many cool automated features on this blog, can you figure out a way to identify a possible bot and slooow down the info that's sent to it? (I say slow down instead of boot off because it'll just try again if you boot it off but if you slow down the tranmission it'll never finish).

This creeps me out to a degree.....it's soo Big Brother...
and yet I use it all the time. Damn, the moral dilemma......
[Link: www.google.com...]

The Russians are doing the crawling of blogs because they want to measure public sentiments against by harvesting thoughts on the Subject of Georgia. They will use this data to do gauge further responses if they escalate in Georgia. It's kinda like real time feeler gauge to push this crisis to the limit. This is only a guess on my part but this is the way a Russian dictator might think. He will push this thing to the edge until someone makes a real move.

In the evenings, I have terrible problems getting to this site.

Last night I had to give up and shut down my puter and reboot, as my puter was doing some very strange things trying to get here, grrrr. I had to give up in the end.
Initially, the only way onto this site was via the 'cached' route and I had to choose to read the 'text only' route, tried to refresh, it wasn't having it, and then threw up 12 shuddering blank web pages.

This morning, before going to work, had no problems at all. All rather weird.

All these probs seem to have started the day I was diverted to another site, which btw hasn't happened since. (in the UK btw)

Meant to say, it is as if something or someone is doing their best to stop me viewing this site.

Bfn, take care all.

I agree that it looks suspiciously like a soviet (oops) Russian federation operation against all pro Georgia (on our minds) websites.
That would probably exclude most demonut blogs.

I think Pres Bush while setting a minimum line on Georgia, is missing the boat. I believe he should have sent the Sixth Fleet to the Black Sea and told the G-7 leaders that he is going to Tblisi to day and to urge the leaders of those nations to join with him in solidarity (solidarnosc) with Pres. Shakhashvili there in Georgia, and dare the Russkies to try to arrest or depose the gov't while he and the other leading western leaders are there! Then he would put the question to the Russians, are you for the USA and the West or are you for raping and ravaging the Georgian people?

Charles,

You need Robot Insurance:

http://www.robotcombat.com/video_oldglory_hi.html

14 Aug:
I had terrible trouble on LGF last night - everything was sooo slow loading and then it seized up. In the end had to get off the net. Today no problems. I wonder if it had anything to do with Charles' problems.

Putin's a *land shark* and a brutal one at that.
Russia is trying to play games and put up a high moral front (rather like our islamists) but he's not very good at it. Russia doesn't do subtle. Like all totalitarian ideologies (religious or not) they fear freedom of speech and thought like the plague. They want to shut down any info coming out of Georgia, not just because they don't want people to know troop movements (which are going to contradict what PR the Russians are putting out) but its's also going to eff up their attempts at painting the Georgians as genocidal killers. We have no way of knowing what went on in South Ossetia but I don't think the Georgians have the military clout to *trash* a whole region. Considering that the S Ossetians are in cahoots with Moscow I'm not inclined to believe a word they say. We will have to wait and see. They seem to think that they can put out any old rubbish and we'll believe it. WRONG

So, if the Russian trolls are peeking:
Your bad attempts at justifying the invasion of a sovereign state aren't working. It's not that hard to see through you. You're being obvious. You can't take the moral high ground when you're bombing residential areas and allowing S Ossetian and Chechnyan (?sp) attack dogs to run amok in Georgia. It is you that is trying to destroy a country and interfere with our oil and gas supplies. We don't take kindly to that sort of behaviour.
I'm British and not long ago you threatened to nuke Europe without so much as a by your leave - that puts you very firmly on my Shit List. Sit on it, and swivel!
PS the Georgian vollyball ladies spanked your team. I laughed my socks off. Delicious!
Grrrrrrrrrr

Sorry to whinge on about this problem again, but have just discovered, the problems I am getting only seem to be when I try and get to this site via Google.

When I had problems before (with being redirected to another site), I deleted the link in my favorites folder and used Google to get here. Have had nothing but problems since. Tried to get to Lgf a few times this morning via Google route, to no avail, have just tried Yahoo and got here straight away! I wonder if anyone else has been having the same problem?