A while ago I closed off all comments on this blog, after way too many spam comments. Of course it turns out that switching off comment ability didn’t prevent spam-bots from submitting them to the database anyway, it just stopped them appearing – and filled the DB with thousands of comments “awaiting moderation” – not to mention this “e-mail me to comment” thing was a hassle on me.
So I decided to look at my options again, obviously requiring registration was not sufficient, nor was any of my other previous means of blocking them – but perhaps akismet would be. Of course it’s very hard to actually test whether akismet is actually running (at least without trying to fake a genuine spam which is a special talent I lack), but I did a test comment and it appeared. For now, comments are open again, I’ll keep an eye on it for a few days and see what happens. If I see no spam, I’ll leave them open for good.
Best spam ever:
Make $ fast!
hold down your shift key and your 4 key and it will make $ fast.
fear my army of dread: Kernel Panic and General Error.
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I saw a vw beetle today. Had vanity plates that read “feature”.
Today I installed the newly released PCLinuxOS 2007, a few quick synaptic grabs to get Nvidia installed (note: the default repo has dropped the packages for this – probably because it was getting flooded, just enable some more), and then I used the control center and enabled my Beryl powered 3D desktop… who the hell needs VISTA ?
This is so cool.
For some time now us PCLOS fans have been holding out for this release, which promised some serious cool. It was easy to install, quick to migrate and it retains that sense of fun that I liked about it in the first place (and still has some obvious cases where the way-back-when OL influence does shine through).
So my short review of the new release is: AWESOME.
Only downside is the lack of an easy upgrade – luckily my data is on a sepperate partition, but for people without that it could (unfortunately) be a bit tricky. This however, only influences current PCLOS users. If you are upgrading, please make sure you do a backup first.
Watch out for some exciting OutKast news regarding PCLOS soon to come.
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