A little admin for you:
There was a lull in the spambot activity recently. For a while, the ticker only registered a few hits as compared to the past infestation. I noticed news items about recent arrests and I figured this was the reason for the fall off.
Like the old arms race, counter measures provoke counter-counter measures... and now I have a rush of new weeds in the garden. A couple of days ago, the number of spam was around 2500, then today I see I have nearly twice that number. My method is to wait for a while and then apply the tedious effort to clean up the comment sections for all posts. It's a pain, but I like a clean garden.
As a result, I may miss a comment from a human being, not a bot. Sorry about that folks. Recent posts are less effected for some reason, so if you want my eyballs on your commetn fast, the most recent post is the way to go. As I find new comments buried in old posts, I'll respond if need be. Hang in there!
Posted by Dennis at November 8, 2004 2:21 PM
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