A workaround that's even easier to implement, and doesn't affect exisiting software: Use Apache's mod_rewrite so that every visit from the evil crawler gets fed the same small file, no matter what is requested.
If the file contains a brief obscenity, so much the better.
Those not running Apache, well, they need their own solution. Or to upgrade to Apache!
Harry Browne - Freedom, Not Legislation
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I'm voting, and voting Libertarian. Why? The Republicrats offer us nothing except more regulation -- and we have seen for the past hundred years that the more laws on the books, the worse off our society becomes.
You don't have to be a doper to understand the the War On Drugs is every bit as stupid and destructive as was the 18th Amendment. You don't have to be a mathemetician to figure out that your paycheck is being sliced up to buy influence in foreign nations. And you don't have to be a pacifist to start wondering why the hell our military is deployed in such huge numbers in Europe and Asia. The only candidate on the ballot who would work to bring an end to these things is Harry Browne.
If you don't like the status quo, you should vote. Especially if your conscience dictates that you vote for a candidate who is not in a position to win the election. Why? Votes are more than just votes, they are voices. Important voices. Get those "third party" candidates some votes this time, and maybe we'll hear more from them next time. Prove that the People don't care, and the media will run the next election just as surely as they're running this one.
How the fuck would your dad feel after killing them without even checking to see who they were?
What a perfectly asinine statement. What you are not even bothering to consider is that most folks who will pick up a firearm in self defense are keenly aware of the fact that the human being in the sites is going to die. As a result, they have every reason in the world to be certain of their target's identity before firing.
When I was 17 years old, I came creeping into the house at about 2AM, with a friend, trying to be quiet out of consideration as much as to avoid a confrontation with parents who expected me to be home four hours earlier. What my friend and I both saw, and will never forget, is my father's eyes over the sites of a.38 that was pointed right at my chest as I stepped through the door.
The point: that was 21 years ago, and I am still here. The ole man did not shoot, did not even have the hammer back (at that range, double-action is fine). He identified his target, lowered his weapon, and all was well. I was not in any danger -- my father was raised with guns, I was raised with guns, and my own kids are raised with guns. We know better than to poke holes in things that we have not clearly identified as needing to be dead.
When a home invasion was attempted in my own home several years ago, I stood in my foyer with a semi-auto pistol in my hand -- the man attempting to gain entry could see me through the glass in the door, and for some reason was not deterred when I showed him my firearm. Funny thing: when my wife handed me the cordless phone so I could call the sherriff, he ran off. I could have simply reached over and unlocked the door, and popped the guy when he came in. Here in Colorado, I would have gotten away with it without ever visiting a courtroom. The deputy who responded even suggested that if it happened again, that's what I should do. (The would-be invader was a neighbor -- if he made a habit of this kind of behavior, he probably would eventually seriously injure or kill someone.) What you and others like you are apparently choosing to ignore is that the vast majority of gun owners are not looking for an excuse to pull off a plausibly righteous shoot. Most are simply prepared, and preparation does not imply eagerness to commit the act.
Personally I hope that one day you will be shot by someone you know...
And therein lies the root of all violence, belief that what you want is more important than the lives of those who are no threat to you.
The only thing guns are used for is violent crime, where people are robbed, raped, mugged and killed by criminals who have easy access to the vast amount of guns in America.
You can always tell the city people in these discussions. The simple fact of the matter is that without guns, you would starve to death.
The most common actual use of guns, after target shooting, is hunting. You may not like the idea of we glorious humans out whacking Bambi and Thumper for recreation and consumption, but if we did not do this, you own behind would quickly be in very serious trouble.
The most hunted mammal in the US is the rabbit. There are two reasons for this: (1) They're tasty, and (2) they are a crop predator that, left unmolested in an agricultural environment, can multiply their numbers 8x - 32x each and every year. The damage large numbers of bunnies can do to a farm can be devastating, and the result of large-scale crop predation as would occur without effective control (as is now practiced with firearms) would be astronomical food prices and within a few years, food shortages.
The deer is also a major crop predator. An unhunted herd of deer can multiply 2x or more per year under favorable conditions. Favorable conditions like not being shot while feeding on a farm.
Depending upon the region, other tasty crop predators would become problems if not controlled by hunting.
Most farmers accept that a few percent of their crop will be lost to predation, allow hunting on their land as a very effective and natural control, and believe that as beings connected to the Earth, some loss is acceptable as matter of good-neighborliness. Unlike city people, they know their place in the ecosystem and accept it.
I won't even address the fact that the vast majority of guns in the US are never used in the commission of a crime, or that armed citizens intervening in a crime in progress are less likely to be shot and less likely to shoot innocent bystanders than are the police.
Guns are simply tools. Like many powerful tools, they can be abused. Automobiles are responsible for more deaths every year than guns are in a decade (excluding military actions, of course). Sometimes automobiles are used as weapons, and this is certainly more prevalent today than at any point in American history. If you want to save lives, carry a gun while you leave the car parked in the garage!
Personally, I believe the only shortage in the industry is of those who will work for crap wages.
There is a bit of a shortage of top-notch programmers, which is impacting my business greatly. I can find people easily enough, but finding those who can do the kinds of things that we do (internet applications development) without a lot of hand-holding is difficult. A few weeks ago, I had to can a guy with a PhD in Computer Science for poor performance...
Any best-of-the-best CGI geeks who can work as contractors without constant supervision can feel free to send me a resume (plain text only)!
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If the file contains a brief obscenity, so much the better.
Those not running Apache, well, they need their own solution. Or to upgrade to Apache!
You don't have to be a doper to understand the the War On Drugs is every bit as stupid and destructive as was the 18th Amendment. You don't have to be a mathemetician to figure out that your paycheck is being sliced up to buy influence in foreign nations. And you don't have to be a pacifist to start wondering why the hell our military is deployed in such huge numbers in Europe and Asia. The only candidate on the ballot who would work to bring an end to these things is Harry Browne.
If you don't like the status quo, you should vote. Especially if your conscience dictates that you vote for a candidate who is not in a position to win the election. Why? Votes are more than just votes, they are voices. Important voices. Get those "third party" candidates some votes this time, and maybe we'll hear more from them next time. Prove that the People don't care, and the media will run the next election just as surely as they're running this one.
We would be Nazis today after having been subjects of the Queen for a couple hundred years.
What a perfectly asinine statement. What you are not even bothering to consider is that most folks who will pick up a firearm in self defense are keenly aware of the fact that the human being in the sites is going to die. As a result, they have every reason in the world to be certain of their target's identity before firing.
When I was 17 years old, I came creeping into the house at about 2AM, with a friend, trying to be quiet out of consideration as much as to avoid a confrontation with parents who expected me to be home four hours earlier. What my friend and I both saw, and will never forget, is my father's eyes over the sites of a .38 that was pointed right at my chest as I stepped through the door.
The point: that was 21 years ago, and I am still here. The ole man did not shoot, did not even have the hammer back (at that range, double-action is fine). He identified his target, lowered his weapon, and all was well. I was not in any danger -- my father was raised with guns, I was raised with guns, and my own kids are raised with guns. We know better than to poke holes in things that we have not clearly identified as needing to be dead.
When a home invasion was attempted in my own home several years ago, I stood in my foyer with a semi-auto pistol in my hand -- the man attempting to gain entry could see me through the glass in the door, and for some reason was not deterred when I showed him my firearm. Funny thing: when my wife handed me the cordless phone so I could call the sherriff, he ran off. I could have simply reached over and unlocked the door, and popped the guy when he came in. Here in Colorado, I would have gotten away with it without ever visiting a courtroom. The deputy who responded even suggested that if it happened again, that's what I should do. (The would-be invader was a neighbor -- if he made a habit of this kind of behavior, he probably would eventually seriously injure or kill someone.) What you and others like you are apparently choosing to ignore is that the vast majority of gun owners are not looking for an excuse to pull off a plausibly righteous shoot. Most are simply prepared, and preparation does not imply eagerness to commit the act.
Personally I hope that one day you will be shot by someone you know...
And therein lies the root of all violence, belief that what you want is more important than the lives of those who are no threat to you.
You can always tell the city people in these discussions. The simple fact of the matter is that without guns, you would starve to death.
The most common actual use of guns, after target shooting, is hunting. You may not like the idea of we glorious humans out whacking Bambi and Thumper for recreation and consumption, but if we did not do this, you own behind would quickly be in very serious trouble.
The most hunted mammal in the US is the rabbit. There are two reasons for this: (1) They're tasty, and (2) they are a crop predator that, left unmolested in an agricultural environment, can multiply their numbers 8x - 32x each and every year. The damage large numbers of bunnies can do to a farm can be devastating, and the result of large-scale crop predation as would occur without effective control (as is now practiced with firearms) would be astronomical food prices and within a few years, food shortages.
The deer is also a major crop predator. An unhunted herd of deer can multiply 2x or more per year under favorable conditions. Favorable conditions like not being shot while feeding on a farm.
Depending upon the region, other tasty crop predators would become problems if not controlled by hunting.
Most farmers accept that a few percent of their crop will be lost to predation, allow hunting on their land as a very effective and natural control, and believe that as beings connected to the Earth, some loss is acceptable as matter of good-neighborliness. Unlike city people, they know their place in the ecosystem and accept it.
I won't even address the fact that the vast majority of guns in the US are never used in the commission of a crime, or that armed citizens intervening in a crime in progress are less likely to be shot and less likely to shoot innocent bystanders than are the police.
Guns are simply tools. Like many powerful tools, they can be abused. Automobiles are responsible for more deaths every year than guns are in a decade (excluding military actions, of course). Sometimes automobiles are used as weapons, and this is certainly more prevalent today than at any point in American history. If you want to save lives, carry a gun while you leave the car parked in the garage!
There is a bit of a shortage of top-notch programmers, which is impacting my business greatly. I can find people easily enough, but finding those who can do the kinds of things that we do (internet applications development) without a lot of hand-holding is difficult. A few weeks ago, I had to can a guy with a PhD in Computer Science for poor performance...
Any best-of-the-best CGI geeks who can work as contractors without constant supervision can feel free to send me a resume (plain text only)!