Monthly Archives: December 2013

Ice Storm Christmas Chez Nous

Posted on 2013-12-27 by dgilbert

We were lucky.  We were with­out pow­er for rough­ly 6 hours (and asleep for most of it).  Many peo­ple here in Ontario (and the North East­ern por­tion of North Amer­i­ca) had a Christ­mas with­out pow­er and were with­out pow­er for … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Captcha, Gotcha?

Posted on 2013-12-10 by dgilbert

Blank + five = eleven.  Six, right?  Are any of you real peo­ple get­ting flum­moxed by this?  Appar­ent­ly the SPAMers are.  This site has gone from 5 to 10 SPAM com­ments per day to less than 2 SPAM com­ments per … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Reboot Groklaw.net: an Open Letter to PJ.

Posted on 2013-12-05 by dgilbert

The NSA is scary.  I get it.  I have slight­ly less sym­pa­thy for you (a U.S. cit­i­zen) as I am not a U.S. cit­i­zen — which makes my sit­u­a­tion all-the-more pre­car­i­ous, BUT: GrokLaw is need­ed now, more than ever.  The … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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Captcha: blank + 15 = 21

Posted on 2013-12-01 by dgilbert

I’ve start­ed using a Captcha for the com­ments.  Over and above the spam pro­tec­tion I’ve been using, I’ve been delet­ing more than 10 spam posts per day.  This is just a nui­sance, but it has become a nui­sance that is … Con­tin­ue read­ing →

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