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RPi Awesomeness

05:00

Was going to say something...and totally just forgot

Mateo

‮♦ !dom a ma I ♦ hm didn't work like I thought...

2

Thomas W.

@RPiAwesomeness the awesomeness of 10k is that I can see the deleted post :p

Mateo

try staring that ^

Thomas W.

fires IBM at @Mateo, watches the fireball

RPi Awesomeness

@ThomasW. Is that good on spam?

Thomas W.

05:00

@RPiAwesomeness hm?

RPi Awesomeness

Ooo...ahhh

@ThomasW. Why would you want to look at spam?

Nathan Osman

Wha...

RPi Awesomeness

-2

Q: Make the Indian team MODS

Make the Indian team MODS!!!!! Make the Indian team MODS!!!!! fr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftr fr4neh...

vgaswitcheroo

Thomas W.

@RPiAwesomeness I don't. It just happened to let me see it

RPi Awesomeness

Whoa. I might run out of A) Flags and B) time...chemistry test tomorrow be a-looming.

Thomas W.

05:02

@RPiAwesomeness you may not leave Ask Ubuntu until 10 hours from now

RPi Awesomeness

:( I was doing so well in class too

Nathan Osman

Boom. It's gone.

Thomas W.

@RPiAwesomeness I win.

RPi Awesomeness

Fires IBM at @ThomasW.

Thomas W.

@RPiAwesomeness is immune, and redirects the IBM at the crap scammer

RPi Awesomeness

05:03

OOOKAAY....Who just spammed on purpose here?

Nathan Osman

-5

A: Plex don't find al episodes of a serie

Make US (the Indian Team) MODS!

Guys... maybe... he's lurking in this room.

RPi Awesomeness

Off-topic: askubuntu.com/questions/402620/… though I wouldn't waste any flags on it.

I will return shortly...

Thomas W.

burn this askubuntu.com/questions/402623/this-is-a-spam-test

RolandiXor

Yes, please do.

Thomas W.

@RolandiXor you're back

Nathan Osman

05:05

Burned!

@RolandiXor We're saved!

RolandiXor

I decided to run a few tests before going to sleep

Nathan Osman

We were getting double spammed a few minutes ago.

RolandiXor

The last one you burned was mine.

But the rest is legit spam.

Thomas W.

OH REALLY? beats @RolandiXor with a rotten fish several thousand times

Nathan Osman

@RolandiXor Suuuuuuuuuuure.

RolandiXor

05:06

I was able to create an account without logging in and post a question within less than five minutes!

And watch the chat without logging in.

That is not cool....

2

Nathan Osman

I know.

2 mins ago, by Nathan Osman

Guys... maybe... he's lurking in this room.

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman can you create a private channel and have only us join in on it?

RolandiXor

I didn't even need a valid email, or to do any captchas...

Nathan Osman

I probably can.

Thomas W.

and by 'private' i mean diamond-starred, completely-private, access restricted room

RolandiXor

05:07

just use [email protected] and get in with a fake email

Mateo

@RolandiXor that is why they take so long between posts... they are not using anything advanced...

Nathan Osman

@ThomasW. There's no such thing.

RolandiXor

@NathanOsman there is

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman really? I saw a diamond-star access restricted room. jrg dragged me in there.

it's diamond-mod create only

Nathan Osman

@RolandiXor Double-private rooms?

I don't even know about those!

Fill me in!

Thomas W.

05:08

@NathanOsman i think you create the room... then set it to "Private" after the fact wiht your godmod diamondpowers

@RolandiXor educate the Nathan

RolandiXor

@NathanOsman I can't even invite you

Nathan Osman

@RolandiXor ...otherwise you'd have to kill me, right?

Thomas W.

@NathanOsman death to noobs?

o/ @MarcosRorizJunior

Nathan Osman

I'M NOT A NOOB!!1!11

RolandiXor

@NathanOsman yep :D

Mateo

05:10

yikes 3 in a row

minerz029

out of flags :/

Nathan Osman

Wha....................

-4

Q: Love Vashikaran Aghori Mantra +91 9828187907

LOVE VASHIKARAN specialist@@AGHORI $$$$$ TANTRIK - India .. Vashikaran Specialist Aghori Baba Ji, is famous astrologer in the field and gives you astrological solutions for all problems of like Love affairs +91 9828187907 love vashikaran specialist, Vashikaran mantra, love solution, Vashikaran ma...

failover

minerz029

@RPiAwesomeness You lose rep for spam flags.

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness don't use your account....

Nathan Osman

-5

Q: Make the Indian team MODS

Make the Indian team MODS!!!!! Make the Indian team MODS!!!!! fr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftr fr4neh...

process-priority

-4

Q: Make the Indian team MODS

Make the Indian team MODS!!!!! Make the Indian team MODS!!!!! fr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftrfr4nehbwuvcrXEX57c6vf76yVTFCD45ss35vfytvgbftr fr4neh...

update-manager

/facepalm

Thomas W.

05:11

@minerz029 no you don't.

RPi Awesomeness

I know. I failed at that attempt. Thought OmniWeb had the ability of seperate profiles. Dangit

Deleted that

minerz029

@ThomasW. According to this askubuntu.com/help/privileges/flag-posts 6 flags -- post is locked, deleted, and the owner loses 100 reputation.

Thomas W.

@minerz029 the owner of the post does. but your statement is vague.

RolandiXor

Don't discuss the spam here any longer.

2

Thomas W.

and what @roland said

RolandiXor

05:12

We have a private room now.

Marcos Roriz Junior

hello @ThomasW.

Thomas W.

@RolandiXor invite please

Nathan Osman

Yeah, everybody beg Roland to get into that room.

Marcos Roriz Junior

Finally back in Ubuntu. :)

RPi Awesomeness

@RolandiXor puppy eyes

Mateo

05:12

@ThomasW. rpi did a test spam with his account...

Thomas W.

@Mateo missed that

RPi Awesomeness

I know I know. I failed...miserably

Wow. Apparently OmniWeb runs way faster on PPC than TenFourFox

Avinash Raj

askubuntu full of spams

Thomas W.

@AvinashRaj old news

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness omniweb, is this on osx ppc?

RPi Awesomeness

05:14

Eep...running low on flags

@Mateo Yeah. Version...just a sec

Nathan Osman

@RPiAwesomeness: Are you seeing the ~~invite~~ sekret thing?

minerz029

have no flags.. what to do now?

RPi Awesomeness

v 5.11.12

@NathanOsman Np

Where?

Thomas W.

@minerz029 panic

Marcos Roriz Junior

ppl are spamming in askubuntu

;/

Nathan Osman

05:15

I can't post the link here. I don't have security clearance.

Thomas W.

@MarcosRorizJunior old news

RPi Awesomeness

:) Found it

minerz029

panics

Avinash Raj

it was so annoying

Thomas W.

@minerz029 now here's some thermite

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Avinash Raj

05:15

it may loose visitors because of spams

RPi Awesomeness

I know.. :( We need to figure out this guy/botnet

Thomas W.

@AvinashRaj we know, but they're on tor, what do you want us to do

@AvinashRaj the problem is that mods can't ban

and any blacklists are done at an engineering, network-wide level

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness ohh, I'll try it out. last I looked for a browser on that they were recommending to compile the programs

Avinash Raj

even the community members can't do that

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo You have a PPC?

I don't remember where I downloaded it from.

Thomas W.

05:17

@AvinashRaj correct.

@AvinashRaj not even the CM ubermods can ban apparently.

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness a 2ghz G5

Thomas W.

@AvinashRaj best you can do is contribute to flagging the spam as spam

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo Yeah. Mine is a 1.33GHz 12inch 512MB iBook G4. Rather crappy, but the only working system I have right now besides my Pi.

Marcos Roriz Junior

Anyone watching the Dota 2 D2L finals? :D

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness cool, works good

RPi Awesomeness

05:25

@Mateo OmniWeb?

Braiam

@RolandiXor make me frnd!

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness yep

RolandiXor

@Braiam add me frnd!

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo Glad I helped...somehow...without meaning to :D

Braiam

@RolandiXor me is good!

RolandiXor

05:28

;p

minerz029

@RolandiXor invite?

Thomas W.

@minerz029 invite where? ;) hint hint

25 secs ago, by Thomas W.

@minerz029 invite where? ;) hint hint

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness although, looks like tenfour still does youtube better

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo I've had to use MacTubes to get anything above 240p. :P

TenFourFox doesn't support flash...how are you using Youtube?

Mateo

html5

so tenfour does the webm, and omni does .h264

RPi Awesomeness

05:41

Ah yes...Can't seem to get it to work very well on my system. real pain

Thomas W.

:P

Mateo

@RPiAwesomeness I tricked flash to thinking its newer version of flash for safari

RPi Awesomeness

Oh yeah. Read about that, have yet to try it out...see if I can't get it working.

Seth

So beforeI actually hit the bed, is it over?

Before*

RPi Awesomeness

@Seth Yeah. SE Mods are checking it out.

Seth

05:50

Before I*

Linkie @rpi

Mateo

either they are on top of it, or it stopped

Nathan Osman

We are on top of it.

Thomas W.

^ that

Nathan Osman

SE staff are on top of it as well.

RPi Awesomeness

@Seth In the secret moderation room.

Nathan Osman

05:50

All is well. Go to bed in peace.

RPi Awesomeness

Don't know if I can post it legally...

Mateo

What happens on SE Airforce One, Stays on SE Airfoce One

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo Precisely why I didn't post it

Seth

Well I'll take your guy's word for it. Good night.

RPi Awesomeness

Surprised Seth didn't get invited...

Nathan Osman

05:52

He wasn't here when the action picked up.

Mateo

I was busy watching youtube on my ppc...

RPi Awesomeness

@Mateo Lucky...my system can't handle it very well

Like I said before

Good night all.

Thomas W.

close this as EOL askubuntu.com/questions/402613/…

RolandiXor

night all

Thomas W.

@RolandiXor g'night

Mateo

06:03

that and found out that my scanner won't work with snow leapord... So, the Ubuntu computer and the ppc can scan my docs

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07:21

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Q: Please remove link to irrelevant answer

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Rinzwind

08:48

SPAM: askubuntu.com/questions/402700/… it's on -6 already so close to go :+)

Takkat

gone with the help of all anti-spam matters here ;)

Rinzwind

yes

I found a suspicious user (its in regulators already too :) askubuntu.com/users/233557/user233557

ah one of his topics is removed :D

Takkat

How comes we are so flooded with poor Q from incredibly dull sources?

Rinzwind

We must be popular in India :D

I blame amithkk!

Takkat

blame all babaji - they bewitched us.

Having a bouncing spell would be nice.

"If you throw spam at me - I throw spam at you" adapted from Bob

Rinzwind

09:07

geez he keeps going on :X

ha fossy is present :=)

bbl :=)

Takkat

09:37

Third off topic question same user ---> spam askubuntu.com/questions/402734/…

Alvar

10:10

my mouse to my desktop is broken -.-

Rinzwind

@Takkat Bruno FTW

Takkat

\o/

Rinzwind

oh => askubuntu.com/questions/402694/…

Takkat

dont print on Canon.

they hate all Linux.

Alvar needs better mice.

Rinzwind

Ha! I see a connection: Alvar got a mouse from Canon!

Takkat

10:22

they dont look good. Alvar might not like them so much.

Rinzwind

"Users of Chromium on Linux will be left unable to play Flash-content from this coming April. Google is dropping support for NPAPI plugins, including Adobe Flash, from Linux builds of the browser earlier than was originally planned, ...." omgubuntu.co.uk/2014/01/chromium-npapi-flash-dropped-april-2014

"In its place comes a securer, sandboxed and more performant standard in the shape of the ‘Pepper Plugin API’." :D

Takkat

<-- doubts that new standards will be stable

From security point of view it does not harm if your browser can't play Flash.

Rinzwind

From security point of view one should avoid flash.

Takkat

no Flash no shops no money drain.

<-- will be rich soon!

Alvar

10:39

does this mean I have to install flash the normal way?

suddenly my mouse started to work O.o

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10:59

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Rinzwind

11:20

there is an idiot on the frontpage :X

OH HE POSTED A THREAT!!

where do I report those?

blade19899

-3

Q: This website is being exploited by out TEAM

as aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas above as aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas above as aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas aboveas abo...

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vasa1

What is the quota for spam flags? I saw I had 75 and now just 45!

Rinzwind

I posted 4 more in regulaters @blade19899

Takkat

@Rinzwind "hate speech"

they hate us...

Rinzwind

he posted about spamming other SE sites. Does that not violate the rules? >:D

blade19899

11:27

@Rinzwind, ask a mod?

Rinzwind

we might need to post this in another chat (higher up the chain)?

Takkat

isn't this our "make me mod"-kid of yesterday?

Rinzwind

@blade19899 they have been absent today >:)

blade19899

damnit!

Q got deleted

Rinzwind

he seems rather quiet all of a sudden. I bet he is trying to find an automated script for amime@stack :D

blade19899

11:30

hah

Alvar

strange reason to spam a website

Rinzwind

hey at least he has a reason. He wants to become a mod!

Alvar

I don't want to even, too much work..

blade19899

same here

what are the requirements to becoming a mod here anyways?

Alvar

u get elected

blade19899

11:32

.... so.... i must make myself a candidate and i may get elected?

Rinzwind

@blade19899 1st there is a post askign for mods. 2nd you apply. 3rd you get interviewed.

Alvar

@blade19899 yes

Rinzwind

Oh and its an annual thing probably(?)

Alvar

I think so

Takkat

No moderatordom is forever until you resign.

Poor mods - doomed to deal with flags until the end of their days.

blade19899

11:33

Ah gotcha

Takkat

Only pro-tem mods (like me on another site) will be replaced by proper elections.

vasa1

Interesting is that the "spam" is now from registered users.

blade19899

I hereby declare myself available for the position as a moderator on askubuntu.

Alvar

the post wasn't that form the start..

Rinzwind

you probably need rep too >:D and a positive history

Takkat

11:35

and be loved.

blade19899

:(

how much rep are we talking?

and the be loved part is out of the question

Alvar

around 5k is recommended as far as I know.

since you need to know enough about the subject

blade19899

1k to go then.

Alvar

but you need to be helpful in general, flags, close votes etc etc...

Rinzwind

A mod with 1 rep needs to ask another mod with 5+ rep to use meta

Takkat

11:39

Some review gold badges and a lot of meta participation helps too.

blade19899

i have 4k, 1k to go

Damn

Alvar

a lot of helpful flags doesn't hurt..

blade19899

glafs, close votes okey. but edits...

I have com across Q that were nothing more then a wall of text, no formatting whatsoever. I quite half way

Takkat

Being a mod is a pain - you won't be able to close vote or flag the way you did before.

Whatever you do will be final.

Alvar

it's too much work and responsibility for my.

blade19899

11:42

I usually just edit links that don't have formating

Alvar

@Takkat that's a bit scary.

Takkat

it's not if you don't do anything :P

Alvar

then you are pointless ;)

blade19899

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Adair to John Adair - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Don't we have a links style guide?

Alvar

help section of the site?

blade19899

11:44

Yep

askubuntu.com/help/formatting

markdown

helpful thing to read

# Header 1 #

> In information technology, header refers to supplemental data placed at the
> beginning of a block of data being stored or transmitted. In data transmission,
> the data following the header are sometimes called the payload or body.

<h1>header with h1 tag</h1>

Alvar

theya re back

they are editing questions without throwing the suggested edit function of the site

cool

blade19899

in know i flagged them and posted them in the regulators room

Alvar

12:02

@blade19899 well it's not a spam question.

the original question is elgit..

blade19899

i flagged the answer

Alvar

12:16

any AU mods around?

Rinzwind

nope. have not seen one yes.
foss was on the frontpage and so was bruno but not here

Alvar

@Rinzwind thinking of the spammer hijackers..

RPi Awesomeness

Hey, if anyone was on the Spam Sniping team, the spammers are back...

Alvar

@RPiAwesomeness dude we know, they started last night...

RPi Awesomeness

@Alvar So do...I was fighting it all last night

Alvar

12:25

@RPiAwesomeness hope a CM will come to rescue soon...

RPi Awesomeness

askubuntu.com/questions/402785/… is another answer spam

I need more flags! I'm totally out...

Alvar

I got 45 left

RPi Awesomeness

I can't help for much longer. Hopefully someone who was in the Mod room last night will come soon!

Alvar

@RPiAwesomeness I was there then...

RPi Awesomeness

@Alvar Oh duh. Sorry :)

Alvar

12:28

haha

RPi Awesomeness

It was really late for me. I don't remember much except the annoyingness of the spam.

Well, those have been going bye fast

yeah I g2g for now. Hope you guys stop this!

Alvar

@rolandixor what room?

blade19899

askubuntu.com "6 Errors, 2 warning(s) " w3c.validator
http://validator.w3.org/check?uri=http%3A%2F%2Faskubuntu.com%2F&charset=%28detect+automatically%29&doctype=Inline&group=0&ss=1&st=1&outline=1&No200=1&verbose=1

Rinzwind

bruno is active in case someone needs a mod

Alvar

12:50

@BrunoPereira can you contact a CM about the constant spam hijacker, I want to be a moderator speaches. on the site?

@blade19899 you like poking them don't you...

blade19899

a little bit....

but

If they would just listen to reason, and ask this on meta, and provide details on how we fail short, so we can improve AU, maybe we can discus this, Instead of letting them harass our users. If they don't do that, then nuke them from orbit

Alvar

well they just keep coming...

blade19899

where are they!

Alvar

just wait..

Rinzwind

it is getting close to night time in India ;-)

blade19899

12:59

... there geeks.... night time is where they wake up...

Alvar

@Rinzwind werent they sri lanka yesterday?

blade19899

wait are they geeks...

Alvar

@blade19899 more like 5 year old children. BUT I WANNA BE A MOD!

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