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SPAM
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Q: Video - Watch Japan Vs Canada Live Stream Video Online Free

t2nekskiVideo - Watch Japan Vs Canada Live Stream Video Online Free Video - Watch Japan Vs Canada Live Stream Video Online Free Video - Watch Japan Vs Canada Live Stream Video Online Free Video - Watch Japan Vs Canada Live Stream Video Online Free Video - Watch Japan Vs Canada Live Stream Video Online Fr...

ARGH. -5. Great.
Wow. FIFA soccer 2014...
More SPAM:
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Q: Video - Watch Croatia Vs Serbia Live Stream Online Free World Qualifying Cup

t2nekskiVideo - Watch Croatia Vs Serbia Live Stream Online Free World Qualifying Cup Video - Watch Croatia Vs Serbia Live Stream Online Free World Qualifying Cup Video - Watch Croatia Vs Serbia Live Stream Online Free World Qualifying Cup Video - Watch Croatia Vs Serbia Live Stream Online Free World Qual...

Oh hello @GeorgeEdison
I thought chat was dead.
More spam? Facepalm.
Oh, Luis got it. Go @Luis!
Oh good.
I can't see it yet.
GO @LUISALVARADO!!!!
@GeorgeEdison Did he kill the users too?
lol.
Ah yes. He killed the users.
Good.
Wow. I have flagged 99 posts as spam :/
17:39
Trust me - we've never had it this bad on Ask Ubuntu before.
I'm sure. Shog added a lot of stuff to the black list recently and that helped...
But obviously not quite enough.
@GeorgeEdison Can you take a screenshot of this page: askubuntu.com/search?q=deleted%3A1+is%3Aq+watch
I'd like to see how much we've had recently.
Hm. That's what I see.
Must not have worked.
Weird...
17:43
The search system isn't recognizing the 'deleted' option.
It worked for joker..
Maybe because he's a mod.
Oh, right.
It's a mod only search option.
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Q: How can I search for deleted posts as a moderator?

ManishearthI was looking for this question, so I searched "salt bridge". The search results were empty, though I can see the post itself (I have a ♦ on the site). /tools?s=1&tab=delete&daterange=today and /admin/recently-self-deleted are still caching (22 minutes, but still caching), so the questio...

Ah OK.
> "Moderators have access to a search operator, deleted:1, that will enable searching of deleted questions and answers."
Yeah.. OK. Oh well.
Now I understand why @RolandiXor wanted to be a mod.
17:45
We'll get him to do it later.
Does anyone know if deleted questions show up in the data dumps?
Good question..
I bet Marco would know.
Boom. Deleted.
STOP DOWNVOTING THE SPAM! ARGH.
@GeorgeEdison Nice.
@Seth There's an automatic downvote when you flag.
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@GeorgeEdison Yes, but those aren't visible AFAIK
17:50
I thought they were visible?
I've never seen one.. I don't think.
There were 5 downvotes when I flagged it and 6 afterward.
Maybe they are then.. ARGH.
Luis got that one.
Great.
If we keep this up the spammer should stop.
17:59
...and the user deleted.
Oh great.
Who keeps starring things?!?
I know you are here someone..
I just starred your screenshot
but I don't keep starring things
why?
No problem, just thought the room was dead.
No issue really.
I have just now looked in: was sending an email before that.
Funny thing is, that screenshot has been starred every time I mention it XD
18:02
probably by me every time :-)
I do like it
Yeah.. It's pretty, like, WOW.
I didn't take it though ;)
@Seth hi. Sorry took me a moment to get was deleting some spam
it should be captioned, "spam isn't a problem here, eh?"
@LuisAlvarado :D
@DanHulme yeah really.
aaa ok lol just read the message, anyway how can spam get so easily
18:04
I don't know...
See that?
Unregistered.
Hi!
yawn bitcoins yawn
how goes it.
Spammy.
did i miss the day of spam already?
/me shrugs
meh, that's all fine, because bitcoins are still going up in price overall
18:08
Haven't had toooo much, but yeah.
@TheLordofTime Spam flags are going down in value...
@Seth so?
my point is the .75BTC i have is going to be worth more in a week
:P
shrug
100 spam flags for me.
should be worth a gold badge..
bragging about stupid crap like that is a way to quickly irritate me
lets not do that today, kay?
besides, i'm still hyperenergized
/me had another bottle of BAWLS
18:12
shrug. I won't purposely irritate you, but if you're gonna get irritated don't blame me.
@LuisAlvarado Spam user is still around: askubuntu.com/users/142603/shhurunai
just banned him for a couple of days
a couple of 365 days
"This account is temporarily suspended for promotional content. The suspension period ends on Mar 22 '14 at 18:13."
@LuisAlvarado Nice.
That might help for a little while.
hands @LuisAlvarado the .50BMG BanRifle
Not sure if that covers IPs, but it covers emails.
18:14
uhmmmm
one problem, @Seth...
not sure if this is an issue...
the user is "Unregistered"
For some reason, I think it would be neat to have a UserScript that displays an animation of the page exploding when you flag a post as spam.
they have to provide an email for "Unregistered" though, right?
@TheLordofTime Oh fun. That could be an issue.
@TheLordofTime I really don't know.
@LuisAlvarado Challenge of the day: Find out if unreggeds still need to provide an email address.
Grabs the @TheLordofTime certified, one of a kind, quality made, self crafted, enhanced and modified .50BMG BanRifle
18:15
you have three minutes.
actually, there's two banrifles...
one uses Time Lord Weapons Science...
the other is .50BMG
Well as it looks anybody can ask questions/answers/comments in an anonymous way for what I could read in the FAQ. Still reading and searching.
@LuisAlvarado would you allow me to run a test?
/me opens up firefox on another computer
yes it would be best
give me two minutes to deploy destructable emails :P
ok
and remember
spam questions start with a "kickoff"
and the word fifa somewhere in there
18:20
so, you have issues with random ogobbledygook?
/me wasn't going to actually create spam, he was oging to create randomness
no hehe just a joke
all the spam today was fifa 2013 kickoff, kickoff 2013 fifa, fifa going to kick 2013 off
in the end, somebody is kicking somebody else off
Can I try to post?
Here goes.
yeah lets test to see if it works
give me the link when it creates so I can help you quicker before the matrix gets you
18:22
So far so good.
excellent!
ok make the question so it meets the "quality standards". Make it longer am guessing.
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Q: WATCH!!!! THIS IS A TEST

user142606WATCH WATCH WATCH WATCH THIS IS A TEST TO SEE HOW EASY IT IS TO SPAM THE SITE. Please don't flag. This will disappear on its own very soon. Some test code A quote I have persmission from a moderator: http://chat.stackexchange.com/transcript/message/8638411#8638411

@LuisAlvarado --^
Yiks.
omg
yeah already deleted the post
That was waaay too easy.
wow, okay, so blah
18:24
ok let me know what you did, did you add more stuff and then click on create question?
Can you delete the user first?
what are you guys testing?
@TheLordofTime No go ahead.
@Seth internet problems
@LuisAlvarado I added some code, a quote and a link.
I used [email protected] as an email.
IKR.
Well I think there is a need to talk about spam prevention on the site
thanks Seth / Lord
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Q: WATCH! WATTTCH THIS! OMG!

I AM THE BIGGEST NOOBI have permission from a mod to test this, WATCH WATCH WATCH WATCH THIS IS A TEST TO SEE THE EASINESS OF SPAMMING. DON'T FLAG IT, IT WILL DIE ON ITS OWN. http://nowherefast.org

@LuisAlvarado delete and email ban
or rather suspend
i want to test to see if the email address ban actually works :P
18:28
a sorry lord, deleted the user
hehe no problem
it's a destructable user anywahs :P
test again but am sure the ban works, the other guy has not made another spam yet
too late
email users autodeleted
but yeah, spam prevention problems, much? :P
well I get between 1 a day... except on friday
which is like 20
Soo.. should there be a meta post?
18:30
Why yes there should buddy hehe
You never deleted my user ;)
was thinking on the title but if you want, create the question
@Seth true O.o
but thats because he was a good guy.. in the wrong moment...wrong time...wrong place...right site
lol.
18:31
poor 142606.. we will miss him
he was a tester...
@LuisAlvarado I can.. but maybe someone else will want to instead?
R.I.P. user142606.
R.I.P user142606
(2013-2013)

- "He was our tester"
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A: How do I boot into true text mode?

shantanuEdit in /etc/default/grub #GRUB_CMDLINE_LINUX_DEFAULT="quiet splash" //stop ubuntu purple screen # Uncomment to disable graphical terminal (grub-pc only) GRUB_TERMINAL=console //text base grub menu

do you need to do an update-grub afterwards?
if he changed the grub file in some way then yes
18:35
So. Who gets the honor of the meta post? @TheLordofTime interested?
@Seth nope, busy fiddling with permissions on an OracleDB system
Well I guess I'll do it then.
i love that this is a thing
aww, I had a question about watching FIFA matches on Ubuntu but I'm afraid to ask it now
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@jrg ^
18:48
@DanHulme banned for THINKING of watching FIFA matches on Ubuntu (Security reasons)
@DanHulme ROTFL
@LuisAlvarado Just joking right?
wow guys too stressed out
yes, joke.... for now...
lol.
The world cup isn't till next year right?
Monitoring System Mark III Activated:
Target: Dan
Reason: 80% probability he watches FIFA on Ubuntu
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FIFA HASN'T EVEN STARTED YET! (Has it?)
Doesn't appear to have..
18:51
ok guys take care
See ya @LuisAlvarado!
going to work
take care friend
nah, I have only ever watched Match of the Day on Ubuntu, and that was only when my bro was visiting
Funny thing is: I am interested in watching FIFA online.. XD
hey, where did Seth go?
he was here a moment ago
19:02
Lunch time.
19:27
close: offtopic
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Q: Linux mint 14 is stuck on laptop display and mouse cursor will not show!

James CortezanoAs said in the title, when I boot Linux Mint 14 it is stuck in laptop display mode at the highest resolution for laptops. As an added addition my mouse and mouse cursor are disabled. The cursor is not showing up and the mouse is not working. I have tried going to the display settings but I can't ...

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Q: Cannot install fedora 18

JayantI have a dell inspiron laptop with 2.5GB RAM and 120GB HDD. I have windows 7 and ubuntu installed side by side. I have another 30GB space where i want to install fedora 18 but when I try to install it, I get the following error /dev/root not found Can anyone tell me how to overcome this. I g...

19:49
@Fossfreedom - re the article on speech recognition, that is interesting. If it were used as part of an answer "use the google speech api. here's a code blurb. here's the project on github. here's the article." i would accept it
20:10
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Q: It's waay to easy to spam the site. How can we make it harder without sacrificing usability to new (legit) users?

SethAfter the last (not so big thanks to Shog(\o/)) blast of spam a couple users and I (with a mod) decided to run some tests. We found that it's extremely easy to post a spam question. Ridiculously easy. One thing we noticed about these spam users is that most of them are unregistered. ...

@TheLordofTime @LuisAlvarado --^
Gui
Gui
20:24
Is there a keyboard shortcut to bring up the workspace switcher?
Super S
And CTRL ALT ARROW KEYS
Gui
Gui
@Seth thanks
that is perfect...
21:15
@TheLordofTime, how do you intend to "turn comments into an error"? ;-)
s/error/answer/
i'm tired, and i've been mistyping all day
21:53
@TheLordofTime :-)
Hi,
@LuisAlvarado don't contact spammers, nuke them. Use Destroy.
Gui
Gui
Resume and Cover letter sent... lets see if I can get fired...
err I mean hired...
I already got fired...
@RolandiXor banrifle. :P
@TheLordofTime lol
@Gui that's funny, I had to write one for the first time in 3 years today!
Gui
Gui
@RolandiXor first one in 5 for me...
21:58
(Required for the job I already have).
I could hardly remember what to do :S
Gui
Gui
anyways I want to do something cool with my Ubuntu, what should I do?
@RolandiXor yeah, I had to steal one from the internet and tweak it...
I always keep mine up to date!
@Gui same here
Gui
Gui
@DanHulme yeah that would be the smart thing to do :-D
@DanHulme well, I lost my old one (switched computers twice)
And that was before my extensive dropboxing days
Gui
Gui
22:00
Yeah my hard drive died and took the last one that I did with it...
ah, mine is in a Git repo
Gui
Gui
<--- because stupid was to stubborn to back things up...
@Gui :(
@DanHulme that reminds me I need sparkleshare
@RolandiXor sparkleshare? are you writing CVs for fairies now?
@DanHulme LOL
Gui
Gui
22:02
@RolandiXor sparkleshare looks like a neat concept, but what would one use it for?
you hatin'?
@Gui backing up over git
Gui
Gui
okay?
Like on a bitbucket private repo
you can track changes and get any previous versions
Gui
Gui
So like Apples Time Machine?
yep
but
this is better:
that's a referral like - take it if you want an extra 5GB free
new dropbox competitor that's mighty awesome
22:04
hmm, is it only me or are there really so many reviewers - my queue is (almost) always empty
(and no, I'm not being paid - I just like it)
@guntbert there are that many ;)
@RolandiXor good :-))
Gui
Gui
@RolandiXor do you get a kickback from the referral?
I mean if not I won't sign up because I won't use it (50gbs) on box.net, but I would do it if it benefits you....
@Gui I do, but that's not the only reason I'm sharing it :)
Box doesn't have a desktop client for Linux afaik
or versioning (I only just found out that copy does)
Gui
Gui
@RolandiXor yeah your right it doesn't have either...
be back later gotta go pick up some pizza
22:13
@Gui can I have some?
/me offers some topfenstrudel to @RolandiXor (it's sweet, I don't think I can explain it in detail tonight :-))
@guntbert lol
Gui
Gui
@RolandiXor sure come and get it...
@RolandiXor I have plenty for all
flying
Is it okay if I come in this:
Gui
Gui
locks his doors and windows
22:24
Hey it's just a massive alien mothership built to destroy hapless civilizations and armed with a star cannon and swarms of raiders... it's nothing to be afraid of...
Gui
Gui
I don't know you might scare the cat into pre-emptively stricking you with a Weapon of Mass Cuteness
:O
Just the thought D:
22:39
@RolandiXor Seth was wondering if you could do us a favor.
Could you please post a screenshot of this page?
Although I can view deleted question, only mods can search for deleted questions apparently.
22:51
@GeorgeEdison sure
Sorry for the delay
KDE sometimes locks up my system when switching windows :(
Back when I was using Noveau, the entire KDE desktop would completely freeze and there was no way to get anything to respond. I had to perform the REISUB trick to reboot the machine.
That is sooooo tempting.
Hey guys I need some fast help.

My brother wants me to install Ubuntu on his computer but his computer will only run Ubuntu 10.04 or 10.10 because of the hardware specifications which one do you recommend I now 10.04 was LTS but it's more up-to-date than 10.10?
Go with 10.04 - a lot of newer packages were backported to 10.04.
23:07
Thanks for the tip @GeorgeEdison
user image
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@GeorgeEdison
23:23
Thanks.
@Seth: --------^
23:36
Np.
> Steam does open no errors
Awesome question.
Nice...
I get not speaking English well ... But mostly it at least makes sense.
This just says the exact opposite of what is meant.
That said, why do we have a tag?
Thanks @RolandiXor @GeorgeEdison.
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A: It's way too easy to spam the site. How can we make it harder without sacrificing usability to new (legit) users?

Shog9 How can we make it harder to spam the site without making it too much harder for new users to ask questions? Well... You can't, not easily. At least not for the case of getting a single spam post through: whatever hoops you ask a new user to jump through, a spammer can leap as well. That sai...

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@RolandiXor Is this a spam user? askubuntu.com/users/140977/andrew
23:54
@Seth required registration: bad | block links from new users: bad | rate-limits: pointless | url/phrase blocking: damn needed | ip banning: baaaaaad | keep deleting: well, what else should we do? | better blocking: pretty damn needed | insta ip ban: no. friggin. way.
@FEichinger The first two seem good to me.
With certain restrictions.
We're supposed to be the go-to-site for stable Ubuntu.
Requiring people to register has the same effect as forcefully creating, say, a One account on install would.
@FEichinger Yes, but all forums require registration and don't let you add links for a little bit.
@FEichinger No it doesn't. There is a BIG difference between those two.
We are a Q/A site. You need an account to really get much answered. A One account is a service most people probably don't want.
My point is: If we're essentially a service condoned by Ubuntu, requiring an external registration - or Ubuntu's openID - is just a step that shouldn't be necessary.
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