Comments on: Well, that happened http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/ Notes and Queries in Anthropology — A Group Blog Thu, 09 Feb 2012 19:06:13 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Strong http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-142485 Strong Fri, 07 Dec 2007 00:11:13 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/#comment-142485 Rex: Thank you for dealing with this. Rex: Thank you for dealing with this.

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]]> By: Rex http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-142362 Rex Thu, 06 Dec 2007 18:31:43 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/#comment-142362 yes the spam attack was all due to an EVIL PLOT by AAA PRESIDENT ALAN GOODMAN to SILENCE US! No just kidding. I think what happened was that we moved from one server to another, but did not update WordPress to the latest version before we all took off for AAAs. As a result someone screwed around with an exploit -- probably somehow so that they could use our machine to send comment spam -- and we weren't around to fix it. I don't think it actually _worked_ (the sysadmins assure us they have no trouble) but it did end up b0rking the database. yes the spam attack was all due to an EVIL PLOT by AAA PRESIDENT ALAN GOODMAN to SILENCE US!

No just kidding.

I think what happened was that we moved from one server to another, but did not update WordPress to the latest version before we all took off for AAAs. As a result someone screwed around with an exploit — probably somehow so that they could use our machine to send comment spam — and we weren’t around to fix it. I don’t think it actually _worked_ (the sysadmins assure us they have no trouble) but it did end up b0rking the database.

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]]> By: Michael F. Brown http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-141738 Michael F. Brown Wed, 05 Dec 2007 23:24:39 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/#comment-141738 You were missed! Glad you're back in action. You were missed! Glad you’re back in action.

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]]> By: ssssss http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-141716 ssssss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:48:36 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/#comment-141716 Oops: Google nature top 50 science blogs without the quotes. Oops: Google nature top 50 science blogs without the quotes.

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]]> By: ssssss http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-141714 ssssss Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:45:40 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/#comment-141714 Some happier Savageminds news: Google "nature top 50 science blogs" and Savageminds actually shows up in the search page. Click on the link and you'll see that 'Nature' arranged the links by Technorati rank and Savageminds came in at 17. Impressive. You guys must know about this since it's from 2006, but I haven't seen it mentioned, so I thought I'd let you know. Some happier Savageminds news: Google “nature top 50 science blogs” and Savageminds actually shows up in the search page. Click on the link and you’ll see that ‘Nature’ arranged the links by Technorati rank and Savageminds came in at 17. Impressive. You guys must know about this since it’s from 2006, but I haven’t seen it mentioned, so I thought I’d let you know.

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]]> By: Dr. ? http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/comment-page-1/#comment-141694 Dr. ? Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:12:45 +0000 http://savageminds.org/2007/12/05/well-that-happened/#comment-141694 So was this a random attack, or was it directed at killing political discussion around the AAA meetings? So was this a random attack, or was it directed at killing political discussion around the AAA meetings?

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