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MeTa post:
"Now with more time-suck!"
I play COD4 competitively...! (as in competitions with money prizes and two non-prize ladder comps. But I'm in New Zealand and play on Australian servers, so unlikely I'll ever get to pwn you :(
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks
at 5:52 AM on June 6, 2008
MeTa post:
Mark askee answers
OH! I actually got my pony! (although I'm now aware that others have been betting on the same horse...but we can share righ?). Perfectly subtle yet identifiable. I'd renew my subscription to metafilter, but I think my lifetime one hasn't run out yet.
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks
at 12:14 AM on June 5, 2008
MeTa post:
Learning to resist the dismiss
Weakest call out ever. Mefimail will solve all your problems. Apply thrice daily to the effected region.
I thought there was some real drama in this thread :(
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks
at 10:11 PM on March 18, 2008
MeTa post:
What's up with the "type these words" login?
I've been having an issue here, where by when I use the login form I get an error page saying that the form.username was not submitted (or words to that effect).
I ignored it and gave up eventually, but now I've noticed that it still logged me in. This might be because I'm using a university machine and I think it had some script blocking extensions in the browser. Unfortunitely I can't produce the error page again since I'm now properly logged in.
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks
at 4:20 PM on November 8, 2007
MeTa post:
The scourge that is WebMarshal
oh :( formatting fails me.
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks
at 10:57 PM on June 5, 2007
Basically everything is tunneled through a proxy which checks against an allow list, presents you with a page with a button on it saying "grant temporary access" and it opens access to that site for X many minutes.
http headers I'm expecting, since it only blocks 'ask.metafilter.com/category' but nothing else on that subdomain (yet). I already use ssh to access a cyberspace.org account which gives me Lynx, maybe I'll... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks
at 5:40 AM on June 6, 2007
They list that they are using is probably a customized list, sites will be fine for a while until (eg: human relations) the filter comes across the words 'sex' or 'erection', or some snarky comment contains "fuck" etc. So it's setup to automatically add sites that it filters.
Normally it says "site is blocked under "General Sites"" then has a button which you click which gives permission for a set period of time. But if the filter picks up... [more]
posted to MetaTalk by chrisbucks
at 7:55 PM on June 6, 2007
