I’m about to purge the whole list of applicants, most of whom are Russian bots, but—if you’re real and want in, all you have to do is drop me an e-mail (addy is available on this page) and tell me you’re not a bot and say hi. Not a real strenuous membership chore, eh? Even if you get a letter saying you’re out I can still fish you out of the pile and validate your membership if you just send me that letter.
Membership apps to this site: READ.
by CJ | Oct 20, 2018 | Journal | 8 comments
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The bot issue is becoming increasingly bizarre.
In general, I guess, if it’s on the public Internet, it’s a target.
It’s a wonder that so much of public infrastructure is on such an attack-prone medium.
Thank you, C.J., for pressing onward despite the hostile climate.
It’s a zoo. I get about 10 bogus applicants a day—and I have decided just to deny them all, which at least provides breadcrumbs so that you can reach me and tell me you’re not-a-bot!Thank you for persisting!
OK, this is Grognard, logging in…
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I’m real. Really I am.
Hi and welcome to the new members!
I seem to remember Agricola from before. In that case: welcome back!
Not entirely apropos, but not to pass without note, NASA has officially retired the Kepler Space Telescope.
NASA/JPL: “Kepler has opened our eyes to the diversity of planets that exist in our galaxy. The most recent analysis of Kepler’s discoveries concludes that 20 to 50 percent of the stars visible in the night sky are likely to have small, possibly rocky, planets similar in size to Earth, and located within the habitable zone of their parent stars. That means they’re located at distances from their parent stars where liquid water – a vital ingredient to life as we know it – might pool on the planet surface.
“The most common size of planet Kepler found doesn’t exist in our solar system – a world between the size of Earth and Neptune – and we have much to learn about these planets.”
Of course this last suggests on most of them sapient life forms are unlikely to ever make it into space, with their concomitant escape velocity, but it’s good to note that the availability of other planets, so readily imagined by SciFi authors, is supported by the data. It’s real!
Bots? Here? *hides some spare parts behind his back* 🤖