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They are coming thick and fast as we type.
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Where are the Katana slingers: :twisted:
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Gimi wrote:
They are coming thick and fast as we type.
:evil:

Where are the Katana slingers: :twisted:
Fear not the Shadow,
Unless processed meat you bring,
Punishment is swift
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DaddyHoggy wrote:
Gimi wrote:
They are coming thick and fast as we type.
:evil:

Where are the Katana slingers: :twisted:
Fear not the Shadow,
Unless processed meat you bring,
Punishment is swift
And then justice is done,
from the air comes the powers
that punish the Huns.
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Want your colon cleansed?

jasperstyledeyes:- https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=6058

Methinks of an alternative use for a Fer de Lance!
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As far as I can remember, in the previous version of BB a new user could not post a personal web site when they are registered.

Forcing that again may be solution to the spammers with @^... web sites. :)
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The Grey Haired Commander has spoken!
OK so I'm a PC user - "you know whats scary? Out of billions of sperm I was the fastest"
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Call for fire!

One hit on SFS.
Google reveals that this one has registered on multiple sites within the last few days.

User: sld3jkg2
https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.p ... ile&u=6081
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Suspicious about

Jaitarce: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ile&u=6095

There are NO hits on Google for the profile name. That's really, really unusual. My apologies to Jaitarce if you're a real person but the spam-bells are ringing ...
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CAPTCHA stroke again. After exactly 0 failed attempts to log in I had to type the well-known words 'cknoor' and 'hehenglasl' in order be accepted into this illustrious boards.

Unfortunately there seem to be two pages missing from my dictionary, and by a strange coincidence it seems to be just the pages containing these words. So I am not able to establish their exact meaning. Fortunately it doesn't seem necessary to know the words, typing them sufficed.

I'm not looking forward too joyfully to repeating this exercise once a week or so, though. You see, my login details are automatically supplied by my browser, therefore I tend to forget my password, and find it a little annoying to look it up again for each CAPTCHA, because the CAPTCHA page seems to be exempt from the auto-filling routine. :roll:
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Ditto. It got me this morning. My login is controlled by the Opera 'wand', so when I open the BB it automatically logs me in immediately. Not today, however. Like McLane I had to search out my password and then fill in two captchas that had more in common with Thargoid than English.
I hope it doesn't happen again. :(
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* It broke cover at 11:29Z

Similar suspicions as for Jaitarce yesterday:

fineelog: https://bb.oolite.space/memberlist.php?m ... ile&u=6130

NO hits on Google ... plus the profile has just decloaked. Again, my apologies if this is on the level but it looks fishy to me!
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Smivs wrote:
...fill in two captchas that had more in common with Thargoid than English...
This is of course an absolute logical and convincing explanation. Why didn't I notice? :wink:

I'm relieved that my English dictionary doesn't seem to have missing pages after all. My Thargoid dictionary on the other hand... 8)
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