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treed
CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 06, 2007 @ 10:37AM 22 replies
"You can't request more than 20 challenges without solving them. Your previous challenges were flushed." i got this in a white box above a comment i was going to comment on. what does this mean??

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KnitWitch
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 06, 2007 @ 2:41PM
I'm at a loss. Where did this come up? ------------ KnitWitch http://www.knitwitchzone.com

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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 @ 7:55AM
where the notice for crack hits occurs when i clicked to respond to a comment, it happened more than once that message showed up above the comment nothing happened to my account or to any comments i made, or more importantly, my crack hits, was just curious about what this means and why it showed up i had the same "Huh?" responce when i saw it the voices know, but won't tell me (It has to do with numbers, as all things computer do) * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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aalangley6
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 @ 10:04AM
Am I supposed to know what challenges are? "The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."
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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 07, 2007 @ 10:21AM
you understand my confusion and anxiety over this I DO NOT KNOW WHAT THIS MEANS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! have i been marked for torture and death?? or tickles and bubble baths?? either way, its scary * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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KnitWitch
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 08, 2007 @ 2:29PM
I have no idea what this is about. Think we might have to call Robbie or Pulsar in to answer this... ------------ KnitWitch http://www.knitwitchzone.com

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KnitWitch
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 08, 2007 @ 2:31PM
Ya know, until we get some word from a professional just assume you ARE marked for tortuous tickles AND a deadly bubble bath... then you can at least let go of the anxiety of the unknown, right?!? ------------ KnitWitch http://www.knitwitchzone.com

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pulsar
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 09, 2007 @ 5:05AM

Treed,

I think it must be related to the captcha system I've  enabled recently. This one helps us getting rid of Spam. Did you try to post the comment without logging in? Otherwise it must have been some hick up of the captcha backend. Let me know if this issue popps up again, i have still some knobs I can tweak to make this less annoying.

Cheers!
Paul. 

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Kevinesque
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 09, 2007 @ 6:45AM
In Authentication and Authorization systems, a 'challenge' is essentially a question that is asked by the server, that the client(user) must answer before they continue. Most often, a challenge is when the server asks you for your password before letting you into a protected part of a site. However, like Paul said, the captcha system is another form of challenge... if you don't enter the words from the image properly then you've failed the challenge and you're not admitted in. Obviously our system is also set up to log consecutive challenge failures... but it looks like nothing bad happens once the threshold is reached. Since you were allowed to post anyway (and it said that it flushed the previous challenges), I'd consider this nothing more than annoying. Especially to Paul... his logs probably get dinged every time one of these challenge thresholds gets reached. (aside: in other systems, once a threshold is reached often it is standard to lock that particular account. If no one complains, then the assumption was that it was a bot trying to spam the site. If someone does complain, them the administrator unlocks the account and ask the user to be more careful when typing in their password or captcha words. )
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pulsar
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 09, 2007 @ 6:50AM

I am considering enble the captcha system only for the log in and sign up procedure. This should get the annoyance level to the bare minimum while providing the necessary protection against spam bots.

Nevertheless I would like to leave it as it is for a few more days, if this issue occures more often, I might need to get rid of the reCaptcha backend and switch to a more old fashioned one.

Cheers!
Paul.

 

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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 09, 2007 @ 6:08PM
i had logged in and the capta system was no longer asking me to type in the words and after awhile that message showed up now i could have been logged out because of connectivity issues and not known it but i got that message more than once * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 09, 2007 @ 6:10PM
you know how to torture a guy............ * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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aalangley6
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 10, 2007 @ 9:58AM
...then there will be carebears... "The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."
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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 10, 2007 @ 12:12PM
oh gawd, seriously, NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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ogreoregon
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 10, 2007 @ 5:07PM
this is a fun topic......let me know how it turned out, I want names and dates. Charts and statistics. and PICTURES lots and lots of pictures.
*I am the Rear Admiral but Sigler gives the Orders*
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zaphodbblx
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 10, 2007 @ 6:19PM
hey I like carebears!
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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 11, 2007 @ 8:15AM
the voices like you and are scared of you * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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aalangley6
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 13, 2007 @ 10:12AM
Damn them... "The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles."
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jtmanis
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 18, 2007 @ 1:51PM
Not the damned carebears.
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DragonRiderOfPernEatenByAncestors
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 23, 2007 @ 5:04PM
...are at the bottom tyre of the Adversary's warrior equivalents to angels. Barnie is four power levels up from them. But, I could be wrong.
The Irishman from Ohio
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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 24, 2007 @ 3:40PM
are UNBAREABLE (pun intended) the voice shudder in horror * It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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DragonRiderOfPernEatenByAncestors
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Dec 30, 2007 @ 8:04PM
...Boo! Boo! So bad it might be good. The Irishman from Ohio
The Irishman from Ohio
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treed
Re: CHALLENGES??
Posted: Jan 01, 2008 @ 2:13PM
sweeeeeeeet..............* It's all about the Numbers, my friends The Math god

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The Math God of the Past
THE Mister Biz-Nass, Your friendly neighborhood Tourette-Syndrome-afflicted, throat-cancer-surviving fortune-teller who speaks through a voice box.
The Past Future gay Chief of the SFPD (the original podcast of Nocturnal)
http:Bitstrips TREED!
http://GoAnimate TREED!

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