Posted by Nico Schuyt on 10/13/06 21:09

dorayme wrote:
> "Nico Schuyt" <nschuyt@hotmail.com> wrote:

>>> Would you... please not ignore the fact that it works to
>>> actually stop spam. If you don't think it actually does, say so
>>> loud and clear.

>> Working *now* is no guarantee what so ever for being effective in
>> the near future.

> This is simply not true. If you had left it at the "no guarantee:
> and not added the "whatsoever" you would have had a fighting
> chance old chap.


Ah well, let's not argue. Like I mentioned in a later posting, I fully admit
the technique of Nikita is a good alternative for the JS-solution.

>>> The issue of it "being easy" to overcome is quite
>>> irrelevent in a world where almost no bots do this. This is the
>>> world you earthlings and I live for the moment. What world are
>>> you talking about? One in which Spider's stats are not true?

>> Stats are never true :-)

> Come now Nico, you can't believe this.

But I really do :-) It's not the statistics, that's pure mathematics; it's
the uncertainty in the methods the data are collected.

>>> In this world it looks to me to be very reliable for now.

>> The place is right; it's the time that might be a problem.
>> Tomorrow I'll launch my new evil bot.

> Ah... this is the kind of talk I like, evil talk. If you have
> plans... all this is different...

Don't worry, no plans :-)

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Nico Schuyt
http://www.nicoschuyt.nl/

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