Housekeeping

kbd512 · 2021-08-18 12:16:31

tahanson43206,

We use fiber here. The only thing that kills the internet these days are the power outages from thunderstorms. It appears to be the best solution, not subject to cellular or satellite reception issues, nor copper wire related issues.

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-18 12:25:26

For kbd512 re #1501

Thanks for the feedback regarding fiber for Internet!

The local user group was able to secure fiber service because it uses (generously donated) space in a (very large) retail establishment, which ** has ** fiber service as a necessity for their national operations.

A member of the local group said he is expecting to switch to fiber in the near future, as AT&T is able to lay the cable. Knowing the gent, i suspect the neighborhood is upscale.

I live on the border between upscale and whatever average is, and fiber is a mile away at present.

A new competitor "Starry.com" is offering over-the-air service that they are betting they can supply at half the price of comparable service from the hard-connection suppliers. The company is (apparently) established in a couple of other major metropolitan areas. I put in a bid for their service, but have the feeling I'm being ignored because I'm not an apartment complex, which is their target customer right now.

All that said, I think your assessment of fiber (reliability, not to mention speed) is a good match with everything I have heard or read. Glad to hear you are able to enjoy that reliability, and whatever other benefits there may be.

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SpaceNut · 2021-08-18 19:39:06

Thats what the cable companies are offering at a stupid level of pricing since I am paying the same amount for a 3G connection ....they converted the copper about a decade ago to fiber...

kbd512 · 2021-08-18 21:09:24

SpaceNut,

The funny thing is that fiber ultimately costs them a lot less money, specifically because it's so reliable and has such minimal maintenance, in comparison to copper or cellular towers or satellites.

Edit:

I'm still waiting for near-space satellites, aka high altitude blimps of the kind that Lockheed-Martin developed, to supplant expensive communications satellites and cable-laying endeavors, which are both far more capital-intensive than operating drone airships that can remain aloft for years at a time. The military should pay for the R&D, if only to provide pervasive communications capabilities using low cost persistent aerial platforms. Satellites are great while they're overhead, but the problem has always been the insane cost of keeping one or several overhead at all times. Maybe SpaceX can change that, but that remains to be seen.

Last edited by kbd512 (2021-08-18 21:13:33)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-19 07:54:59

For SpaceNut and kbd512 re ID Recovery

TestiD10700 finished

14900 Pending finish

last username processed: maryannfc18

Completed Sequence for ID: 14900
Total Command Lines found: 112
Total input Lines in script: 341
Total input Lines in data: 2389
Number of ID's processed: 42
Starting Number: 14859
Last Number of Run: 14900
Summary for Web Automation Report for 08-19-2021 at 09:49:31
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:01:28
8 Date Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 01:03:47
Total time Program was Active: 09:50:27

Verify runs for tonight's dash to 15000 start now ...

Update at 10:49 local time ... all 110 candidates with Zero Posts are still present in the users table.

Verify Bans will start now ...

Update at 11:55 local time ... all 100 candidates were found in the Bans table.

100 of these will be fed to WBA for tonight's dash to 15,000.

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Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-19 09:56:34)

kbd512 · 2021-08-19 10:46:29

tahanson43206,

I'm going to run the script on another 200 Test IDs right now.

kbd512 · 2021-08-19 11:03:30

SpaceNut and tahanson43206,

So, this time there were some duplicates with Russian E-mail addresses, for example, but those were not removed.

For example: TestID10886 hjhcxxpy@spacecas.ru

If I were to run the script again, then it would remove these bans with duplicate Test ID values, but I'll wait for instructions on that.

The script start / stop is shown below for TestID10701 to TestID10900:

[info] Playing test case Unban_NewMars_Test_IDs / Unban_Test_ID
[info] Time: Thu Aug 19 2021 11:49:13 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Timestamp: 1629391753744
...
[info] Executing: | endWhile | undefined | |
[info] Time: Thu Aug 19 2021 11:59:20 GMT-0500 (Central Daylight Time) Timestamp: 1629392360371

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-19 11:38:39

For kbd512 re #1507

First, thanks for the update on last night's run, and for the report on finding duplicates.

You already know what I'll say next, but for the sake of a reader who might be viewing this topic for the first time, the version of FluxBB before the current one allowed duplicate entries to be made in the Bans table. However, unique ID's are enforced in the Users table.

If a given Id (using TestID10886 in your example) is present in the users table as a member, then any entry for that ID in the Bans table can be deleted.

If the package you are using can do conditional logic, then you might be able to run a script to perform a lookup and make a decision.

***
The local Linux User Group took up my report of some web sites refusing "free" email addresses, during their recent meeting

Several suggestions were offered for persuading such sites that an email address is NOT a "free" one.

If anyone else has encountered this situation and would care to report details of problem and (solution if any), please consider posting here.

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Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-19 11:39:09)

SpaceNut · 2021-08-19 18:24:33

This mean I need to go into the ban table and not only change the name but the email as well so as to delink the cross link which was created with a double ban....
I will go take care of it and then I will remove that double from the table and it will be gone all together.

edit
Just finished the removal of the duplicates in the 81 pages in the banned table. A total of 41 usernames all total.

just began working to clear users after the letter t* to the end to bring in more spammer accounts to convert

All the letters u,v,w,x,y and z have become completed

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-19 18:32:08

For SpaceNut re #1509

Thanks for taking care of the stragglers like that!

There's a lot of interesting discussion happening right now!

I am finding it difficult to keep up << sigh >>

Update at 20:38 ... For SpaceNut .... we have a visitor...

Serviceabj
Title
Member
Real name
Serviceabj
Location
Croatia

This ID is online at 20:29 local time - UTC is 00:49
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Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-19 18:50:05)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-20 05:15:05

For SpaceNut and kbd512 re ID recovery

TestID10900 is a member!

Text direct from Clipboard in Step: 34 MdaArsahing
Completed Sequence for ID: 15000
Total Command Lines found: 112
Total input Lines in script: 341
Total input Lines in data: 2347
Number of ID's processed: 100
Starting Number: 14901
Last Number of Run: 15000
Summary for Web Automation Report for 08-20-2021 at 07:13:37
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:01:29
14 Date Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 02:30:34
Total time Program was Active: 10:16:41

Verify runs will start shortly

Update at 8:22 local time - 110 candidates with Zero Posts were found in the Users table

Bans Check will start now:

Update at 11:21 local time ... All 110 candidates were found in the Bans table

The first 100 will be turned over to WBA to begin the 10 day climb to 16,000.

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Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-20 09:23:10)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-20 05:59:08

For SpaceNut and RobertDyck ...

GW Johnson wrote the Portal to offer one or more of the ExRocketman articles to be published by the Mars Society.

For RobertDyck ... There was some possibility that you might be able to gain access to some Mars Society storage via your connections at the chapter level.

We've not heard anything since, so I assume you must have run into difficulty. Perhaps SpaceNut can help?

For SpaceNut ... GW Johnson's articles in ExRocketman might be of interest to the Mars Society ... do you have any contacts there who would be willing to take a look at them?

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SpaceNut · 2021-08-20 19:30:13

I checked back through my emails and found:
On Thu, Feb 4, 2021 at 7:28 PM SpaceNutNewMars wrote:

Hi James,

We have an opportunity to make use of Dr. G.W. Johnson's generosity with Orbital mechanics.

I'd like to invite you to start thinking about how we can turn this gift into a tutorial that will have lasting value. Ideally we would have a permanent repository managed by Mars Society. In the absence of any indication that it is possible, can/should we look at other options. To begin with, we can make a topic dedicated as a tutorial, and connected to the primary Orbital Mechanics topic.

This is Dr. GW Johnson's website http://exrocketman.blogspot.com/

It has quite a bit of information that we might want to make available to the MarsPedia as well with his permission of course..
end email

Of course the response was one of how much work was already on James plate as it was for the 2021 year.

Of course this was prompted several months before the offer by another member that has not returned which was looking at the food growing side of going to mars....

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-20 19:55:08

For SpaceNut re #1513

Thanks for searching your records .... it is good to see the request was made ...

In light of Dr. Johnson's renewed offer this morning, please consider resending the email.

Now may be a ** slightly ** better time, because the new Conference is close but not yet here.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-20 22:38:00

For SpaceNut re ID Recovery ...

The Internet was smooth as glass this evening! WBA reached 15,100 and closed down as planned.

Verify usernames with Zero Posts are in users table: Start now...

Update at 11:05 ... The verify run found a username that is no longer present! MickieCvy3

That name is removed from the candidates list. Verify Bans will start now...

Update at 12:23 local time .... all 110 candidates checked are in the Bans table.

100 of those will be given to WBA for tonight's update run to 15,200

Update at 22:39 local time ... The Internet seas were calm as glass this evening. We have a Full Moon.

If we pick our mental landscape appropriately, we can imagine the Milky Way on display overhead.

Text direct from Clipboard in Step: 34 Mihaelmuy
Completed Sequence for ID: 15200
Total Command Lines found: 112
Total input Lines in script: 341
Total input Lines in data: 2146
Number of ID's processed: 100
Starting Number: 15101
Last Number of Run: 15200
Summary for Web Automation Report for 08-21-2021 at 22:36:22
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:01:30
14 Date Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 02:31:27
Total time Program was Active: 02:49:52

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Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-21 20:42:38)

SpaceNut · 2021-08-21 18:25:18

I was able to clear all the spammers from the letter T through to Z into the banned data base so more victims to convert....

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-21 19:03:04

For SpaceNut re #1516

I was surprised by my reaction to your accomplishment this evening .... I read that and thought "Good Grief" !!! That is NOT a criticism! It's just that the current set of Zero Post candidates stops just shy of the TestID collection that kbd512 is working on.

Thanks for working on that set of spammer created ID's. The set in the current collection will go for 21 more days or so, but it is clear that there'll be more work ahead when the current batch is finished.

***
This is housekeeping, so I'll toss in a wildlife report ...

I live in a really old urban neighborhood. The house itself is closing in on 100 years, but it is very junior to many houses in the area.

Wildlife of various kinds lives in the area, or comes to visit. We've had all sorts of birds, including Cooper's Hawks. We've had squirrels, opossums, raccoons and even rabbits from time to time.

A few days ago, I noticed a huge pile of soft dirt piled outside a shed under which opossums have lived in past years. I thought that this must be another opossum but a ** really big ** one due to the volume of dirt moved.

My strategy is to sweep/rake the dirt back over the opening under the shed, and sprinkle clean sawdust on the pile so i can observe whether the visitor is coming or going.

This evening, as the sunlight ebbed and I prepared to lower the shade on the back door, I saw movement heading my way along the walk to the garage. To my astonishment, the movement continued, and continued some more and finally ended.

A mother skunk was leading her entire troop under the gate that leads to the front yard. I hope they don't come back.

It is possible she didn't appreciate my careful piling of all her labor back over the entrance under the shed.

***
Other household topic item ... The news is reporting weather headed your way ... most reports are about about states that border the ocean, but I'm guessing you and your neighbors will see more rain than you need for a couple of days.

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Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-21 19:05:18)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-22 06:44:07

This post is reserved for updates for ID Recovery from 15,200 to 15,300

Verify runs will start shortly ....

Update at Noon local time ...

The collection of usernames with Zero Posts was made some time ago.

Today's Verify run find three usernames that are no longer in the User's Table.

Those names will be removed from the list of candidates.

The Verify Bans run will start shortly.

Update at 13:10 .... Well! Once again, SpaceNut has given a few banned usernames a lease on life!

The scan of 107 usernames already verified as in the User's table yielded only 93 in the Bans table.

Those 93 will be turned over to WBA for this evening's run.

However, we are short 7 usernames to form a complete set of 100.

To remedy this, I'll run the verify scripts over again, using 110 as the limit.

Starting Verify in Users Table now:

Update at 20:15 .... The Internet took WBA down several times, but the rerun for 110 candidates just ended.

I'll run the Bans check now.

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Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-22 18:16:04)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-23 06:18:54

For SpaceNut re ID Recovery...

Completed Sequence for ID: 15300
Total Command Lines found: 112
Total input Lines in script: 341
Total input Lines in data: 2029
Number of ID's processed: 100
Starting Number: 15201
Last Number of Run: 15300
Summary for Web Automation Report for 08-23-2021 at 08:13:24
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:01:29
6 Date Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 02:29:43
Total time Program was Active: 10:10:30

Last Username processed was: MosesDaw

Verify runs for tonight's update will start now.

Update at 9:19 local time: All 120 usernames tested are in the users table. Next is Bans check ...

Update at 10:58 local time ... all 120 usernames were found in the Bans table.

The first 100 will be turned over to WBA for tonight's update.

(th)

Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-23 08:58:57)

SpaceNut · 2021-08-23 20:51:28

Topic fixed and post of the drill made

completed the letter R spam banning

edit letter S has about 15 pages of 50 on a page and we will be done conversions.

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-23 21:27:20

For SpaceNut re #1520 .... thank you for your work on the damaged topic!

And! Thank you for staying out ahead of WBA. We reached 15,400 this evening.

Text direct from Clipboard in Step: 34 nelliexe4
Completed Sequence for ID: 15400
Total Command Lines found: 112
Total input Lines in script: 341
Total input Lines in data: 1929

Number of ID's processed: 100
Starting Number: 15301
Last Number of Run: 15400
Summary for Web Automation Report for 08-23-2021 at 23:18:23
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:01:29
7 Date Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 02:30:39
Total time Program was Active: 02:31:44

The Verify runs for the next run will start tomorrow.

The Internet was glassy smooth this evening. The Moon is just past Full. Jupiter and Saturn are just to the West.

(th)

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-24 06:37:40

For SpaceNut ... I dropped off a Report about the spammer who put a payload into the Human Resources topic.

It turns out that quite a few Administrators and Moderators have access to that topic, but I do not.

If you agree, please remove the offending post and ban the ID.

It's almost as though the spammer knows you are working toward that ID, and ran a test to see if it is still available.

Update at 9:23 .... I upgraded the account to TestID15401. If you have time, please delete the spam post.

***
The balance of this post is for ID Recovery ...

Verify runs for today's update will begin shortly.

update at 10:05 local time ... all 120 candidates were found in the users table ... starting Bans table check now ...

Update at 11:30 local time ... all 120 candidates showed up in the Bans table.

The first 100 will be given to WBA for this even's update.

(th)

Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-24 09:31:19)

SpaceNut · 2021-08-24 19:10:11

spam posts have been removed for TestID15401

tahanson43206 · 2021-08-24 21:23:24

For SpaceNut re #1523

Thanks for cleaning up that post. I hope that as we close in on the last couple of thousand spammers, we'll have fewer and fewer incidents like that.

WBA had a flawless run this evening. We reached 15,500.

Text direct from Clipboard in Step: 34 normawk4
Completed Sequence for ID: 15500
Total Command Lines found: 112
Total input Lines in script: 341
Total input Lines in data: 1829

Number of ID's processed: 99
Starting Number: 15402
Last Number of Run: 15500
Summary for Web Automation Report for 08-24-2021 at 23:19:33
Average time of Loop from Main form: 00:01:29
12 Date Exceptions were recorded.
Total time of Processing: 02:28:05
Total time Program was Active: 02:36:46

Update at 10:27 local time ... Verify of 120 candidates found all are in the users table.

On to the Bans check ...

Update at 11:27 local time ... All 120 candidates were found in the Bans table.
The first 100 of these will be turned over to WBA for upgrade this evening.

(th)

Last edited by tahanson43206 (2021-08-25 09:27:53)

kbd512 · 2021-08-25 17:23:08

tahanson43206,

I've been very busy with work and fixing my car and whatnot, but I'll begin running the script again tonight. Unless there are objections, I will run it for more Test IDs to make up for lost time.

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