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#1 2005-09-06 06:39:51
- Josh Cryer
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
Cute. badastronomy.com is the site everyone loves, though. How much are you asking? I see no listing on eBay.
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#2 2005-09-08 10:29:54
- Rxke
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
Sold to.... crackpot extaordinare Hoagland 
Way to go...
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#3 2005-09-08 11:31:19
- yales
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
"Project Orion" is Wayne Smith, a seriously wacked out rent-a-cop and part-time bar bouncer from Australia.
This is his profile:
http://www.newmars.com/forums/profile.p … ile&u=1072
Any board that does not commit itself to discussing how to promote the use of Project Orion atomic-bomb powered spaceships he must destroy.
He has hacked and crashed message boards and spammed and filled with porno any board he cannot hack.
He always ends up banned and then retaliates with a range of stupid script-kiddy stunts to cripple his "enemy".
Wayne, after acting like a thug at the excellent "Bad Astronomy" board, was banned. The REAL address is badastronomy.com
Wayne, as he has done numerous times in the past, bought a similar sounding domain: badastronomer.com
This is the public domain Internet WHOIS record: (notice that it is NOT Hoagland)
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Domain Name: BADASTRONOMER.COM
Registrar: Spot Domain LLC
Expiration Date: 2005-12-14 01:00:59
Creation Date: 2004-12-13 23:01:57
REGISTRANT CONTACT INFO
Wayne Smith
Poste Restante
GPO
Brisbane, QLD 4000
AU
Phone: 33959876
Phone Code: 61 Australia
Fax:
Email Address: cosmic_disturbance@yahoo.com
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He then uses that to set up "phishing" sites to trap the unwary, or in this case, to re-direct people to other sites, porno sites, or his own pathetic web pages in order to harm the real web site.
This is the HTML re-direct script that Wayne Projectorion Smith uses if you go to his phony badastronomer.com link:
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<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN">
<html>
<head>
<title>Bad Astronomer</title>
<META name ="keywords" content="bad astronomer, Phil Plait, astronomy">
<META name ="description" content="Phil Plait's bad astronomy"><meta HTTP-EQUIV="content-type" CONTENT="text/html; charset=UTF-8">
</head>
<frameset border=0 rows="100%,*" noresize>
<frame marginwidth=0 marginheight=0 frameborder=0 framespacing=0 name="TOPFRAME" src="http://www.rael.org/"
noresize>
</frameset>
</html>
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See the re-direct to hoagland's "http://www.rael.org/" ?
Wayne will change that to different porno sites, pseudoscience sites, or back to his own silly board.
What a complete loozer! 
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#4 2005-09-08 12:21:24
- Cobra Commander
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
Whatever the behavior of people at other boards we give everyone the benefit of the doubt here unless they give cause to act otherwise. We are well aware of the animosity between Project Orion and Yales, further public airing of it is unneeded and won't be tolerated. Be warned.
Build a man a fire and he's warm for a day. Set a man on fire and he's warm for the rest of his life.
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#5 2005-09-08 12:41:22
- yales
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
Not a problem. I just feel that it is important that the people here know that the link in the first post is a deliberate "come-on" to a re-directed "phishing" site.
Sorry if this public service announcement is out-of-bounds. I was sort of asked to clear this up at another board:
http://www.everything-science.com/index … pic=5959.0
I will butt out.
yale
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#6 2005-09-08 12:55:20
- Rxke
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
My fault.
I remembered a thread on another board where Phil Plait himself complained about this, so I mentioned it there... (The assumed Hoagwas^H^H^Hlland take-over...)
Given that that board happens to be Yale's favourite, was in fact ASKING for a reply from him here... And I think he has a point. I sure suckered into the redirect, not checking the DOM inspector, so I started all this...
Sigh, only second post since re-registering, and already stirring up trouble, me! :oops:
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#7 2005-09-09 11:24:10
- yales
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
Sorry to continue this, but Wayne has just booby-trapped the link in his post.
DO NOT click on the link in Project Orion's (Wayne Smith) post!
He has spammed the phony "Sale of bad astronomy website" all over the net.
He did this because Phil Plait banned him.
As predicted, Wayne the hacker has now re-directed the link to his hacker/spam site "projectorion.com"
If you wish to protect your personal data and the integrity of your computer - DO NOT CLICK THAT LINK!
BE CAREFUL!
The message board at space.com deleted the thread and banned his sockpuppet ID (for the 100th time) as did Universe Today and others.
If you see ANY links in any posts by Wayne Smith or any variant of ProjectOrion or Nuclearspace DO NOT click them. Please warn the moderators at any site he may be spamming.
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#8 2005-09-10 12:26:28
- John Creighton
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
Shoud you be safe if you delete your cookies first and have good anti spy where?
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#9 2005-09-12 08:04:15
- yales
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Re: BadAstronomer.Com for Sale!
Having security software installed is definitely a very good thing.
It is important to understand ~why~ he puts these links out.
a) The first is to trick people into unknowingly coming to his site where they will join his crusade to actually launch an atomic-bomb rocket. (That is his fantasy life obsession that controls all his actions)
b) The second is to cause grievious harm to his enemies. Enemies include anyone who he thinks has endangered or impeded his construction of this spacecraft by disagreeing with him in any way or not allowing him to make every message boards devote all threads to the subject.
The main risk you face clicking on any of Wayne's links are 3-fold.
1) he will sometimes aim his re-directs at porno sites (which are infested with spyware) or other nasty locations in order to defame a legit site like Bad Astronomy or Everything Science. Think of all the children who have clicked on his links and been directed to a pervert site.
2) He creates a "phish" site looking like the original. When you log in, he now has your user ID and password (which you likely use at other sites, too)
3) If it redirects to one of his own ProjectOrion sites and you foolishly become a member, he again has your ID, password, email address, etc.
So... be careful out there!
If you want I can post a list of some of Wayne's 'doppleganger" clone sites.
However, the mods here prefer to not have this non-New Mars subject matter waste space.
Only if they want more about this will I continue this thread.
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