I got the "we are at" (so-so confidence) and "of a great civilization" (high confidence) and the word count from looking at the picture, and Google brought me home.
An ill-behaved robot wouldn't have too much difficulty harvesting the address. No difficulty at all, really, since compliance with the rel="nofollow" attribute is voluntary.
Actually, it's neither the nofollow nor robots.txt that is supposed to keep the address from being harvested. From MT:
If the spam_protect attribute is provided, the email address will be modified so as to prevent spambots from harvesting it. The web browser, however, will still display the email address properly. For example, if the email address is foo@bar.com, and you use
<$MTEntryAuthorEmail spam_protect="1"$>
the email address will be displayed as foo@bar.com;.
I didn't give assurances, because even the "modifications" are often readable by harvesters.
oh, I thought it might be that (robots.txt doesn't really make sense). You'd think it would be pretty easy to make your address-miner convert entities to their equivalents.
Ogged brings out my inner Nelson Muntz.
Posted by Joe Drymala | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 10:03 AM
If I were travelling to DC this weekend, rather than last, I think I'd be sorely tempted to stage a two person counter protest.
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 10:13 AM
damn, that's probably going to get me spammed, isn't it?
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 10:14 AM
I'll take it out.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 10:15 AM
I would love for a picture to be taken with that dude and another guy with a sign saying "No, Don't".
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 10:17 AM
Why am I reminded of the fake street signs on the intro sequence of What Not To Wear?
"Dark socks with shorts not permitted at any time."
Posted by diddy | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 10:45 AM
And, of course, the real counter protest:
Free Ahmad Chalabi
Posted by diddy | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 10:45 AM
What's the shirt say?
Posted by SP | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:11 AM
If we were on Law & Order, we could have our tech zoom in and then magically remove the pixelization.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:14 AM
But it might say something else.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:14 AM
"? ? ? ? ? ? ? of a great civilization"
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:18 AM
"We are at or near the apex of a great civilization."
—Charles Munger, 2005 Berkshire Hathaway Annual Meeting
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:28 AM
Holy shit, that's it. Nice work.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:30 AM
Supporting link.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:31 AM
How did you figure it out?
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:32 AM
Regarding Munger's remark: according to the linked page,
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:34 AM
You know Judith Miller has nothing but disdain for protestors. That guy should keep doing it.
Posted by Joe O | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:35 AM
I got the "we are at" (so-so confidence) and "of a great civilization" (high confidence) and the word count from looking at the picture, and Google brought me home.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:36 AM
Ok, I couldn't make out "we are at."
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:37 AM
Yeah, until I got that, I was knee-deep in Olmec scholarship.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:38 AM
That dude's dress clearly indicates that he's an anti-Miller partisan.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 11:53 AM
How so? Are you suggesting he's protesting ironically?
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 12:12 PM
Yes; no one would wear those socks and sandals in earnest.
Posted by FL | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 12:18 PM
Would they wear them in O-earnest?
Posted by washjerdreyer | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 12:25 PM
I wouldn't put it past an officer of the Warren Buffett irregulars.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 3:08 PM
Ogged, if 4 means you added w/d's URL to 2 to keep his e-mail from showing up, you need to do the same to 3.
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:09 PM
No, he had put his email address in the name field in 2. MT is supposed to keep robots from reading the address in the email field.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:10 PM
It is? K3wl!
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:14 PM
An ill-behaved robot wouldn't have too much difficulty harvesting the address. No difficulty at all, really, since compliance with the rel="nofollow" attribute is voluntary.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:21 PM
Yeah, but you know robots don't have to respect robots.txt, right?
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:22 PM
Isn't that what I said, more or less?
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:23 PM
Did I not italicize "supposed," people? Yeesh.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:24 PM
Right, but I'm not sure Matt recognized the subtle point you were making.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:26 PM
SB, it is, but when I wrote, you had not written.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:30 PM
Actually, it's neither the nofollow nor robots.txt that is supposed to keep the address from being harvested. From MT:
I didn't give assurances, because even the "modifications" are often readable by harvesters.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:34 PM
oh, I thought it might be that (robots.txt doesn't really make sense). You'd think it would be pretty easy to make your address-miner convert entities to their equivalents.
Posted by ben wolfson | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:38 PM
Ben, I see, sorry for the fuss.
Posted by Standpipe Bridgeplate | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:39 PM
So, mightn't it still be to w/d's advantage to put his URL in 3?
Posted by Matt Weiner | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:39 PM
Yes.
Posted by ogged | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 4:45 PM
Let's just do an experiment and see if I get more spam in the coming days (this is not an invitation to add me to e-mail lists).
Posted by washerdreyer | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 5:44 PM
I got spam supposedly from Nabokov-[something]@[somewebsite].com that I believe to be unfogged related.
Posted by Joe O | Link to this comment | 07- 8-05 6:07 PM
How can I become a fan club President?
Thanks,
D. Marie
Posted by D. Marie | Link to this comment | 05- 9-06 2:44 PM