Re: Ugly hacks r us

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Since people are still commenting and the access logs show scads of 403s, I pronounce this the Ugly Hack that Could.

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And the links to the comment page from the RSS feed still works, unlike the stuff tried last night. W00t! Ben is the hero!

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I don't get it.

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Great, start 'em young.

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Except McGrattan can't comment.

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6

Hey, who's taking my name in vain? I shall strike you down.

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Two can play at this game.

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8

Clever if a bit confusing in execution. I award w/d nine points.

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(A guide for the perplexed.)

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10

Boo!

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11

Who?

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I had hoped to get those two in as the first two comments in this thread. I'm otherwise pleased, though I wish hadn't forgotten who posted the third comment and what it said. If I had that, I could have gotten to the family circus mention. Thanks for the 9 points.

6: I'm sort of busy right now, can I be struck down later?

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can I be struck down later?

Is that what the kids are calling it these days?

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I'm busy too, let's just forget the striking down.

This time.

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Ben, is your hack still in or did you take it out because of McGrattan? Just wondering since Urple got an ISE in another thread.

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Still in.

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And I just got a 500 myself on that comment.

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Thanks. Just wondering since the ISEs are related, although not dependent.

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I'm deriving an absurd amount of satisfaction from watching the 403s scroll by as I tail -f the access log.

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Hott.

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21

So, for us less technically savvy pikers, what is this hack doing? Requiring that a POST command actually originate from the comment page proper?

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Yeah, I'd love to be comprehendingly, rather than ignorantly, admiring.

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My 403 problem has gone away. It was a browser thing at my end.

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21 - Yeah, pretty much.

23 - Good. Glad to hear it.

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