My server company informed me twice in the last week that TBP had been hacked. I don’t know who or what successfully broke into my site. The server company was able to seal off the intrusion temporarily. This was somewhat annoying to me because I’ve been paying a company aptly named – Stop Hacker – to protect my website from being hacked. After asking them why I was paying them, they offered to patch my site’s weaknesses for a couple hundred bucks. They have supposedly fixed the site. I’m doubtful.
They also made a bunch of recommendations that I should implement, including restricting the crap you people copy into the comments. They say that is why Norton keeps warning everyone about the site. I don’t understand most of their suggestions. I’m not technically savvy and have no interest in becoming so. I now spend way too much of my life monitoring load times and trying to figure out why the site will operate perfectly for hours and then go down or take 20 seconds to load. I can’t stand running a website. My enjoyment level drops by the day. I just wanted to write articles and now I deal with IT glitches, trolls, spam, and assholes.
If these technical issues continue to get worse and more expensive to address, I’ll eventually have to pull the plug. In the meantime, I’ll continue to post articles I find interesting with a brief commentary when I feel it is appropriate. The long articles that I tried to write every week or two will be few and far between. Trying to keep the blog interesting on a daily basis and dealing with the daily technical crap wears me down by the time I reach the weekend. Throw in days like yesterday when I spend three and a half hours commuting to and from work and I’m completely burnt out.
I no longer have the time or stamina to spend 10 hours on my weekend writing an article. I prefer reading to writing, and I have piles of books waiting to be read. I’d rather go for a long walk or workout at the YMCA. I’d rather go to a movie or watch a football game. Life is too short to spend worrying about what might happen 24/7. I am responsible for preparing my family for an uncertain future and trying to find some enjoyment in my daily life. It ain’t easy.
TBP has become more of a chat room of doom, than my personal blog. We’ll keep it going as long as technically possible, but something had to give and that is the in-depth articles. I’m not looking for recommendations on how to better manage my time. So don’t make any. Life is full of choices and this is a minor one in the big picture. I can’t find all the good articles, so post anything that will make readers think or get pissed off.
The goal of this site is to provide an alternative to the propaganda you get on the MSM. My personal goal is to discredit the establishment and contribute to their downfall. I hope to see our efforts come to fruition.
So let me guess, you are going fully armed with a pallet of solar panels, and the whole 9. Well then good for you. Whats going to happen when you hit road blocks? Oh that’s right your magically going to exit before then. And be able to travel freely.
My bail out plan does not require my vehicle (It would help, but its not needed). I would say more, but I decline from letting the NSA know what I have in store.
It is my firm belief sites like TBP are on a list of sites that will be hacked to go dark as things get worse. History has shown when SHTF, leaders silence those who offer alternative information detrimental TPTB.
I fully expect to wake up some day and only Progressive sites friendly to the government will be up and running.
Sunday morning depressed already . One of the best sites .What about a hiatus?
After seeing Admin on the road twice, I can say that I know what Superman looks like as Clark Kent.
Hang in there Jim. If you are getting flak, then you are over the target.
speaking of hacked…from the be careful what you seek department.
According to a cousin, one of the burglars just hadn’t found himself yet, and now that job has been bequeathed to the local police department.
Two Suspected Burglars Killed When Blow Torch Ignites Fireworks In Safe
http://boston.cbslocal.com/2013/10/09/two-suspected-burglars-killed-when-blow-torch-ignites-fireworks-in-safe/
Admin,
I now learned this comment you will have to ‘un-spam’ – it. It is rather an suggestion for a product I like and use. I use the standard desktop platform, but for servers …. , out of my range. IMH… , ok, IMVHO, you should try what Varnelius proposed.
http://www.bitdefender.com . Take a look at their proposal.
If Stucky can bring up so many useful comments about Mg then the blog supporting it should get even more support.
PS
I`m in the same boat with KaD and Ecliptix, so no moolah from me.. . The richy-richy me.
PEACE
Jim
Not having TBP would be one of the most depressing things ever.
My suggestion is that this does not have to be a 7-day a week job.
My 2nd favorite site is an IU basketball blog. They don’t post articles on the weekend. It hasn’t hurt readership one iota.
Weekends are slow here anyway. So why don’t you just step away during the weekend? Make it reader-submitted articles only. Give it a shot.
“To prevent any attacks via comments, move the discussion threads to Disqus” —- mabuk
FWIW …. I think that’s worthy of strong consideration.
The IU website I have visited daily FOR YEARS … http://www.insidethehall.com ….. uses Disqus …. and, I have never, never, never ever even once had one problem posting comments, issues with load time, or ANY of the problems that have plagued TBP. Not, once.
As usual Stuckys advice makes sense, weekends off! Couldn’t hurt, the doom will still be there on Monday.
What part of Admin not wanting advice did you guys not understand? He said very clearly he wants no recommendations on how to manage his time. You guys should respect that. Seriously.
This site is hacked because there is too much truth here. I like to think that I have contributed in a small way, which also means I am partly to blame.
Carry on.
Llpoh, what the hell is your dysfunction? If I were telling admin that he needs to spend 4 hrs a day brushing up on his IT skills, that would involve how he spends his time. Telling him he needs to take a break/take weekends off/whatever, involves again, his time allotments.
Offering IT advice does not effect his life in a significant way.
Stop trashing those who were simply trying to help.
V – if you think that implementing an IT solution will not take time, you have a screw loose. Which we already know is the case, but what the hell, it bears repeating.
I read it thusly – he is tired. I have put a few serious IT systems in in my time – probably was doing so before you could spell IT. Admin could hire someone to do it for him – you going to foot the bill? Did not think so. Or he could do it himself – maybe. At a huge time investment.
Lipoh ,Var……both of you had better stop bitching at each other and find a solution to the problem.Personally I think it just laziness on part of admin.He’s getting old and doesn’t want the headaches of running a site like this.You need tell he is great writer and a par excellent intellectual.He will like that coming from you Lipoh and may even believe it.This should keep him happy for a while.
llpoh
True …. Admin didn’t want advice …… nevertheless, this thread has some GREAT advice ….. Admin can read it (advisable) or ignore it. No need for a hissy fit.
Stucky ,who ask you for advice?If Lipoh pays admin a few complements he will be just find.He will believe it and think he is the MAN the world can’t live without.That will keep him going for the rest of the year.
Glad to hear you’re exercising. I can’t imagine how much that commute must suck ass. Your articles are excellent, but let that monkey off your back. I get more enjoyment out of 30 block posts anyway. Hundreds of people are documenting the collapse of this country, and it still amounts to a hill of beans. Until people are willing to “do or die” not much is going to change. I try to enjoy what time I have left, while keeping an eye out for what’s coming. Doesn’t look good from any angle. I’d sure be bummed without TBP.
bb says:
“Stucky ,who ask you for advice?”
hey beebs, where are your ‘thousand points of light’ to illuminate me? i ask for a little info from you and you send me to the library. i think you are projecting, you are the one who doesn’t know what he believes in but i’ll never know because your faith is cloaked under a shroud of darkness. it seems when the heat is on, you scurry off with a weak, “I know what I believe” load of horseshit. then you sniffed that i ignorantly called you a racist. look up the history of the kkk, you suggested. is that your way of countering an assault, by assigning homework?
don’t you know hate is the easiest thing to spread among the great ignorami? you were making anti-Semitic statements supported by a historical event in stalinist russia, making it sound like jon stewart is waiting for the opportunity to go postal on our asses.
you’re a putz.
I’m staying out of this one, except to say that I’ve read every comment above, and sure enough, a shitstorm erupted between two LOYAL AND REGULAR visitors to the site. Both of whom would staunchly defend this site’s educational value to anyone and everyone within shouting distance.
Only on TBP. You simply can’t make this stuff up.
(My guess is that Admin will soldier on. Just a guess. I hope I’m right.)
Juan ,but am right and you need to be in library.I told you
1.Westminster confession of faith.
2.5 points of Calvinism.
3.Romans and Galatians
A. This what I believe about God ,the world system and human nature.
B.now get your ass to library and read.Jews have been some of the biggest mass murders the world has ever seen.now one more time get your lazy ass to library.troll boy
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bb, let’s agree to disagree, I can’t get a straight answer from you.
I did not say I want to know what romans and galatians says and I am not a predestination guy to go read calvin. I guess you’re right, you (and you alone) know what you believe. I am amazed that people follow you with such a weak cv but then, some people fall in love in less light than what you shed on the entire subject.
bb reminded me of a dream I had once, it was quite dark, much like his gospel, for he has hidden his light under a bushel. do not question me on this, bb, for I know what I believe about you.
@LLPOH “I read it thusly – he is tired. I have put a few serious IT systems in in my time – probably was doing so before you could spell IT. Admin could hire someone to do it for him – you going to foot the bill? Did not think so. Or he could do it himself – maybe. At a huge time investment.”
One thing I have is time. (Don’t they say that time is money?). I also have friends and connections. What I don’t specifically know (or research in short order), I have friends who have been doing it professionally for years (and in a case like this, would readily give me free advice).
As for comment about your installing IT systems before me? HA. Its possible, but I doubt it. I’ve been building Intel/AMD based PCs since I was 8 years old. I’ve been on the internet since 1994.
“Serious time investment.” — Not for someone who already has a good idea of the playing field.
“Do it himself” — I doubt that. It is a steep learning curve.
“Admin could hire someone to do it for him ” — He’s already doing that, and look at the results. Its not a volunteer that is as passionate about his site as admin is (and doing research and R&D for free).
I’m sure you didn’t like me calling you a troll Llpoh, but its what you were doing for most of this thread. You were on vaca apparently, but I made a comment a week or so back calling all TBPers out on the carpet for judging others. Just stop doing it. God will sort that shit out. Try to start being nice to total strangers (and not judging them), you may be surprised by the kind souls you meet.
I should note that I was about 16 when I helped install a computerized multi-Till/Server solution for a local liquor store (novell server). One of the days we popped in, with zero training on Novell, within an hour or so I had the whatever was current problem fixed. Its a good thing that dad was around, cuz when the owner asked what I wanted for pay, I asked for a singular pack of smokes. He handed it to dad so he wouldn’t be in a legal grey area to hand it to a under-age (can you technically sell smokes if no currency changes hands?).
If you’re such an expert Llpoh, why aren’t you offering to volunteer your time to help Admin? Or are you so busy trying to help you and your own that you don’t give a damn about the wider TPB community?
Hacked again (still) btw. Only thing that explains Database connection errors @ 3am CST. (unless there were serious server backup events taking place that minute).
No, its also possible that the sever host is just inept. Both are equally possible.
@LLPOH. I finally started to rate this thread. Originally, I treated it like ZH, If I didn’t get an immediate kick out of it, it got nothing (and if i did, it got a +1). I noticed that damn near all of my comments now have a singular -1. I’m calling you out on the carpet for that. (I did notice that not all got that, perhaps you changed your mind part way thru).
The way this website is setup, I don’t need to be limited to a singular vote. A change of the IP is enough to start voting all over. That’s relativity trivial to circumvent. Do you want war? Perhaps I should remind you that you don’t declare a war that you are not certain you can win? Want to start this one?
V – you ignoramus – I was installing IT systems in the early eighties. Dinosaurs by today’s standards, but serious systems nonetheless.
Re the thumbs down – not my style. I think I hit one early before you started chest-bumping, but not since.
V – you seriously cannot be as stupid as your comments, can you? Why do I not install Admin’s IT system? For fuck sake, get a clue.
And your comment re it not costing much if someone knows what they are doing – easy to say if it is not your money. Anything related to IT has a way of blowing out. Hours cost money. So what are we talking – a day? A week? Whatever, it would not be $200, and it would not be your money.
People are always good at giving advice on how others should spend their money, with assurances it “will not cost much”. And that advice always comes from folks without any money. Such as you, V.
I could hook the Admin up with someone to work on this stuff. But I would advise him the cost would likely be thousands not hundreds. I am just a teensy bit more reliable than you when it comes to money.
Fuckwit.
Yeah, and you were so smart you were able to start both twitter and facebook no sweat (I still believe both were started by spy budget financing, but regardless).
I was going to say more but it all got the delete. You wouldn’t get it. And the NSA would be listening.
If we ever met in person, you would like me, I am 99.5% sure of that.
Thinking about this deeper, let me propose this. If Admin’s solutions are not working (and clearly they aren’t) then why not let him pick a bunch of us to get quotes from. I’m willing to work for free, and know admins that I would trust (again people I’ve known for a decade+). Put out feelers for info, then make a choice.
This isn’t rocket science. Don’t make it sound that way.
Juan ,are you that dumb?I have told you 3 times what I believe and where to find it.
I will make it real easy for you
.Try 1 Corinthians 15:3-50 .It has a good summary.Last chance Juan,not going to waste anymore time.
that chapter discusses the nonsense that people held two beliefs at one time, how could they pretend to believe in the gospel yet still doubt in the afterlife?
and as for your calvin reference, I already said before, I am not a predestination dude. but this comes to mind: I shall have mercy on him whom I shall have mercy on. of course certain things are already known to god. he is not limited as you and I are. but in your predestination gospel, you seek to limit god according to your view of what he can and cannot do.
V – in person I love everyone. I am just a real lovable people person! In truth, I am all bite and no bark. And I rarely bite. My experience is that there are almost no biters in the world, but it is full of barkers.
By the way, you now have two thumbs down on your posts. I did it to show the first ones were not me. As I said, that is not my style. I could give not a shit about thumbs.
I was wondering, why would anyone want to hack TBP?
I can’t believe anyone still uses Facebook.
Facebook, a wholly owned subsidiary of the NSA
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Admin – Don’t close the website, just delegate your duties. I’d offer to help with the site but I’m afraid it would be more of a disservice. If you can find some way to have a person or number of persons share the duty then by all means please do. It’s quite obvious lots of us have enough time to post on every article so it shouldn’t be a stretch that some of us could help ease your burden. You write very well and hopefully you can continue.
how to interpret a permanent thumbs down:
-1. I know you slept with my sister
-2. I know you slept with my sister and she is now preggers
-3. I know you slept with my sister, she’s preggers and I hate your guts
Juan – you lying bastard, your sister is probably butt ugly and you would give a medal to anyone brave enough to sleep with her, out of shear gratitude. What we would call a mercy bang in my old neighborhood.
Preggers would be an added bonus!
while you were away, I acquired a permanent -1 and at times a -2. they follow me like a tail on a kite.
btw, your sister’s fine like aged wine, she looks like a young rita coolidge. glad to see your back at it, first day back and already scalped pore varny.
Scalped? Nah, but its on. I’m part indian, and I refuse to stand for this shit.
@LLPOH, while I listen to the Wall…..
If you think that having that early 80s IT experience buys you anything in the modern IT work, then you are so full of shit, I’m surprised you can tell it is daylight.
Do you have any clue what Virtual Machines are?
The best part of Jim’s story was the anti-hacker people wanting extra $$ for patching his server when that’s technically what he’s been paying for all along. And you claim costs are going to skyrocket?
Llpoh, I guess you used to rip off your customers back in the day. That’s fine. There’s a new generation of people coming up. Ignore us at your pearl.
Varnelius – yep, I am scared shitless of folk like you. Tell me again how well you are doing – I really enjoy that. Too poor to get medical treatment, been laid once in your entire life, contemplating self-harm because your life sucks so bad, how you are so smart but life has dealt you a shit hand, etc etc etc. From what I can see life dealt you four aces compared to the hand I started with, but you parlayed them into a bucket of shit. Good job. Yep, tell me how you are the future. Hell, I am losing sleep over folks like you.
V, I graduated from doing the work to supervising it. Even today, when I hire young IT specialists, I find they are near enough worthless without someone with experience watching over them. They know all the new tech stuff, but they are clueless as to how to get real world value from it. They do not understand what a business needs, they do not understand even what a computer is and what it really does, but they sure are up to speed on how to run an igizmo. When the folks with real understanding die off or retire, then the shit is going to hit the fan. IT folks still comes to me when they are stuck, because I know how to visualize and lay out the plans. I cannot program shit anymore, but I know how to lay out the framework..
And I sure as hell know more than you about the cost and risks associated with implementing IT.
Llpoh sed:
“V, I graduated from doing the work to supervising it. Even today, when I hire young IT specialists, I find they are near enough worthless without someone with experience watching over them. They know all the new tech stuff, but they are clueless as to how to get real world value from it. They do not understand what a business needs, they do not understand even what a computer is and what it really does, but they sure are up to speed on how to run an igizmo. When the folks with real understanding die off or retire, then the shit is going to hit the fan. IT folks still comes to me when they are stuck, because I know how to visualize and lay out the plans. I cannot program shit anymore, but I know how to lay out the framework.. ”
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Slow down, I gotta write this down. Now that I am a ‘tech professional’ charged with managing these types of kids.
My business partner, who is in his late 40s, is the least ‘techy’, most grounded, common sense tech guy I have ever met, so I said yes when he invited me to join his venture. Well, five months of working with him I’ve realize he is much more ‘techy’ in his way of thinking and operating than I realized.
But it is all good. Some epic battles and arguments, but we’ve been close friends for 20 years, with deep mutual trust, respect and love. Any problems we are working through will instantly evaporate just by me making some more frigging sales, signing up some big clients. Mo income = fewer problems.
And we have a third partner, who is the young genius at 28yo. Great kid, but what a geek! Loves the gizmos.
Howard – sounds like a great combo. Small biz is great, huh?
Howard – seriously sounds like a good combo – old tech guy, new techy, plus real world guy. Good luck!
I got to adding up the pile of taxes Uncle Sam pulls in from us drones and couldn’t help but wonder…why in the world would you start a legal business in this day and age?
While I would love nothing more than to start my own company, the reality is that this country has made it abundantly clear that business owners are the enemy, and treats them as such.
Good question, TPC. I prob should have my head examined.
But, the answer is it beats the alternatives, and I am blessed with good ones. And I am blessed with flexibility–very limited obligations.
Practicing medicine requires more and more compromises, as I am less and less inclined to make them. If I had family and/or other obligations, I would suck it up and earn a nice living as a doctor. Or more likely, I would’ve quit medicine long ago and taken an easier compromise (drug company whore, insurance or hospital company whore, or something further up the food chain than simple doctor).
So, because I can; and because it beats working for someone else. I guess. Lemme schedule myself a cranial MRI.
varnelius says:
“Scalped? Nah, but its on. I’m part indian, and I refuse to stand for this shit.”
scalped is a figurative term, shit, llpoh has scalped just about every newbie on tbp. and I may claim to be part indian and I have heard many folks have black or indian blood or both in their genes somewhere but unless you are on the national register, you get no points from llpoh who is 100% (if not more) Native Americano.
@juan Fuck Llpoh. I don’t give a shit what he is, he acts like an entitled white motherfucker. He has no clue who I am, writes me off like I am a clueless millennial.
No I am not one of those. Yes I thought my self C++, took a Pascal class in Highschool, and proceeded to be the teacher for years after (the real teacher knew less then 1/2 of what I did, even considering the 3 months it took to change languages). Knew DOS like the back of my hand, and still use those skills from time to time in the command line–how one can defeat spyware without knowing that crap, I dunno. Even spent years using (daily) linux on an alternate computer, since back then I still demanded to be able to “game” with my main PC. No longer. Other then solitaire, I cannot count the last time I played an honest game.
I declared war, but I am only just starting to gear up for it. He’ll know when it truly gets started.