furbo-filters and furby-filters July 21, 2002 2:35 AM Subscribe
ok, so i logged in using an old userid and pass... and posted. but without being redirected here at all. the login process was apparently fully completed on mr. hockenberry's server. in fact, i'm simultaneously logged into both websites right now: mefi as mlang; furbo-filters as gassire. two separate cookies. yet, posting on furbo-filter shows up here. um... this is very bad, no? he's got a copy of the entire user database?
check out my little dialogue with self, held simply by clicking back and forth between open windows:
on metafilter
or, if you prefer:
on furbo-filters.
please, someone tell me this isn't as bad as i think it is.
posted by mlang at 3:54 AM on July 21, 2002
check out my little dialogue with self, held simply by clicking back and forth between open windows:
on metafilter
or, if you prefer:
on furbo-filters.
please, someone tell me this isn't as bad as i think it is.
posted by mlang at 3:54 AM on July 21, 2002
A little more detail for furbo-filters.com:
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS9.REGISTER.COM 216.21.234.75
DNS10.REGISTER.COM 209.67.50.232
A search for "Craig Hockenberry" at the Iconfactory site does turn up a couple sets of icons, so he does work for them, or at least through them. This guy's been around for a while, having authored icon sets, Photoshop filters and icon creation utilities. Would he really be dumb enough to pull something like this?
Also, a search for him on Google reveals there was a FurboFilters site at some point(at least as recently as Jan27). Could it just be the case of some scrambled information? I once had someone else's site appearing instead of mine because of a screwup at the host.
posted by Su at 3:59 AM on July 21, 2002
Domain servers in listed order:
DNS9.REGISTER.COM 216.21.234.75
DNS10.REGISTER.COM 209.67.50.232
A search for "Craig Hockenberry" at the Iconfactory site does turn up a couple sets of icons, so he does work for them, or at least through them. This guy's been around for a while, having authored icon sets, Photoshop filters and icon creation utilities. Would he really be dumb enough to pull something like this?
Also, a search for him on Google reveals there was a FurboFilters site at some point(at least as recently as Jan27). Could it just be the case of some scrambled information? I once had someone else's site appearing instead of mine because of a screwup at the host.
posted by Su at 3:59 AM on July 21, 2002
Hunh. If memory serves, Furbo Filters used to be a joint venture of Jeffrey Zeldman and Craig Hockenberry of The Icon Factory. They made Photoshop filters. I had a few of 'em. I have no idea what this new turn of events is all about, though.
posted by toddshot at 4:01 AM on July 21, 2002
posted by toddshot at 4:01 AM on July 21, 2002
Actually, the mirror isn't quite complete. Notice that in the Janet Reno thread("In the case, Janet Reno vs. All Dance Parties That Suck...") the TrackBack count isn't listed on the main page, though they do still appear at the bottom of the individual page.
Another thing: Even though you might have a cookie, your preferences(most noticeably font size) aren't the same. At least mine aren't.
posted by Su at 4:04 AM on July 21, 2002
Another thing: Even though you might have a cookie, your preferences(most noticeably font size) aren't the same. At least mine aren't.
posted by Su at 4:04 AM on July 21, 2002
another weird thing is this:
<BASE HREF="http://www.furbo-filters.com/">
it shows up only in the source of the cached version (not the live one; and yes, i discovered it by accident) of the front page. which kinda points to this being an on-purpose kind of thing. i haven't seen anyone use that tag in a while.
posted by patricking at 4:20 AM on July 21, 2002
<BASE HREF="http://www.furbo-filters.com/">
it shows up only in the source of the cached version (not the live one; and yes, i discovered it by accident) of the front page. which kinda points to this being an on-purpose kind of thing. i haven't seen anyone use that tag in a while.
posted by patricking at 4:20 AM on July 21, 2002
Hostname: metafilter.com
IP Address: 209.10.108.201
Hostname: furbo-filters.com
IP Address: 209.10.108.201
posted by quonsar at 4:54 AM on July 21, 2002
IP Address: 209.10.108.201
Hostname: furbo-filters.com
IP Address: 209.10.108.201
posted by quonsar at 4:54 AM on July 21, 2002
*brain explodes*
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:00 AM on July 21, 2002
posted by stavrosthewonderchicken at 5:00 AM on July 21, 2002
> please, someone tell me this isn't as bad as i think it is.
What's the fear? That someone has stolen the code? Stolen the password file? Should we all run screaming into the streets? Or is this just Matt's problem? Or no problem at all?
> *brain explodes*
Ick. Chicken brains. Small but messy.
(Especially in quantities. I remember reading a news story about a guy whose job it was to fly around in a helicopter dropping chicken heads laced with rabies vaccine to fight off an epidemic in the wild. The helicopter crashed and his body was found in a mound of chicken heads.)
posted by pracowity at 5:44 AM on July 21, 2002
What's the fear? That someone has stolen the code? Stolen the password file? Should we all run screaming into the streets? Or is this just Matt's problem? Or no problem at all?
> *brain explodes*
Ick. Chicken brains. Small but messy.
(Especially in quantities. I remember reading a news story about a guy whose job it was to fly around in a helicopter dropping chicken heads laced with rabies vaccine to fight off an epidemic in the wild. The helicopter crashed and his body was found in a mound of chicken heads.)
posted by pracowity at 5:44 AM on July 21, 2002
Should we all run screaming into the streets?
it's a website, dude. not your credit file.
posted by patricking at 5:46 AM on July 21, 2002
it's a website, dude. not your credit file.
posted by patricking at 5:46 AM on July 21, 2002
> it's a website, dude. not your credit file.
I was joking. Dude.
posted by pracowity at 6:14 AM on July 21, 2002
I was joking. Dude.
posted by pracowity at 6:14 AM on July 21, 2002
How the hey do things like this come to light, anyhow? Was someone doing a search for furbies?
posted by precocious at 6:22 AM on July 21, 2002
posted by precocious at 6:22 AM on July 21, 2002
Remember a few days ago when blogroots and metatalk were both redirecting to MeFi? Methinks it's something similar, and nothing to detonate one's head over.
posted by D at 9:02 AM on July 21, 2002
posted by D at 9:02 AM on July 21, 2002
How the hey do things like this come to light, anyhow?
I saw it in my referrer log a few days ago, but didn't think it was worth mentioning.
posted by crunchland at 9:53 AM on July 21, 2002
I saw it in my referrer log a few days ago, but didn't think it was worth mentioning.
posted by crunchland at 9:53 AM on July 21, 2002
relax, I host the furbofilters.com site for Zeldman and Craig. When I did the server move, I forgot to add all the domains they have pointing at their real site.
Didn't anyone check the IP on the domain at samspade.org to see it's on the same exact machine?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:05 AM on July 21, 2002
Didn't anyone check the IP on the domain at samspade.org to see it's on the same exact machine?
posted by mathowie (staff) at 11:05 AM on July 21, 2002
i checked it on my console and posted that they were the same IP. then stavros brain exploded. shrug.
posted by quonsar at 11:11 AM on July 21, 2002
posted by quonsar at 11:11 AM on July 21, 2002
Yep, Matt just needs to configure the host headers. No conspiracy here.
posted by Chief Typist at 11:48 AM on July 21, 2002
posted by Chief Typist at 11:48 AM on July 21, 2002
How the hey do things like this come to light, anyhow? Was someone doing a search for furbies?
Heh, no. I did a search for "Paranormal Deathmatch," the rock/paper/scissors game that was posted a few days ago, wondering who else picked up the story. Furbo-filters.com was the first google hit.
posted by Tacodog at 12:13 PM on July 21, 2002
Heh, no. I did a search for "Paranormal Deathmatch," the rock/paper/scissors game that was posted a few days ago, wondering who else picked up the story. Furbo-filters.com was the first google hit.
posted by Tacodog at 12:13 PM on July 21, 2002
i overreacted. it was 5:30 a.m. and i had no business even being awake.
posted by mlang at 12:26 PM on July 21, 2002
posted by mlang at 12:26 PM on July 21, 2002
problem fixed, crisis avoided, the hostheaders have been enabled.
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:41 PM on July 21, 2002
posted by mathowie (staff) at 12:41 PM on July 21, 2002
the hostheaders have been enabled
That sounds really scary.
posted by Summer at 3:34 PM on July 21, 2002
That sounds really scary.
posted by Summer at 3:34 PM on July 21, 2002
> That sounds really scary.
Cascading style sheets... just let the cascading style sheets relax you... breath slowly... and relax.
posted by holloway at 3:40 PM on July 21, 2002
Cascading style sheets... just let the cascading style sheets relax you... breath slowly... and relax.
posted by holloway at 3:40 PM on July 21, 2002
Sorry I came to this thread late. I had a really good in-joke about furbo-filters involving The Fast and the Furious, but now it seems rather pointless.
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:24 PM on July 21, 2002
posted by mr_crash_davis at 4:24 PM on July 21, 2002
the hostheaders have been enabled
Release the hostheaders!
posted by kindall at 7:58 PM on July 21, 2002
Release the hostheaders!
posted by kindall at 7:58 PM on July 21, 2002
Release the hostheaders!
You've got to say that in a Frau voice, like FIRE ZEE LAZERRRSS!!!
posted by SpecialK at 9:42 PM on July 21, 2002
You've got to say that in a Frau voice, like FIRE ZEE LAZERRRSS!!!
posted by SpecialK at 9:42 PM on July 21, 2002
I brought bleach, in case anyone feels like cleaning up stavros's scattered brain. And latex gloves.
posted by dhartung at 11:14 PM on July 21, 2002
posted by dhartung at 11:14 PM on July 21, 2002
You've got to say that in a Frau voice, like FIRE ZEE LAZERRRSS!!!
I was thinking more like Jerry Seinfeld saying "Release the hounds!" in that American Express spot.
posted by kindall at 12:27 AM on July 22, 2002
I was thinking more like Jerry Seinfeld saying "Release the hounds!" in that American Express spot.
posted by kindall at 12:27 AM on July 22, 2002
Next conspiracy from my referrer logs : sorry.metafilter.com
posted by crunchland at 7:01 AM on July 22, 2002
posted by crunchland at 7:01 AM on July 22, 2002
Because the only thing as good as your Metafilter...
Is someone else's.
posted by ODiV at 9:43 AM on July 22, 2002
Is someone else's.
posted by ODiV at 9:43 AM on July 22, 2002
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posted by quonsar at 3:21 AM on July 21, 2002