I’m currently taking CPSC 430 and one of the requirements is to keep a journal throughout the term. I will be blogging here my class notes, thoughts, and links as they come up that are relevant to the course material. Also, see the other posts in the CPSC 430 category. Class Notes for today: Kantianism – duty to respect others as rational beings Utilitarianism – consequences Social contract – collective rights Can mix duties, rights, consequences when evaluating Bayesian filters – similarity Can detect “huge profits” ~ “massive profits” Synonyms Grey listing – send “please send later” to spammer. Disadvantages Continue Reading
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Using Bad Behavior To Prevent Spam
Getting Bad Behavior and Akismet working together to prevent spam on your WordPress blog.
All hail Akismet
Akismet has caught 5,742 spam for you since you first installed it. Akismet has done a great job catching spam on my website. I usually check Akismet once a week or so, and in the past there has been around a hundred, but now every time I check I’m getting upwards to 500 or 600, and obviously I don’t have the time to sit here and look at all the comments linking to pharmaceutical products, real-estate ads, and others…well…you probably know anyway since spam affects most people who use an email address. Point is, I don’t really have the patience Continue Reading