Monthly Archives: June 2011

Forms of Systemic Troll Control

Posted on June 4, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

I enjoyed (and learned from) this review of forms of online troll control at Coding Horror, Suspension, Ban or Hellban?. I’d actually never heard of hellbans or error bans.

Hellbans are especially cool: L’enfer c’est les autres indeed!

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IPv6 Day Considered Dangerous?

Posted on June 3, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

Microsoft gets ready for stuff to break on World IPv6 Day, June 8, 2011.

Note that Microsoft does set to use IPv6 by default; they’re just explaining in advance what to do when something goes wrong….

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Something to Chew on While I’m Away

Posted on June 2, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

10 Inconvenient Truths About the Debt Ceiling — Crooks and Liars

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A Shocking Piece of News (Updated)

Posted on June 1, 2011 by Michael Froomkin

It is raining and cool today in San Fransisco.

Update OK, here’s something even more shocking: it got sunny and almost warm later on.

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