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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #360 on: September 03, 2007, 05:28:17 PM »
I caught a google bot (66.249.XX.XX) trying to register as a member.

How common is this??

No shit?
I did not know they were that sophisticated. Is it even possible for a bot to get around the email activation?

Apparently not. it failed to register. At first i thought we were getting another Californian since the IP traced to Mountian View,Ca in Silicon Valley. but I did a little google search and found that that's the home of google.


Is it possible that it's simply a person AT google?  They allow personal surfing.

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #361 on: September 06, 2007, 06:26:27 AM »
I caught PI, and I also saw eclair looking at her own profile.

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #362 on: September 07, 2007, 02:21:41 PM »
I caught a google bot (66.249.XX.XX) trying to register as a member.

How common is this??

No shit?
I did not know they were that sophisticated. Is it even possible for a bot to get around the email activation?

Apparently not. it failed to register. At first i thought we were getting another Californian since the IP traced to Mountian View,Ca in Silicon Valley. but I did a little google search and found that that's the home of google.


Is it possible that it's simply a person AT google?  They allow personal surfing.

i doubt it. anyway, the googlebots will follow the links here as far as they can, and that includes login/register pages.
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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #363 on: September 07, 2007, 02:39:47 PM »
I caught a google bot (66.249.XX.XX) trying to register as a member.

How common is this??

No shit?
I did not know they were that sophisticated. Is it even possible for a bot to get around the email activation?

Apparently not. it failed to register. At first i thought we were getting another Californian since the IP traced to Mountian View,Ca in Silicon Valley. but I did a little google search and found that that's the home of google.


Is it possible that it's simply a person AT google?  They allow personal surfing.

i doubt it. anyway, the googlebots will follow the links here as far as they can, and that includes login/register pages.

I see, so, it wasn't really trying to register. All it was doing was following its nose, as it's supposed to do. That makes a lot more sense.
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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #364 on: September 07, 2007, 02:43:31 PM »
I caught a google bot (66.249.XX.XX) trying to register as a member.

How common is this??

No shit?
I did not know they were that sophisticated. Is it even possible for a bot to get around the email activation?

Apparently not. it failed to register. At first i thought we were getting another Californian since the IP traced to Mountian View,Ca in Silicon Valley. but I did a little google search and found that that's the home of google.


Is it possible that it's simply a person AT google?  They allow personal surfing.

i doubt it. anyway, the googlebots will follow the links here as far as they can, and that includes login/register pages.

I see, so, it wasn't really trying to register. All it was doing was following its nose, as it's supposed to do. That makes a lot more sense.

exactly. the bots have no idea of what they're "looking at". they're here to index our pages.
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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #365 on: September 07, 2007, 03:09:32 PM »
I caught a google bot (66.249.XX.XX) trying to register as a member.

How common is this??

No shit?
I did not know they were that sophisticated. Is it even possible for a bot to get around the email activation?

Apparently not. it failed to register. At first i thought we were getting another Californian since the IP traced to Mountian View,Ca in Silicon Valley. but I did a little google search and found that that's the home of google.


Is it possible that it's simply a person AT google?  They allow personal surfing.

i doubt it. anyway, the googlebots will follow the links here as far as they can, and that includes login/register pages.

I see, so, it wasn't really trying to register. All it was doing was following its nose, as it's supposed to do. That makes a lot more sense.

exactly. the bots have no idea of what they're "looking at". they're here to index our pages.

Fair enough.  Thanks for the clarification.

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #366 on: September 08, 2007, 11:27:23 AM »
I caught flo.

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #367 on: September 08, 2007, 11:45:13 AM »

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #368 on: September 09, 2007, 04:16:26 AM »

exactly. the bots have no idea of what they're "looking at". they're here to index our pages.

The whole idea of self-awareness is
unimportant though. Bots could probably
made, which can handle registration, soon
enough. Language processing's gone a long
way, recently.

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #369 on: September 09, 2007, 07:19:46 AM »
i am positively :ghry:
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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #370 on: September 09, 2007, 07:37:45 AM »
Caught McJagger!
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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #371 on: September 09, 2007, 07:41:51 AM »
Misunderstood.

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #372 on: September 09, 2007, 09:19:12 AM »
I also saw eclair looking at her own profile.
yes i knew i wasnt the only one :laugh:

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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #373 on: September 09, 2007, 12:25:15 PM »

exactly. the bots have no idea of what they're "looking at". they're here to index our pages.

The whole idea of self-awareness is
unimportant though. Bots could probably
made, which can handle registration, soon
enough. Language processing's gone a long
way, recently.

true, but it's not happening here, yet.
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Re: caught snooping
« Reply #374 on: September 15, 2007, 05:23:26 AM »
I caught MrsMark again.
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