Pharyngula

Posted by: Jadehawk, OM | December 8, 2009 11:53 PM

too bad, but understandable

Posted by: Steve | December 8, 2009 11:57 PM

Can I still read the page without registering?

Posted by: atheistattorney | December 9, 2009 12:00 AM

First career post! Whoohoo!

Posted by: Rikaishi | December 9, 2009 12:01 AM

Aw, you're just too lazy to read alla them comments.

I must say it was highly amusing to note that while you have a great love of cephalopods, your daughter has a deep phobia of them and seafood in general.

Coincidence? I think not!

Posted by: John Morales | December 9, 2009 12:03 AM

Rox, I'm surprised that you consider you're unable to register. What's the problem? (Perhaps someone here can help you with that).

Posted by: Janine, She Wolf Of Pharyngula, OM | December 9, 2009 12:05 AM

Now how is that insane man going to tell you that you are a dead man?

Sorry, just reflecting on the irony of a troll informing us that most of the women here are borderline homicidal while the insane man was littering the blog with death threats.

Also, I have to play with registration so that I have keep my new moniker. But that is less work than deleting the banned.

Posted by: frzz | December 9, 2009 12:10 AM

*looking forward to being a regular commenter, too*

Posted by: Hans | December 9, 2009 12:11 AM

Pfft. I'll just go and comment on my own blog.

Posted by: Janine, She Wolf Of Pharyngula, OM | December 9, 2009 12:16 AM

So, I assume with registration there will also be a spam button we can hit when Christian weirdos get too out of hand? If not, how does registration keep the trolls out? It doesn't work for youtube.

It is not to keep the christian trolls out. Besides, it is so much fun to play with them.

It is so they can only sign in under one name. Many trolls have sockpuppeted regulars. It is also easier to keep the banned out and easier to delete them.

Also, spammers have been leaving their slime on old threads.

Posted by: Rox | December 9, 2009 12:20 AM

NEVERMIND!

It worked. Here I am, signed in.

Disaster averted.

Now I just feel silly.

Posted by: Aratina Cage | December 9, 2009 12:24 AM

In case you want to be able to change around your screen name or the link to your webpage, Movable Type now allows you to easily change your profile by clicking on your name above the comment box (where it says "Thanks for signing in, Your Name. (sign out)" after you sign in.

Also, I wonder if the sign-in links at the bottom of the comment box are still necessary or if they add to the confusion for some.

Posted by: Aratina Cage | December 9, 2009 12:31 AM

Gyeong Hwa Pak, have you tried using Movable Type?

Posted by: Owlmirror | December 9, 2009 12:38 AM

Huh.

Signing in was damn near painless.

Posted by: Oroboros | December 9, 2009 12:41 AM

I managed to get an error while playing with various sign-in options. It's a pretty convoluted system if you choose. I went with TypePad, but tied in my Google Account. Suddenly I had a completely screwed up URL and this:

Firefox can't find the server at scienceblogs.comhttp%3a%2f%2fscienceblogs.com%2fpharyngula%2f2009%2f12%2flast_night_of_freedom.php%3futm_source%3dcombinedfeed%26utm_medium%3drss.

Anyhow.... someone needs to write blog software designed for intelligentsia. Unless you have considerable google-fu and powers of reasoning, you can't even find the login form.

Posted by: cearhaill | December 9, 2009 12:51 AM

Just checking to see if it works.

Posted by: Rox1SMF | December 9, 2009 12:56 AM

Logged in with MT (or at least I am if this works!).

Posted by: wiley | December 9, 2009 12:59 AM

Dogdamn spammers & trolls!

Posted by: Janine, She Wolf Of Pharyngula, OM | December 9, 2009 1:05 AM

Supergenius, we are adults here. We can handle the term "goddamn".

Posted by: Aratina Cage | December 9, 2009 1:11 AM

Gyeong Hwa Pak,

I tried once but it kept bugging out before I could sucessfully register.

Posted by: Aratina Cage | December 9, 2009 1:15 AM

I just tested out the ability to change my "Display Name" to "aratina cage II" using Movable Type. It worked like a charm. Movable Type actually separates your "Username" (which you use to sign in) from your "Display Name" (which appears on your comments).

Posted by: 朴競花/박경화 (Gyeong Hwa) | December 9, 2009 1:24 AM

Let's see if this works.

Posted by: Commissar Claw | December 9, 2009 1:29 AM

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Before registration robs me of my ability to comment *cough* again *cough*. Behold the wonderment of the rebuttal of the courtier's reply:

http://voyagesextraordinaires.blogspot.com/2009/08/courtiers-reply-reply-and-other-atheist.html

Posted by: Owlmirror | December 9, 2009 1:30 AM

Supergenius, we are adults here. We can handle the term "goddamn".

Oh, he's just demonstrating his priorities.

He'd rather commit genocide than take God's name in vain.

Posted by: The5thApe | December 9, 2009 1:39 AM

Actually glad you gave me some pressure to finally register. Thanks for all you do.

Posted by: nejishiki | December 9, 2009 1:45 AM

I'm posting on the Internet!

Posted by: Aratina Cage | December 9, 2009 1:51 AM

You mock me now, but when I reach Lv. 45 I'll learn thunder and none of you water based pokemons can stop me!!!!!111!!!!!!

Posted by: 朴競花/박경화 (Gyeong Hwa) | December 9, 2009 1:58 AM

My jigglypuff will put you to sleep with a single verse. Go Jiggly!

Ah yes...Jigglypuff...my archnemesis...*glares*

Hey I thought SB was going to remodel the whole site so that it work like another facebook or a yahoo! answers. What happened to that?

Posted by: Bill Dauphin, avec fromage | December 9, 2009 2:04 AM

Works from home; tomorrow we'll see about from work.

Posted by: pcarini | December 9, 2009 2:25 AM

Janine, She Wolf Of Pharyngula, OM

Also, I have to play with registration so that I have keep my new moniker. But that is less work than deleting the banned.

I almost hate to admit that I missed the fun by asking, but where did the "She Wolf Of Pharyngula" bit come from?

Posted by: Bruce Gorton | December 9, 2009 2:51 AM

Okay, seen as this is the last night of freedom:

When did Ray Comfort come up with his banana argument? I just want to add it to a list of "Things people did or said proudly, that inspired mass scheudenfreud"

So far I have Ras Dumusani botching the SA anthem (And proving that you don't have to be able to sing to make it as a singer in France) and Sarah Palin's view of Russia.

Posted by: neon-elf.myopenid.com | December 9, 2009 3:14 AM

Drat! And I'd just got used to being Lilith instead of Neon Elf again. Curses on whomever alreadly had Lilith at Open ID.

But I do understand the need and am frankly surprised this wasn't brought back sooner.

Posted by: pcarini | December 9, 2009 3:18 AM

Like most good Pharyngula stories it starts out with a troll...

Thanks for filling me in, and for giving me yet another reason to vote AJ Milne next time for OM.

Posted by: NotExactly | December 9, 2009 3:25 AM

@60

He pulled it out of the same place from which all of his arguments come.

I'm just trying for the first time now, but I'll add to those saying Movable Type works fine.

Posted by: DLC | December 9, 2009 3:40 AM

HM. Well, Mabus can always go to other Scienceblogs sites and post 1-2 line drivel.
He's shown up over at Respectful Insolence a few times. Something about the police not protecting PZ Myers and how he's going to kick all our heads in.
Really, he needs medication and probably some therapy.

Posted by: Rorschach | December 9, 2009 3:45 AM

raven,

I really dont understand why you should be having so many problems registering, even the most esoteric unix-based operating system's browsers, with paranoid security settings,( i play with those often) do not have any more problems with registering then IE 6-8 on XP or W7. Unless you're trying to do this from work, or from behind a corporate firewall, you should not have that many problems.

Posted by: TheVirginian | December 9, 2009 4:11 AM

I will try to register again. Last time, I hit a Catch-22 hell, in which the system would not accept my nom-de-plume for re-registration because I had used it in my first, failed registration attempt. If I am never heard from again on this blog, it's because I am Lost in Cyberspace, and I have no robot to warn me of danger.
Wait, what's that cheering and screams of "Ding-dong the Witch is dead" that I hear in the background. I know it's not about me, so someone msut be watching "The Wizard of Oz"? Yes, that has to be it.

Posted by: maureen brian | December 9, 2009 4:22 AM

OK, then! Given my past luck - i.e. total failure - with all known signing-in systems, I'll take the precaution of wishing you all a happy something-or-other now.

Be warned, though. I'll still be lurking if only as a reader.

Posted by: bad Jim | December 9, 2009 5:09 AM

I click "sign in", and it says "thanks". Moveable Type is nothing if not courteous.

Posted by: SEF | December 9, 2009 5:21 AM

@ Noam #71:

I originally signed up weeks ago on moveable type, but still haven't gotten the email I need to confirm...

That stage seems to have doomed quite a few people's potential accounts. If the email is lost somewhere on the initial send (possibly not even making it out of source, let alone arriving at destination!), you're stuffed. On extensive testing last time round, there seemed to be no way for the user to get it to re-send and PZ never jumped in with any way of prodding it from his end.

Worse still, because the potential account does already exist in the system's mind (as was demonstrated during testing), you can't try making that one again from scratch either. It's lost for all time to all people, using up people's favourite login names and wasting them.

In some ways the people who got the "forbidden" error straight off were in a better situation. There was still an opportunity to find a microsecond in which the system was actually working and would let you create the account you wanted - as long as you realised (from the many other people being allowed accounts) that the error message was a lie.

Posted by: No BS | December 9, 2009 6:49 AM

Vogons...

Posted by: hyperdeath | December 9, 2009 7:20 AM

Instead of directly banning Mabus, why not write a script that autocorrects his posts?

• All uses of the first person plural should be replaced with the first person singular, so that "we're" becomes "I'm".

• The phrase "pulling the plug" should be replaced with "indulging in childish power fantasies where I get revenge".

• The word "caused" should be prefaced with "in my ludicrous self-important fantasy world".

• The phrase "We can fix that" should be replace "I am going to whine incessantly in the hope that somebody pays attention".

• The word "crucify" should be replaced with "impotently rage against".

• All links should be redirected to a picture of a small child throwing a temper tantrum.

Posted by: Antiochus Epiphanes | December 9, 2009 7:25 AM

Success is Mine! The World is my Oyster!

Weeee are the Champ-yuns mah Frieeeeeeeeend!

Posted by: Kel, OM | December 9, 2009 7:30 AM

Bugger, it was good while it lasted. Damn bots!

Posted by: Kel, The Privileged View From Nowhere | December 9, 2009 7:37 AM

Okay, signed in now.

Posted by: eryoshimura | December 9, 2009 7:41 AM

Hooray, registered! I don't comment much, but it's nice to know I could!

Posted by: Audley Z. Darkheart OM, purveyor of candy and lies | December 9, 2009 7:55 AM

Well, I've actually registered.

Do I get a cookie now?

Posted by: Dave | December 9, 2009 8:10 AM

Not a problem - signed in.

Posted by: creating trons | December 9, 2009 8:24 AM

test, test. is this blog on? can you hear me?

Posted by: Nanu Nanu | December 9, 2009 8:28 AM

Test. Test. Testes. Ovaries. Sorry, I got distracted, what was I doing?

Posted by: Chris Who Runs in the Woods | December 9, 2009 8:41 AM

I'll probably continue to lurk for most of the time, but it's nice to know that I can comment if I want to.

Most of the time I don't have anything original to contribute. Others generally say what I would have said - and they usually say it more eloquently.

I was happy to post on the Asimov thread though (as "Chris"). I'm still feeling very sentimental toward the good doctor after rereading his essay. It's shocking to me how much I still mourn his death some 17 years later...

Posted by: DesertHedgehog | December 9, 2009 8:51 AM

Aha! The registration still works! A good thing!

Posted by: BdN | December 9, 2009 9:12 AM

OT : more pareidolia !!!

"A calf with a white marking on its forehead in the approximate shape of a cross was born last week at a dairy farm in Sterling, a small rustic town on the Rhode Island border.

Owner Brad Davis tells WFSB-TV he thinks the marking may be a message from above, though he's still trying to figure out what that message might be."

http://www.usatoday.com/news/religion/2009-12-09-holy-cow_N.htm?csp=34&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+usatoday-NewsTopStories+%28News+-+Top+Stories%29

Posted by: Antiochus Epiphanes | December 9, 2009 9:15 AM

I will not eat green eggs and ham.
I will not eat them, Sam-I-am.
Sing Godamm! Sing Goddam!

Posted by: Butch Pansy | December 9, 2009 9:28 AM

I will lurk until the right moment presents itself. Save me a goat.

Posted by: Bill Baconhill | December 9, 2009 9:32 AM

Registration seems to be working just fine. I just registered this account. Long-time reader, never-time comment8r.

So things seem to be in order if this post goes through. whoooooooooooooooooooo.

Posted by: ostranenie | December 9, 2009 9:37 AM

Hi everybody,
I have a request.
I'm looking for the best, clearest, most representative atheism vs theism debate available on the net that is one hour or less.
I know there are zillions on youtube, but I don't have time to look through them all, so I'm hoping one of you will know.
I think Frank Turek did a pretty good job with Hitchens here
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=891278801387978613&ei=650fS-rvLM_Q-AaHi9mcDw&hl=en#
but I don't think Hitchens did the best job of answering. Turek presented a clear, numbered list of 10 things. Just perfect. Now I want a video like that, but where the atheist goes down the list, one by one, and refutes them.

My second favorite so far is Rajabali vs. Barker here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9c5-vVwJ2eQ&NR=1 (skip to the 20 minute mark b/c there's a lot of introductory crap at the beginning). This is okay, but it's not as concise as I'd like. I don't want metaphors or anecdotes or book-flogging, just get to the point. Any suggestions?

Thx!

Posted by: mumonjmk | December 9, 2009 9:49 AM

I do wish to apologize for some comments which you might have seemed spammy, but in regard to your post on "Atheists 3.0" I thought I'd had a point to make.

Posted by: David Marjanović | December 9, 2009 9:57 AM

Not a problem - signed in.

You are not signed in.

Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawmZU8bjyyzHXwkE-kJ7LjNaM5j7YiKJPHg | December 9, 2009 9:59 AM

Hmm can't sign in via Google then

Posted by: jojodancingbear | December 9, 2009 10:23 AM

Works for me and was ever so easy this time.

Posted by: Rev. BigDumbChimp | December 9, 2009 10:30 AM

Basically, it's not about you.

but

but

MY MOMMY TOLD ME EVERYTHING WAS ABOUT ME!!!

Posted by: destlund | December 9, 2009 10:38 AM

Hey, signing in with Google works like a charm, except I can't use my full name and now everyone knows my email. I just know I'm going to get death threats. Because I'm so controversial. God, I'm boring.

Posted by: InfraredEyes | December 9, 2009 10:54 AM

Tap, tap tap...is this thing on?

Apparently it is, occasional posting enabled.

Posted by: Janine, She Wolf Of Pharyngula, OM | December 9, 2009 11:04 AM

Off topic. Last night, in the "macho" thread, I advised people to watch Rachel Maddow's interview of Richard Cohen. This link does not go to MSNBC but to Pam's House Blend. The segment is posted there. It is eighteen minutes long but you can skip the first five minutes if you want. Rachel is making the connection between Richard Cohen's words and Uganda's Kill The Gays bill. It is a special treat.

Posted by: Silič O'Nopolitanopoulos, Färschdbischuf Beesknees aus Ulm und Klein Elguth, Elector Pharynguline. | December 9, 2009 11:27 AM

I fart in the general direction of you feeble attempts to block the wonderful spam.

Posted by: Bill Dauphin, avec fromage | December 9, 2009 11:35 AM

O frabjous day! I appear to be able to sign in even from work. Y'all aren't rid of me yet!

Rather than totally waste the comment on testing, testing, testing..., I'll just point out that every now and then there are glimmers of sanity, even in the much-maligned "MSM."

Posted by: blf | December 9, 2009 1:13 PM

Amazing, it only took me two tries to sign with TypePharce. First time it threw a berserk “error”. Silly shite (applies more to the spammers and trolls, but TypoPharce deserves a few bricks and bats as well).

Posted by: boygenius | December 9, 2009 1:30 PM

Is this me?

Posted by: cicely (Inadvertent Phytocidal Maniac) | December 9, 2009 1:46 PM

Well, well, well. It alleges that I now have a Movable Type account. We shall see....

Posted by: acw | December 9, 2009 2:05 PM

This looks like it's working fine, at least as far as signing in and starting to type. I wish it would scroll to the comment field when it warps me back after signing in, though.

Posted by: justagreenie | December 9, 2009 4:15 PM

Live journal worked for me but not moveable type (the conforming email never arrived).

David Horton

Posted by: Aratina Cage | December 9, 2009 5:14 PM

*Moveable Type's confirmation email is a myth, a lie, a false canard that exists only in the minds of hapless Middle-European graduate students studying in France.

Posted by: R. Schauer | December 9, 2009 10:01 PM

Who needs the headaches when writing a book...bring it!

Posted by: JamesBrown | December 10, 2009 8:59 PM

Movable Type actually worked - Once in a row.
(its a miracle)

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