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Posted by: SEF | January 3, 2010 3:09 PM

What bit of the comment registration system locks you out, Patricia?

Posted by: sandiseattle | January 3, 2010 3:13 PM

The real question is "Does comment registration lock out OMs?"

Posted by: iamjadehawk | January 3, 2010 3:18 PM

nevermind.... google login still seems to work, so that will have to do. y'all will just have to remember that I'm an OM :-p

*waves to Patricia*

spammers are evil, because they deprive us of the Pullet Patrol and the Spanking Couch :-(

Posted by: Zeno | January 3, 2010 3:20 PM

sandiseattle: The real question is "Does comment registration lock out OMs?"

I can personally testify that it does not, although sometimes it takes a couple of attempts for me to sign in.

Posted by: Brownian, Most Vicious & Petty of Pharyngulites | January 3, 2010 3:22 PM

I truly, deeply, fervently hate spammers.

Yeah? Well, some of us are grateful for the service they provide to us and our tiny, flaccid penises.

Posted by: WhatIsOptTemp | January 3, 2010 3:28 PM

Rdhd prjcts. In thr nws, dg bts mn, th sn wll rs tmrrw, nd th plnt s stll clng.

Posted by: Mike Wagner | January 3, 2010 3:34 PM

Crud. I haven't been able to login using TypePad in ages. It keeps giving an error that it can't pass the email information on.

Posted by: protopod | January 3, 2010 3:43 PM

You should probably just leave it on, instead of going through the trouble of switching it off and on all the time. The spammers will always be there, just waiting for it.

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | January 3, 2010 3:45 PM

For those of you having Mike Wagner's trouble with TypePad.
1. Google TypePad.
2. Go to TypePad from Google.
3. Log in to TypePad.
4. Go to account information (menu upper right).
5. Just under the display name and e-mail is a radio button. The button says to automatically exchange e-mail. Make sure the button is active.
6. Save the change (vital), you may need to scroll down to see the save icon.
7. Log out of TypePad.
8. Come to Pharyngula. You should now be able to sign in, making sure you pick TypePad from the alternatives (don't use the default sign in).

If thing are slightly different for TypeKey, somebody publish the info here.

Posted by: Blind Squirrel FCD | January 3, 2010 3:53 PM

Nerd of Redhead, OM
I think you have saved my day.

BS

Posted by: Greg Laden | January 3, 2010 3:59 PM

I bought a can of spam last year for my daughter to see what it looked like.

We didn't eat it or anything, though.

Posted by: Jadehawk, OM | January 3, 2010 4:01 PM

ok, so apparently it didn't like my password. after changing the password, it worked. wtf?

Posted by: 朴競花/박경화 (Gyeong Hwa) | January 3, 2010 4:03 PM

ok, so apparently it didn't like my password. after changing the password, it worked. wtf?

It's not your password. TypePad hates everyone in general.

Posted by: Zeno | January 3, 2010 4:04 PM

Nerd of Redhead has till April 4 (Easter Sunday) to prepare to battle zombie Jesus. Plan to have popcorn ready.

Posted by: bPer | January 3, 2010 4:08 PM

Just testing Nerd's procedure...

Posted by: Owlmirror | January 3, 2010 4:14 PM

PZ, have you considered closing comments on the older threads? Those are the ones that the spammers appear to really love.

Posted by: raven | January 3, 2010 4:15 PM

Moveable Type works well for me.

Typepad sort of works but it is buggy.

Posted by: xunatz | January 3, 2010 4:22 PM

I logged in with my google account, no problem.

Posted by: 'Tis Himself, OM | January 3, 2010 4:25 PM

It's Moveable Type that lets me sign in. However, it wouldn't send the acknowledgment email to my .gmx address but did send it to .gmail.

Posted by: Shatterface | January 3, 2010 4:30 PM

I'm technologically illiterate and have no idea how I'm posting this. It just happens.

Say, do you think this is how religion starts?

Posted by: blf | January 3, 2010 4:33 PM

Looks like I'll have to figure out what kills zombies

Doubling over in outrageous laughter and then getting the hiccups.

p.s. Doesn't matter if it's you or the zombie who's laughing…

Posted by: llewelly | January 3, 2010 4:37 PM

If you cut spam into strips and deep fry it, it's very tasty.

Posted by: David B | January 3, 2010 4:46 PM

Nerd of Redhead, you are the closest thing to an angel that I have ever come upon.

David B

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | January 3, 2010 4:52 PM

Have you tried garlic-soaked silver bullets?

*Metals for $400 Alex. Answer: The Long Ranger. Question: Who used silver bullets?*

Posted by: blf | January 3, 2010 4:56 PM

Ok, so zombies, normal people, and possibly even Ed., agree Alan B is laugh-at-able, but what about the trolls? And spammers? Not to mention Little Poopyhead Pee Zed (and it's best not to mention him† at all!)?

 †  Little Poopyhead Pee Zed, that is. Not the one who shall not be named.

Posted by: Andy Allen | January 3, 2010 5:07 PM

Hmm... well, if you can see this not only has typepad worked, it means I've remembered a long-unused password (I don't comment very often).

Two such coincident things is not quite enough to claim a miracle, though.

Posted by: Patricia, OM | January 3, 2010 5:13 PM

Wheeee! Schoolgirl squeals and bosomy bounces!!! It worked - No thanks to gawd.

Posted by: vitor.bvsantos | January 3, 2010 5:17 PM

I really wish natural selection worked better on spammers...

Posted by: https://www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawkZra46lduf0zN2DdfGYiE6OxNw8EpsKbw | January 3, 2010 5:26 PM

What the hell is the matter with TypePad. Fuck.

Posted by: 6-bleen-7 | January 3, 2010 5:28 PM

If you can see this comment, I successfully logged in via Movable Type using my LiveJournal account.

Posted by: tsig0 | January 3, 2010 5:37 PM

I use movable type and it always seems to wor but it does take a while to work.

Posted by: Andreas Johansson | January 3, 2010 5:41 PM

Now, is there any way we can blackmail Google into allowing people to change their handles?

Posted by: Owlmirror | January 3, 2010 5:44 PM

Oddly enough, I was having a conversation a couple of weeks ago, with a random stranger on a train, about not knowing the best way to deal with the zombie apocalypse

You need to read World War Z.

I reckoned the flame-thrower might be quite effective though

Great. So now you have the undead lurching towards you ON FIRE.

Posted by: kaessa.com | January 3, 2010 5:48 PM

Testing the login with OpenID (after going rounds with the TypePad login).

Posted by: Wowbagger, Man-Hating Man of Pharyngula | January 3, 2010 6:02 PM

My moveable type seems to be working okay - the only bugger is I have to remember my login and password after being out of the office for 10 (or so) days.

Posted by: Nerd of Redhead, OM | January 3, 2010 6:13 PM

I've found if TypePad gives me the gobbletygoop page, exiting the browser and starting it up again seems to work the next time I try to sign in. Or signing in under a new tab. Just had to do that from home (OSX 10.6.2 and Foxfire 3.5.6).

Posted by: SC OM | January 3, 2010 6:17 PM

You guys and gals need to go over to

http://friendlyatheist.com/

Hemant has a poll about PZ that yearns for our attention.

PZ now leads everyone else in the world 58/42. :)

Posted by: cafeeine | January 3, 2010 6:21 PM

Darn, SC, you scooped me.

Posted by: SC OM | January 3, 2010 6:30 PM

Sorry - he leads everyone else in the universe combined.

Here's the direct link:

http://friendlyatheist.com/2010/01/03/most-godless-atheist-of-2009/

Posted by: David Marjanović | January 3, 2010 7:05 PM

Patricia, why don't you pretend you want to create a Vox blog? Has been working for me without a single problem <span style="Homer">so far</span>.

Of the tools available where I was about to be

Awww. No liquid nitrogen? I like boiling stuff in nitrogen. Then I suggest pulverizing at leisure and... mixing the powder with an explosive... :-)

Of course, a lot might depend on whether you're dealing with Romero zombies or Russo zombies.

Posted by: Rorschach | January 3, 2010 7:22 PM

Gone off typepad, too buggy.
Movable type, never any login trouble, at least not for a while now.

As to Owlmirrir's suggestion, if we closed older threads, they would probably then just spam the newer ones, which would be really annoying !

Of course a simple captcha might stop most of them in their tracks, but SB would have to have someone to implement that.

Posted by: DominEditrix | January 3, 2010 7:44 PM

Jeebus, people, it's salt that kills zombies. So you either pepper them with rock salt [or kosher salt], or supersoak them with seawater. [Supersoakers available at Toys R Armory] Then, when they're weak, you slam some salt into their mouths and sew their lips together. I believe super glue will work, as well.

Re: Spam. I have a friend who actually likes the stuff. We're trying to have him sectioned.

It would be fun if there were a separate thread that spammers/concern trolls could be relegated to. Kinda like Dooce's [albeit short-lived] Monetizing the Hate for her insane hate mail. There is some amusement in watching them if they're in the zoo.

Posted by: RichVR | January 3, 2010 8:57 PM

Testing.

Posted by: egaeus | January 3, 2010 10:42 PM

I've never had any problems signing in. Are you sure you guys are not just technotards? :)

Seriously though, it's good that it's at least reasonably sorted out. Spammers suck, but non-working registration systems suck even more.

Posted by: ikt | January 4, 2010 1:18 AM

testing

Posted by: 3B | January 4, 2010 3:09 AM

testing 2 3 4

Posted by: SEF | January 4, 2010 5:00 AM

Yo, PZ, are the SixApart bods still hanging around ScienceBlogs and available to be prodded into fixing things properly?

Among the many sign-in problems here (eg the MT Forbidden error and fatally missing confirmation email error, the Typepad wall of text error and the silliness over the visible names for some accounts being the URL instead of the name), the missing logo images should be the easiest to fix. Someone just needs to upload them to the correct directory so we don't get things like "Author Profile Page" alt text instead of a clickable link to those.

At the moment, the working logos are:

mt_logo

typepad_logo (used instead of typekey but has typekey's design)

livejournal_logo

vox_logo

openid_logo

Missing logos are:

google_logo

yahoo_logo

aim_logo

wordpress_logo

(NB They should magically appear in those currently blank spaces, as well as next to any of their logged-in account user-names, if they ever do get uploaded! Google and Wordpress ones would already be visible on this thread if the images were available.)

Posted by: SEF | January 4, 2010 8:07 AM

@ devnull73 #95:

For most of the problems, it seems to be irrelevant what OS and browser people are using. The problems are still there across different combinations.

Eg one MovableType issue is where it randomly tells people outright that they are Forbidden to use it. However, that has become a lot less credible as a reason to stop even trying to create an account now that lots more people (of no apparent specialness, such as Sb blog owners or OMs) can be seen using it.

Another, and even more annoying, MT issue is the mysteriously missing confirmation emails. They aren't simply being eaten by people's spam filters. Someone said they'd got their system network managers to check through the logs and verified that the email never came anywhere near arriving at all. Loss of this email is fatal to completing your account creation. You can't get another copy of it and your favoured login name is then gone forever, locked up in the bowels of ScienceBlogs and wasted.

The typepad/TypeKey problems include Sb randomly forgetting what it even is. This is manifested in various symptoms. Eg the Sb page generator showing the default anonymous perkin + speech bubble logo in threads instead of the key+keyhole/person one for users logged-in with typepad/TK. However, typically one can't even get logged in because, having jumped through all the hoops over at typepad itself, the swiss-cheese memory of Sb then throws up a wall of text, full of cascading errors, instead of returning to the original thread as expected when control is returned to Sb.

The problems with other account types may be mainly limited to the mess they make in showing the URL instead of the intended display name. Eg your own "devnull73.myopenid.com" is hardly neat.

The LiveJournal ones are looking quite good this time round and the few Vox pseudo-users seem to have theirs under control now.

Posted by: SEF | January 4, 2010 11:27 AM

the NSA Data Mining Operation login

Otherwise known as Google.

Posted by: Jebus is my Dog | January 4, 2010 1:26 PM

Mmmmm. Seems to work. Only took two attempts.

Posted by: cicely (Inadvertent Phytocidal Maniac) | January 4, 2010 10:45 PM

Now I can haz sign in! All sing the praises of Nerd of Redhead!

Posted by: SEF | January 7, 2010 1:54 PM

A new problem (or recurring old one): a blank page after submitting a comment, no warning message, URL left on mt comments one and not bounced back properly to the thread.

Worse yet, refreshing the thread (eg opening it up again from a link) doesn't show the post appearing for several minutes (and counting). Though it did eventually appear in the last 10 comments list on the left while still not appearing in the thread itself.