Did Wolfire make the news recently?

Silb · Post by **Silb** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:13 am

I just noticed this:

Most users ever online was 110 on Wed Jun 27, 2007 9:26 pm

Moreover, as of the time of this writing, there are about 60 guests online.

Last time this happened was when Lugaru was slashdotted, if I recall correctly.

Apparently, in spite of the last significant piece of Wolfire news being half a year old, something has been driving more traffic than slashdot, for several days in a row.

It is very mysterious.

Colicedus · Post by **Colicedus** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:22 am

Whats Slashdot?

Grayswandir · Post by **Grayswandir** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:37 am

It could just be spam bots.

Colicedus · Post by **Colicedus** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:40 am

Whats Slashdot?

Silb · Post by **Silb** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 6:44 am

Slashdot is slashdot.org, news source for computer enthusiasts.

Grayswandir, you might be right. Stupid me. However a swarm of spam bots that don't spam and fail to register an account in the first place still qualifies as very mysterious.

Colicedus · Post by **Colicedus** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 8:31 am

I think they all came to check out the new release of Chainsaw mod

Zantalos · Post by **Zantalos** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 10:26 am

Nah Silb, if it was spam bots, they would register, otherwise they wouldn't be spam bots. They would be guest bots that can't make threads and serve no purpose.

nerodx · Post by **nerodx** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:54 pm

maybe everyone came to see us all kill each others spirits. ever since the flamewar came i noticed many more guests...stupid guests...they watch the flaming but dont have the guts to get flamed themselves. Im calling you out guests!

Post by **Jeff** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 12:56 pm

Hmmmm. I am not sure what it is, but our fancy Google Analytics log doesn't seem to know either. I think it is probably some kind of bot; spam, indexing, who knows?

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:54 pm

This sounds intense... like the wait for the iphone... ugh..

Post by **Jeff** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 1:58 pm

Dude how are you online>?

NickD · Post by **NickD** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 2:26 pm

Hacked apple store's wireless connection.

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:04 pm

Err...I've never seen an Apple Store which wouldn't let you simply use the Internet on any of the computers they have on display. No hacking required. Take the easy way out.

Post by **Jeff** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 4:11 pm

Apple store is closed for iPhone day, you've got to hack in to use the network. By the way, to stay on topic, it looks like the massive influx of guests was the Google bot and Yahoo bot and maybe a few others deciding to do a massive index of the forums all at once.

Ultimatum479 · Post by **Ultimatum479** » Fri Jun 29, 2007 5:16 pm

Off-topic, I'm surprised they left it online then.

On-topic, that seems a weird coincidence. Maybe they decided to index it when they thought I wouldn't be there to screw it up somehow; I'm supposed to be gone today, but somehow, this crappy, cheap hotel has Internet. Sucks for you guys.