In case you noticed or cared for that matter, the "email this story to a friend feature" was not working. Well it turns out that I had misread the path to sendmail /usr/bin/sendmail != /usr/sbin/sendmail. So now it works, (ab)use it to your hearts content.
~david macias
So my site had been getting hit daily by SPAM. The SPAM would come in the form of a comment to random stories. The comments would be nothing but links to porn sites or financial helps sites. So I finally tracked down about 5-7 IPs that were the ones who did this, banned them, and now it has been 3 days with no SPAM. So I think the attack has settled down a bit, but I am sure it will start again eventually, it is all a matter of time.
~david macias
irony: Getting SPAM comments in this story :–)
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Cadet given 5 years for child porn
An A&M student and Corps of Cadets member was sentenced Dec. 13 to five years in federal prison after pleading guilty to possessing child pornography, said University Police Department (UPD) director Bob Wiatt.
Stephen Michael Johnston, 22, a senior psychology major from Brownsville, was arrested this March as part of a nationwide FBI sting called “Operation Candyman.” Johnston was a subscriber to the “Candyman” e-mail group in which an estimated 6,000 users exchanged images of pornography involving children as young as 18 months. Johnston had been in jail in Houston since his arrest.
UPD officers executed a search warrant and confiscated Johnston’s personal computer from his residence hall room in Fountain Hall Dec. 10, 2001, and sent it to the FBI. Wiatt said the computer was “replete with child pornography.”
Col. Rick Mallahan, assistant commandant of the Corps, said in June that Johnston intended to return to school if he did not get sentenced to prison.
Johnston was one of more than 80 individuals arrested nationwide in the Candyman sting. An East Texas man who was the leader of the e-mail pornography ring was sentenced Dec. 19 to 30 years in prison. Mark Bates, 33, of Palestine, pled guilty to distributing child pornography.
Johnston had earlier pled not guilty to charges of conspiracy to distribute child pornography, which would have carried a maximum 15-year prison term and a $250,000 fine. Subscribers to the Candyman group were expected to contribute images as well as receive them.
Two other Texas men arrested in the sting were also sentenced in December. Robert Froman, 49, received 15 years, and Billy Loyd White, 46, received four years. Both are from the Houston area.
So you might know, I play soccer, I love to play soccer. Soccer is the best sport in the world! :-)
Edit:
So here is a the source of my discontent.
Division III
Mondial III 25 8 0 1 61 15 46 9
*Team Red 24 8 1 0 61 17 44 9
Guadalajara 19 6 1 1 40 19 21 8
Infinity 15 4 2 3 45 32 13 9
Blinn 1 13 4 3 1 45 30 15 8
*Yes that is us in 2nd place.
Irony? Perhaps, he was only 60 years old.
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A bit of a rant or just blowing off steam or just waiting for this batch file to finish.
~david macias
So if you know me, you probably are aware that Tim and I spend around 100+ man hours working on a Access database for a coverage project in the Middle Rio Grande Valley. Well, today I get a link that talks a little more about the project and that shows how much money is actually involved in this project.
Here is the story
It is nice to see a story about a project you have been involved with, but it would be nice to see some of those $2M come our way. Oh well, I learned tons about VB script and how horrible Access can be.
~david macias
This song is pretty good and the video is amazingly cool. Not exactly sure what to make of the song yet, still trying to analyze it, but for the most part it is just a feel good song.
New updated theme, updated logo, and a couple of new links here and there. Overall, things seem to be working properly.
Problems let me know.
~david macias
Ok, so you might have noticed the somewhat drastic change going around here. Images seem to be in their respective spot and comments can now be viewed again.
There are some bugs that I am chasing around so sit tight.
~david macias