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thunderkyss said:
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How are you measuring bots?
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Most all of the numbers under "Guest" are bots. With our previous website versions, there was a separate division of the numbers between a "Guests" and a "Bots" category..................now it is all listed under "Guests." When the numbers get to 3000+ as opposed to the present 179, you can see how a website can be taken over and slowed.
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Bot Killers

fwiw you probably already know but anyway a suggestion just tryin to help

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Just switched back to desktop site and seems to be working fine. Maybe it came back just as I did that. Coincidence.
 
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Well, if the conspiracy theorists are correct:

Someone inform the script writers at the NFL that we have lost our site twice in the off season.

Suffering always makes for a good story and no comeback story like "Their forum went down twice in the off-season.... but now.... now the struggle was all worth it for those that endured.... the Texans win it all.
 
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I don't know if I'm the one that alerted Kevin or he already knew and it's a coincidence, but I sent him an email around 2 hours ago telling him I am getting 404 errors every time I try to access the site.

In any event, at this point, all I know is that I'm back in.

Let's hope the bots now don't try to take over again!
 
Not being able to talk & read about football reminds me of that old joke.

A plane flying across the Pacific develops trouble & crashes,. The only 2 survivors are a man from coach & a famous movie star & sex symbol from 1st class. They manage to get to an uninhabited island where things take their natural course & they begin having sex. After about 6 months of this the man asks the woman if she would dress up in his clothes & pretend to be a man. She thinks it is weird as hell but realizes they are stuck with each other so she goes along.

She comes out to the fire where he is sitting on a log. She takes a seat across from him & waits to see what was going to happen. The man leans forward & in a low voice says "Hey, guess who I'm f*(king.
 
TexanBorn51 said:
Bot Killers

fwiw you probably already know but anyway a suggestion just tryin to help

Bot protection is of primary importance for all of your endpoints, but it is particularly important for your web assets.

The Best 7 Bot Protection Software​

www.comparitech.com

7 Best Bot Protection Software for 2025 (Paid & Free)

Bot protection is of primary importance for all of your endpoints, but it is particularly important for your web assets.
www.comparitech.com www.comparitech.com
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This is the last message I read and it looks like the Bots took out TexansBorn 51?
I guess we have to be careful what we say.
 
Est 40 days til Preseason vs Vikings 3pm Aug 9
est 70 days til regular season vs Rams 325 Sept 7
badboy said:
This is the last message I read and it looks like the Bots took out TexansBorn 51?
I guess we have to be careful what we say.
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lol I'm still here always will. We bought our Texas grave plots back in 95 with now to be my late wife.

When she and I were discussing plans to buy two cemetery lots the funeral home said if you guys buy one plot it's cheaper. We just lay one on top of the other whoever passes first goes in first.
But my wife then quickly replied that won't work because I was always on top. 😂
 
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TexanBorn51 said:
Bot Killers

fwiw you probably already know but anyway a suggestion just tryin to help

Bot protection is of primary importance for all of your endpoints, but it is particularly important for your web assets.

The Best 7 Bot Protection Software​

www.comparitech.com

7 Best Bot Protection Software for 2025 (Paid & Free)

Bot protection is of primary importance for all of your endpoints, but it is particularly important for your web assets.
www.comparitech.com www.comparitech.com
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I typed the following reply to your post. But when I hit reply is when the site went down.:

Unfortunately, because bots have so many "escape mechanisms," most all of the individual softwares cannot address all of the mechanisms. And the one or two large business-oriented commercial softwares are extremely expensive.
 
TexanBorn51 said:
Est 40 days til Preseason vs Vikings 3pm Aug 9
est 70 days til regular season vs Rams 325 Sept 7

lol I'm still here always will. We bought our Texas grave plots back in 95 with now to be my late wife.

When she and I were discussing plans to buy two cemetery lots the funeral home said if you guys buy one plot it's cheaper. We just lay one on top of the other whoever passes first goes in first.
But my wife then quickly replied that won't work because I was always on top. 😂
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Now that's funny right there I don't care what you say!
 
badboy said:
Has anyone heard from Kevin what he did to correct the problem?
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Now since you brought it up. Yes I only had one good and only email from here so I sent him an email. I don't have only but one email address and it was Kevin from few years ago.

Anyway he was aware of the site problem and said that right now working on the SQL signature expired.
 
TexanBorn51 said:
kool bro I had years IT on AFB bases.
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I started out as a computer operator trainee back in the early 70s. Then as the years went by into PC/hardware support, then into being a server jock, then into software support. Very typical path honestly for a lot of folks back then. I have ****-tons of old outdated Microsoft certifications. :lol:
 
Thorn said:
I started out as a computer operator trainee back in the early 70s. Then as the years went by into PC/hardware support, then into being a server jock, then into software support. Very typical path honestly for a lot of folks back then. I have ****-tons of old outdated Microsoft certifications. :lol:
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Similar to me man

Computer operator late 80’s

Programmer in the 90s

Airline pilot in the 00s!
 
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Thorn said:
I started out as a computer operator trainee back in the early 70s. Then as the years went by into PC/hardware support, then into being a server jock, then into software support. Very typical path honestly for a lot of folks back then. I have ****-tons of old outdated Microsoft certifications. :lol:
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okay yea I miss my commodore 64 and Atari 1040 with midi ins n outs. lol it was USAF got me into electronic controls and IT for entire HVAC system programs Trane Carrier Seimens Johnson Controls etc to a center HQ power plant to control all the buildings on the base. IOs DOs DDC boards etc ram rom cable runs even airwaves. everything had to go through with approval first of course with security thru all the IT central base for the that and the internet. Then went to everyone's computers IT for all the CE departments and protocol. Military bases have their own protected barrier to anything out there as in internet security from domestic and international threats.
 
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DBCooper said:
I don’t use it but Kevin was talking about it being a resource hog when he was troubleshooting.

Hopefully turned it off.
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I've been wanting to send Kevin some money for like 18-24 months but he never replied to
my E-mail for an updated address ?
Oh BTW way - what the hell is a Bot ?
 
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