I upgraded the wiki engine to MediaWiki 1.4.4: http://www.hackers.org.il/mediawiki/index.php/Main_Page Now I'll investigate how to turn on rel="nofollow". ...
And what are the main differences in MediaWiki 1.4.4 Can you talk a little about the upgrade process? I installed MediaWiki in several sites and would like to...
... Well, our previous version was 1.3.11. There are several differences between the 1.3.x line and the 1.4.x line. A very important one (that doesn't affect ...
There's a new Israeli project: http://web-cpan.berlios.de/latemp/ Latemp is a Content Management System for Static HTML pages based on Web Meta Language (...
I have an idea of setting up a web-site to track publicly available online books: http://www.hackers.org.il/mediawiki/index.php/Online_Books You can find my...
"I am a [male] seeking a [female] between [20]-[30]." Super. But what if I have any hair colour preference? Or area of residence? Or wish to have some common...
... [... snipped ...] The important thing in planning a good dating site is not the technicalities but the psychological/sociological issues. People consider...
Omer Zak
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May 11, 2005 5:25 pm
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As I reflect about the difficulties of single male geeks in finding female mates, I have the following idea. One of the organizations of geeks, of which I...
Omer Zak
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May 11, 2005 5:32 pm
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I'm not quite sure I see how your dating site would differ from the others. While on the topic, perhaps try making a dating site that connects people based on...
... Maybe Paul Graham, like you, never actually tried to look at those dating sites? I suggest you do. I know for a fact that there are a number of them that...
... This is all really silly. How many married couples you know have very similar musical tastes, or similar blog feeds? Heck, in most married couples I know, ...
... Hmmm... this is good. ... Right. You can always specify "I don't care." In any case, I should note that one site I encountered (actually for matching...
This is continuation of the previous thread raised by Elad, which detoriated into a discussion of Israel's Constitutional Racism and then Nazis. I do not ...
Linus Torvalds: "95% of Programmers consider themselves in the top 5%". Shlomi Fish' Corrolary: "95% of Programs consider 95% of the code they did not write,...
I guess the MIT's project which connects people based on their common hang out spots and routines (using Serendipity http://www.mobule.com/) is also useless: ...
Also, the features I listed could be used for exclusion instead of inclusion. For instance, I'd like to search for [inclusions criteria] but please exclude...
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0887307280/qid=1115918786/sr=8-1/ref=pd_csp_1/103-1765878-1007817?v=glance&s=books&n=507846 The book is about...
Omer Zak
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May 13, 2005 7:26 am
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http://wims.unice.fr/wims/wims.cgi?session=SSF913912E.2&+lang=en&+module=adm%2Funice%2Fchallenge Has anybody tried to crack this page? Comments? It reminds me...
Adir Abraham
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May 14, 2005 8:56 pm
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Check: http://better-scm.berlios.de/bk/what-bitmover-got-wrong.html for an essay titled "What BitMover (= BitKeeper's parent company) Got Wrong". Comments,...
Check: http://www.shlomifish.org/humour/human-hacking/ Full text is online. This is probably the kitchiest story I've written yet, but I still like it. ...
Hi all! I had to disable the wiki due to an excessive amount of spam in the last couple of days. It seems that one spammer is using a network of zombie ...
... That I will do. But first I need to research how to do it. I also want to see if a subscription can involve confirmation by E-mail. Regards, Shlomi Fish ...
... OK. Done. The wiki has been restored. However, there doesn't seem to be a way to require an E-mail handshake right now. Time for some PHP hacking? ;-) ...
On 5/24/05, Shlomi Fish ... In most wiki's I'm aware off, wacky character images (the ones which look as if you see them through a badly damaged bottom of ...
On Tue, 24 May 2005 15:53:51 +1000 ... That's called a Captcha. [1] BTW, WikiMedia has a couple of anti-spam features, including a URL blacklist. [2] [1]...
... They are called "CAPTCHA" and are a serious usability problem for people with vision related disabilities. Hell, even without vision problems, I had enough...
Shoshannah Forbes
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May 24, 2005 8:16 pm
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... oops.. correct link: http://www.brains-n-brawn.com/default.aspx?vDir=aicaptcha he has links to other articles about computers solving CAPTCHAs. ... ...