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AlunD
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 Just spotted this little blighter showing as a user "Yahoo [Bot]" 
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saspro
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It's been here before with the googlebot & msnbot
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AlunD
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Location: Wiltshire
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Cool just hadn't expected it to show as a registered user 
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RedFlames
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Joined: Thu Apr 23, 2009 7:04 pm
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Location: Gateshead, Tyne and Wear
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i also saw Alexa [Bot] and W3C [Validator] on here a few times
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AlunD
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Location: Wiltshire
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That one must have been having a good laugh 
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saspro
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phpbb has about 50 users reserved for bots, all the common ones are covered.
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AlunD
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Live and learn.
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bish
Doesn't have much of a life
Joined: Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:45 am
Posts: 732
Location: 'sup mah science bitchezz!?
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Bots are fine and dandy. They just use our info to update their websites if they find any useful information.
We need to start worrying when they start making threads in Russian and posting ugly pr0n in the first post.
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AlunD
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Yeah that's only a matter of time I'm afraid
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bish
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Location: 'sup mah science bitchezz!?
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We could put some captchas in place.
Ones where the users have to guess the codeword or something.
Bots aren't that clever yet.
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saspro
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You need to enter a verification number to register on the site.
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bish
Doesn't have much of a life
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Location: 'sup mah science bitchezz!?
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Fair enough. But bots usually get simple captchas right, from my experience anyway. Like we could do a code word, maybe... A B C D E ... etc 2 9 8 3 1 ... etc Using the codebreaker above spell penis. _________________ I make full use of this action, while at x404.
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AlunD
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Location: Wiltshire
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Why am I not surprised you chose that word
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John_Vella
I haven't seen my friends in so long
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Yeah Bish, why are we not surprised...?  _________________John Vella BSc (Hons), PGCE - Still the official forum prankster and crude remarker Sorry I'll behave now. Promise 
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Tsar
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Location: Sunny Hastings
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Sorry but Bish and Surpise dont go in the same sentence surly _________________ Gaming's Elder Statesman & Evil Consultant
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