Comments for A Mind @ Play http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog random thoughts to oil the mind Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:43:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 Comment on Ferra cuppa char? by Fips http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/ferra-cuppa-char/#comment-12008 Fips Tue, 07 Oct 2008 16:45:08 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/ferra-cuppa-char/#comment-12008 Rather a tardy response, but I found this little quote from a <a href="../../../../library/mary-kingsley/travels-in-west-africa/" title="Travels in West Africa by Mary Kingsley">recent read</a> rather familiar: "My face and particularly my lips are a misery to me, having been blistered all over by yesterday's sun, and last night I inadvertently whipped the skin all off one cheek with the blanket, and it keeps on bleeding, and, horror of horrors, there is no tea until water comes." Rather a tardy response, but I found this little quote from a recent read rather familiar:

“My face and particularly my lips are a misery to me, having been blistered all over by yesterday’s sun, and last night I inadvertently whipped the skin all off one cheek with the blanket, and it keeps on bleeding, and, horror of horrors, there is no tea until water comes.”

]]> Comment on Dealing with spam by Fips http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2008/09/18/dealing-with-spam/#comment-11726 Fips Mon, 22 Sep 2008 13:16:00 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=224#comment-11726 Fortunately, I'm not aware of any false positives going astray, and that to my mind is a much greater evil than dealing with the rare minnows that manage to slip through the spam filter nets. Much more of an issue is the hundreds of bounced messages that fill the inbox on occasion that spammers decide to spoof a real address at the domain, though even that is a rare event and not one that can't be dealt with in a couple of minutes. Fortunately, I’m not aware of any false positives going astray, and that to my mind is a much greater evil than dealing with the rare minnows that manage to slip through the spam filter nets.

Much more of an issue is the hundreds of bounced messages that fill the inbox on occasion that spammers decide to spoof a real address at the domain, though even that is a rare event and not one that can’t be dealt with in a couple of minutes.

]]> Comment on Dealing with spam by P http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2008/09/18/dealing-with-spam/#comment-11650 P Fri, 19 Sep 2008 06:39:28 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=224#comment-11650 Sadly the only way of maintaining a vaguely clean inbox is spending quite a lot of effort tweaking your (bayesian?) filters. We should in fact probably have a chat about that at some point -- if you have mails that haven't been caught by SpamAssassin on the tux in a folder (or otherwise easily identified) somewhere, then you could use those to train SA specifically for your account. If there is some type of mail that routinely gets through, you should let me know and I can add appropriate rules to SA (e.g. I'm currently contemplating slapping an extra 3 spam points on any message that mentions 123greetings). All this takes time and effort, but I guess the benefit of not seeing any spam is worth quite a lot. As for false positives, I have always tried to err on the side of caution, disabling tests that don't make 100% sense to me and/or setting thresholds rather high. I haven't ever had (noticed?) a false positive myself, but apparently Haz had one which he fortunately noticed. If this happens, there are certainly ways to white-list 'from' addresses on the server level, and possibly also on the user level. We should probably have a chat about this if it's an increasing problem. :-) Sadly the only way of maintaining a vaguely clean inbox is spending quite a lot of effort tweaking your (bayesian?) filters. We should in fact probably have a chat about that at some point — if you have mails that haven’t been caught by SpamAssassin on the tux in a folder (or otherwise easily identified) somewhere, then you could use those to train SA specifically for your account. If there is some type of mail that routinely gets through, you should let me know and I can add appropriate rules to SA (e.g. I’m currently contemplating slapping an extra 3 spam points on any message that mentions 123greetings).

All this takes time and effort, but I guess the benefit of not seeing any spam is worth quite a lot. As for false positives, I have always tried to err on the side of caution, disabling tests that don’t make 100% sense to me and/or setting thresholds rather high. I haven’t ever had (noticed?) a false positive myself, but apparently Haz had one which he fortunately noticed. If this happens, there are certainly ways to white-list ‘from’ addresses on the server level, and possibly also on the user level.

We should probably have a chat about this if it’s an increasing problem. :-)

]]> Comment on Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull by Steffi's Blog http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2008/05/31/indiana-jones-and-the-kingdom-of-the-crystal-skull/#comment-10836 Steffi's Blog Tue, 12 Aug 2008 11:36:52 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=204#comment-10836 <strong>Viele Fragen, viele Antworten...</strong> Wer mich noch nicht kennt, lernt mich nun (richtig?!) kennen: Caro’s Stöckchen muss schnellstens beantwortet werden. Hier also 52 Antworten auf 52 Fragen, bei denen keiner weiß, wo sie eigentlich herkommen. 1.Wann bist du heute aufgestanden? Hm... Viele Fragen, viele Antworten…

Wer mich noch nicht kennt, lernt mich nun (richtig?!) kennen: Caro’s Stöckchen muss schnellstens beantwortet werden. Hier also 52 Antworten auf 52 Fragen, bei denen keiner weiß, wo sie eigentlich herkommen.
1.Wann bist du heute aufgestanden?
Hm…

]]> Comment on Words from the page by Steffi's Blog http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2008/04/11/words-from-the-page/#comment-9960 Steffi's Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2008 11:22:11 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=168#comment-9960 <strong>Caro’s und Felix’ Bücher Stöckchen...</strong> … da mir die Ehre zuteil wurde, von Caro und dann auch noch von Felix das Bücher Stöckchen zugeworfen zu kriegen, möchte ich dieser Aufgabe natürlich auch ganz schnell gerecht werden . Also, da ich mich ja gerade auf mein Staatsexamen in Eng... Caro’s und Felix’ Bücher Stöckchen…

… da mir die Ehre zuteil wurde, von Caro und dann auch noch von Felix das Bücher Stöckchen zugeworfen zu kriegen, möchte ich dieser Aufgabe natürlich auch ganz schnell gerecht werden .
Also, da ich mich ja gerade auf mein Staatsexamen in Eng…

]]> Comment on The Indian Finnegans Wake by Nidhi http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/22/the-indian-finnegans-wake/#comment-9923 Nidhi Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:11:31 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/22/the-indian-finnegans-wake/#comment-9923 Thanks a ton for this! You know I have my exam on Hatterr in my MA English final year! And I was looking for the summary of the text ... million thanks to you! Thanks a ton for this! You know I have my exam on Hatterr in my MA English final year! And I was looking for the summary of the text … million thanks to you!

]]> Comment on C&C Generals: A late appraisal by Pearce Havoc http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/07/25/cc-generals-a-late-appraisal/#comment-9856 Pearce Havoc Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:38:15 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=12#comment-9856 Like the website! Like the website!

]]> Comment on Spine reading by Annie Matthews http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/04/20/spine-reading/#comment-9244 Annie Matthews Sun, 16 Sep 2007 16:13:35 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/04/20/spine-reading/#comment-9244 Very interesting spine reading blog. Am absolutely delighted to learn that bottom to top orientation should be the western way forward. Publishers - please note! Very interesting spine reading blog. Am absolutely delighted to learn that bottom to top orientation should be the western way forward. Publishers - please note!

]]> Comment on To Blog, or Not to Blog by Lütte http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/06/27/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comment-8157 Lütte Mon, 23 Jul 2007 17:04:04 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/06/27/to-blog-or-not-to-blog/#comment-8157 Don't stop! Your blog is great... Let life inspire you and write it down ... whatever comes to your mind! Just the way you did it before. Let your mind play :-) Don't stop! Your blog is great… Let life inspire you and write it down … whatever comes to your mind! Just the way you did it before. Let your mind play :-)

]]> Comment on The UN Peacekeepers of Animal Farm by Carolin http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/the-un-peacekeepers-of-animal-farm/#comment-8070 Carolin Tue, 10 Jul 2007 16:34:20 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/the-un-peacekeepers-of-animal-farm/#comment-8070 This is extremely cool! Wonder if they were trained like those film dogs... This is extremely cool! Wonder if they were trained like those film dogs…

]]> Comment on WordPress 2.2 database character sets by Solusan» Blog Archive » Convertir base de datos WordPress a UTF8 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/05/25/wordpress-22-database-character-sets/#comment-7521 Solusan» Blog Archive » Convertir base de datos WordPress a UTF8 Sun, 17 Jun 2007 10:46:07 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/05/25/wordpress-22-database-character-sets/#comment-7521 [...] se ha hablado muchísimo en diferentes blogs. Cada blog, cada usuario, en fin cada quien propone una solución diferente al problema e incluso el Codex (la carta magna sobre WordPress) ofrece también una y no es para [...] [...] se ha hablado muchísimo en diferentes blogs. Cada blog, cada usuario, en fin cada quien propone una solución diferente al problema e incluso el Codex (la carta magna sobre WordPress) ofrece también una y no es para [...]

]]> Comment on WordPress 2.2 database character sets by g30rg3 Blog » Una solucion formal al problema con WordPress 2.2 y UTF-8 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/05/25/wordpress-22-database-character-sets/#comment-7415 g30rg3 Blog » Una solucion formal al problema con WordPress 2.2 y UTF-8 Wed, 13 Jun 2007 03:55:19 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/05/25/wordpress-22-database-character-sets/#comment-7415 [...] se ha hablado muchísimo en diferentes blogs. Cada blog, cada usuario, en fin cada quien propone una solución diferente al problema e incluso el Codex (la carta magna sobre WordPress) ofrece también una y no es para [...] [...] se ha hablado muchísimo en diferentes blogs. Cada blog, cada usuario, en fin cada quien propone una solución diferente al problema e incluso el Codex (la carta magna sobre WordPress) ofrece también una y no es para [...]

]]> Comment on Will anyone say ‘No’ to the ‘No Smoking’ ban? by Steffi’s Blog » Blog Archive » Keine Ausreden mehr http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/04/30/will-anyone-say-no-to-the-no-smoking-ban/#comment-4831 Steffi’s Blog » Blog Archive » Keine Ausreden mehr Sun, 27 May 2007 19:15:44 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/04/30/will-anyone-say-no-to-the-no-smoking-ban/#comment-4831 <p>[...] Nachdem Felix so einen schönen Blog-Eintrag mit dem Titel ‘Will anyone say ‘No’ to the ‘No Smoking’ ban?‘ geschrieben hat [...]</p> [...] Nachdem Felix so einen schönen Blog-Eintrag mit dem Titel ‘Will anyone say ‘No’ to the ‘No Smoking’ ban?‘ geschrieben hat [...]

]]> Comment on Nichts als die Wahrheit by bloekschaf.de http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/05/21/nichts-als-die-wahrheit/#comment-4744 bloekschaf.de Wed, 23 May 2007 06:26:08 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/05/21/nichts-als-die-wahrheit/#comment-4744 <strong>Schon wieder ein Stöckchen: Sesamstraße...</strong> Und schon wieder von Jochen. Dieses Mal geht es um die Sesamstrasse. Wie ich diese Serie liebe…Welchen Charakter aus der Sesamstraße fandest Du am coolsten? Ganz am Anfang fand ich Tiffy toll. Ich war lieb, Tiffy auch. Also passte das. Sp&#... Schon wieder ein Stöckchen: Sesamstraße…

Und schon wieder von Jochen. Dieses Mal geht es um die Sesamstrasse. Wie ich diese Serie liebe…Welchen Charakter aus der Sesamstraße fandest Du am coolsten?
Ganz am Anfang fand ich Tiffy toll. Ich war lieb, Tiffy auch. Also passte das.
Sp&#…

]]> Comment on The Global Warming debate heats up by A Mind @ Play » Biofuels: oil for votes? http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/03/16/the-global-warming-debate-heats-up/#comment-778 A Mind @ Play » Biofuels: oil for votes? Sat, 17 Mar 2007 20:36:53 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/03/16/the-global-warming-debate-heats-up/#comment-778 [...] ↑1 If these are indeed caused by carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. [...] [...] ↑1 If these are indeed caused by carbon dioxide emissions from the burning of fossil fuels. [...]

]]> Comment on New ways to read by A Mind @ Play » Other ways to read http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/03/02/new-ways-to-read/#comment-631 A Mind @ Play » Other ways to read Thu, 15 Mar 2007 23:19:11 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/03/02/new-ways-to-read/#comment-631 [...] a late addition to the recent list of book-related websites, for those who enjoy audiobooks the LibriVox website offers readings of [...] [...] a late addition to the recent list of book-related websites, for those who enjoy audiobooks the LibriVox website offers readings of [...]

]]> Comment on Ferra cuppa char? by P http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/ferra-cuppa-char/#comment-551 P Mon, 05 Mar 2007 11:02:23 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/ferra-cuppa-char/#comment-551 Heresy! There's nothing like a good cup of tea! (Mind you, what most English people consider 'tea', namely 'PG Tips' or 'Tetleys', is hardly fit for pigs. :) ) Heresy! There’s nothing like a good cup of tea! (Mind you, what most English people consider ‘tea’, namely ‘PG Tips’ or ‘Tetleys’, is hardly fit for pigs. :) )

]]> Comment on Ferra cuppa char? by Steffi http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/ferra-cuppa-char/#comment-517 Steffi Wed, 28 Feb 2007 18:49:25 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2007/02/28/ferra-cuppa-char/#comment-517 Ja ja, the English and their tea :P! I will never understand it: what is so special about *black* tea?? Well, this post is hilarious but I'd rather stick to my coffee (ja ja, the Germans ;-)) while you go and fight your battle! Ja ja, the English and their tea :P! I will never understand it: what is so special about *black* tea??
Well, this post is hilarious but I’d rather stick to my coffee (ja ja, the Germans ;-)) while you go and fight your battle!

]]> Comment on DEFRA defers to popular policing by A Mind @ Play » Bureaucrats legislate for the fun of it http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/06/28/defra-defers-to-popular-policing/#comment-413 A Mind @ Play » Bureaucrats legislate for the fun of it Thu, 15 Feb 2007 14:25:59 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=4#comment-413 [...] old DEFRA have managed to do it again. As related in a previous post, anyone hoping to export an animal to Russia will find that the government has failed to maintain a [...] [...] old DEFRA have managed to do it again. As related in a previous post, anyone hoping to export an animal to Russia will find that the government has failed to maintain a [...]

]]> Comment on Casino Royale: Back to basics? by Fips http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/12/05/casino-royale-back-to-basics/#comment-183 Fips Wed, 10 Jan 2007 23:20:14 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=48#comment-183 If the rumours of it being a two-part storyline are true, presumably tied to Mr White's involvement, it'll be interesting to see if they can keep the momentum going. Damn fine thing it wasn't another <i>Die Another Day</i> though! If the rumours of it being a two-part storyline are true, presumably tied to Mr White’s involvement, it’ll be interesting to see if they can keep the momentum going. Damn fine thing it wasn’t another Die Another Day though!

]]> Comment on Casino Royale: Back to basics? by Heliologue http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/12/05/casino-royale-back-to-basics/#comment-178 Heliologue Tue, 09 Jan 2007 16:36:01 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=48#comment-178 <blockquote> Bond is still adept at handling his gear </blockquote> And so is Eva Green (adept at handling Bond's gear, that is). I was delighted with the movie--I had expected <i>Die Another Day</i>, but it seems like they finally came to their senses and made a Bond movie that wasn't a ridiculous caricature of a franchise that was already a ridiculous caricature of a book character who was already a ridiculous caricature of reality. And the numbers seem to bear out--<i>Casino Royale</i> is already the highest-grossing Bond film of all time. With the possible exception of unabashed product placement, I couldn't have really asked for any more from it.

Bond is still adept at handling his gear

And so is Eva Green (adept at handling Bond’s gear, that is).

I was delighted with the movie–I had expected Die Another Day, but it seems like they finally came to their senses and made a Bond movie that wasn’t a ridiculous caricature of a franchise that was already a ridiculous caricature of a book character who was already a ridiculous caricature of reality.

And the numbers seem to bear out–Casino Royale is already the highest-grossing Bond film of all time. With the possible exception of unabashed product placement, I couldn’t have really asked for any more from it.

]]> Comment on Investment opportunity by P http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/11/07/investment-opportunity/#comment-95 P Sat, 11 Nov 2006 11:13:14 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=42#comment-95 Still funny. Nice find :D Still funny. Nice find :D

]]> Comment on Investment opportunity by P http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/11/07/investment-opportunity/#comment-88 P Wed, 08 Nov 2006 12:21:03 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=42#comment-88 Awesome :D Awesome :D

]]> Comment on Back to the blog by Jay http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/09/27/back-to-the-blog/#comment-85 Jay Wed, 01 Nov 2006 21:03:59 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=34#comment-85 Compadres! Didn't even know Chez had a blog. I'll keep on reading... :) Compadres! Didn’t even know Chez had a blog. I’ll keep on reading… :)

]]> Comment on C&C Generals: A late appraisal by Dave http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/2006/07/25/cc-generals-a-late-appraisal/#comment-84 Dave Wed, 01 Nov 2006 20:47:26 +0000 http://www.chezenterprises.co.uk/blog/?p=12#comment-84 An excellent summary. I enjoy a simple multiplayer game as much as the next guy, but it is near-impossible to locate players between "noob" and "pro" levels. The lobby structure is ridiculous, and I'm tired of having to decode "3v3 $$$nr/sw/20min$$$". Granted, this is a little better than Starcraft's multiplayer system, which had short titles and no way of seeing the number of players from the lobby, but please, that was 1997. I'm going back to Enemy Territory, which was the fastest game ever for jumping into multiplayer action seconds after double-clicking the game icon. An excellent summary. I enjoy a simple multiplayer game as much as the next guy, but it is near-impossible to locate players between “noob” and “pro” levels. The lobby structure is ridiculous, and I’m tired of having to decode “3v3 $$$nr/sw/20min$$$”. Granted, this is a little better than Starcraft’s multiplayer system, which had short titles and no way of seeing the number of players from the lobby, but please, that was 1997. I’m going back to Enemy Territory, which was the fastest game ever for jumping into multiplayer action seconds after double-clicking the game icon.

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