Comments on: The Blair Witch Hunt – Thought Crime 2005 http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/ The blog of the mystery writer, screenwriter and CEO of Pajamas Media Thu, 16 Feb 2012 03:35:32 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Terrye http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34375 Terrye Mon, 17 Jan 2005 21:36:50 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34375 Charles at LGF has been threatened. [on line] Does it strike you all that our ciritcs are a tad intolerant? Charles at LGF has been threatened. [on line]

Does it strike you all that our ciritcs are a tad intolerant?

]]> By: Retread http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34374 Retread Mon, 17 Jan 2005 19:47:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34374 Well now I feel like an idiot! I went to Tim's site early this morning without trouble, later saw Instapundit's post and tried Tim's site, again without trouble, so I sent Tim and email telling him about Instapundit's post, thinking somebody was pulling someone's leg. It's all timing, isn't it? And the race is not to those who attend Monday morning meetings! Well now I feel like an idiot! I went to Tim’s site early this morning without trouble, later saw Instapundit’s post and tried Tim’s site, again without trouble, so I sent Tim and email telling him about Instapundit’s post, thinking somebody was pulling someone’s leg. It’s all timing, isn’t it? And the race is not to those who attend Monday morning meetings!

]]> By: Calico Jack http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34373 Calico Jack Mon, 17 Jan 2005 18:12:05 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34373 Would it be possible to recover Tim's posts from Google cache? On the internet, a lot of things can never truly be erased. Would it be possible to recover Tim’s posts from Google cache?

On the internet, a lot of things can never truly be erased.

]]> By: Old Grouch http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34372 Old Grouch Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:49:41 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34372 Well, false alarm (sorta).According to <a href="http://victorysoap.us/archives/2005/01/if_its_not_one.php" rel="nofollow">Andrea Harris</a>, the Avenging Angel for the spleenville domain, it was a "settings problem" involving databases, PHP scripts, and similar arcane stuff:<blockquote>"It turned out to be a simple settings problem, so there was no hackage or data corruption or anything evil like that."</blockquote>Whew! Well, false alarm (sorta).According to Andrea Harris, the Avenging Angel for the spleenville domain, it was a “settings problem” involving databases, PHP scripts, and similar arcane stuff:
“It turned out to be a simple settings problem, so there was no hackage or data corruption or anything evil like that.”

Whew!

]]> By: SmallishBees http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34371 SmallishBees Mon, 17 Jan 2005 16:23:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34371 Mr. Simon, I should think hosting your own blog (particularly if you control the domain) would come under the same precautions you should take with the computer you are using to read your blog: regular backups. Roger, I hope you get all your posts into a backup ASAP before the vandals who did this come after you. BTW, does anyone have any information on how this hack was accomplished? Mr. Simon,

I should think hosting your own blog (particularly if you control the domain) would come under the same precautions you should take with the computer you are using to read your blog: regular backups. Roger, I hope you get all your posts into a backup ASAP before the vandals who did this come after you.

BTW, does anyone have any information on how this hack was accomplished?

]]> By: klrfz1 http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34370 klrfz1 Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:53:28 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34370 It's back? Um, never mind. It’s back? Um, never mind.

]]> By: klrfz1 http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34369 klrfz1 Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:52:11 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34369 Automatic backup of blogs should be a civil right. The government should take care of it. If anyone or anything interferes with your blog, the death penalty. Yah, that'll fix the problem. It would be a crime against humanity if this posted comment was lost to history! But I just copied this comment to a Word document on my computer for spell checking. Maybe it won't be lost forever. Or will it? (insert dramatic musical interlude here) Automatic backup of blogs should be a civil right. The government should take care of it. If anyone or anything interferes with your blog, the death penalty. Yah, that’ll fix the problem. It would be a crime against humanity if this posted comment was lost to history!

But I just copied this comment to a Word document on my computer for spell checking. Maybe it won’t be lost forever. Or will it? (insert dramatic musical interlude here)

]]> By: charlotte http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34368 charlotte Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:49:43 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34368 It's back! It’s back!

]]> By: charlotte http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34367 charlotte Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:44:16 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34367 A similar "zeroing out" of Tim's site happened a few days ago for a few minutes, and then the site came back intact. I had just assumed this morning's attack was a similar instance. Too bad. Tim's a gem, and so are a few of his hilarious commenters. Could possibly love his blog even more were audio available of him reading posts in his Downunder accent and personal inflection. (For that matter, why not have a certain novelist and Hollywood screenwriter/insider read his posts, too, for full effect? This could be the new wave of blogging. If hackers want to try to silence writers' voices, then those writers should come back with even a greater voice---) A similar “zeroing out” of Tim’s site happened a few days ago for a few minutes, and then the site came back intact. I had just assumed this morning’s attack was a similar instance. Too bad. Tim’s a gem, and so are a few of his hilarious commenters. Could possibly love his blog even more were audio available of him reading posts in his Downunder accent and personal inflection.

(For that matter, why not have a certain novelist and Hollywood screenwriter/insider read his posts, too, for full effect? This could be the new wave of blogging. If hackers want to try to silence writers’ voices, then those writers should come back with even a greater voice—)

]]> By: Robert Crawford http://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34366 Robert Crawford Mon, 17 Jan 2005 15:06:40 +0000 http://pajamasmedia.com/rogerlsimon/2005/01/17/the-blair-witch-hunt-thought-crime-2005/#comment-34366 Make it a felony -- in most states it would cost your vote, too. Seems appropriate that someone trying to silence others would lose their voice. Make it a felony — in most states it would cost your vote, too. Seems appropriate that someone trying to silence others would lose their voice.

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