blocked for life?
Yes, even better!
@Ngoonie, you're right. You shall pass!
And futhermore, if my three strikes and you're out approach is adopted, I propose to add degrading messages in between attempts.
I imagine the average registration attempt to go something like this:
Question: What is the output of blah, blah, blah?
Prospective registrant: uname wut? WTF
Answer:
Prospective registrant: Damn, I accidentally hit the enter button.
Message: Strike one, dumb ass!
Question:What is...
Registrant: I hope I don't have to use that terminal thingy. I never did figure out what that was for. Oh well, I guess I'll try it because I really want to be an Archer! I love the simplicity. Arch is for me! OK, lets see,
#What is the output of ....?
#bash: What: command not found
Answer:bash: What: command not found
Message: Strike two. Wrong again dumb ass!
Answer:
Registrant: Dammit!, I hit the f*&^%$g enter button again!
Massage: Strike three. You're outta here. You are hereby banned for life! Go. Leave. Don't let the door hit ya where the good Lord split ya. Good luck to you and may God have mercy on your soul.
Registrant then gets redirected to the Ubuntu homepage
edit: This thread is then redirected to TGN
]]>Is this a recent change? I haven't used anything but linux or unix systems in years. What's the actual requirement for registering?
I don't recall exactly (and am too lazy to search) but it's about a year old.
Log out and click the 'Register' link to see what riddle you have to answer.
Edit: Found it!
The current scheme: https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=104892
The previous one was https://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=74089
We ought to show this when they get it wrong. Maybe give them like three tries and then block them for an hour.
Nerd note- Its 'You SHALL not pass'.....
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Maybe this sign and blocked for life?
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We ought to show this when they get it wrong. Maybe give them like three tries and then block them for an hour.
Why so many tries?
]]>stlarch wrote:We ought to show this when they get it wrong. Maybe give them like three tries and then block them for an hour.
I can't exactly put my finger on why, but that sounds like a great idea for registrations on holidays (when most people have free time anyway).
Or the first week of January, when people decide their New Year's resolution is to try Arch.
]]>We ought to show this when they get it wrong. Maybe give them like three tries and then block them for an hour.
I can't exactly put my finger on why, but that sounds like a great idea for registrations on holidays (when most people have free time anyway).
]]>We ought to show this when they get it wrong. Maybe give them like three tries and then block them for an hour.
]]>karol wrote:I've just registered using the Javascript PC Emulator.
Smells like Qemu to me. But fancy nonetheless.
Either way, the requirement to run Linux when you register was not a decision made overnight. You can rant, but that won't change it. Even the biggest noob can find and burn himself an Ubuntu Live CD nowadays. Or an online emulator, apparently .
I see what you did there! Didn't even know such things existed....
]]>I've just registered using the Javascript PC Emulator.
Smells like Qemu to me. But fancy nonetheless.
Either way, the requirement to run Linux when you register was not a decision made overnight. You can rant, but that won't change it. Even the biggest noob can find and burn himself an Ubuntu Live CD nowadays. Or an online emulator, apparently .
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