Author Topic: How many Guests does it take.... (Read 3933 times)

Trevor_D · « **on:** January 09, 2008, 08:09:26 »

....to make a User?

When I logged on a few minutes ago, there were 6 Users, but 107 Guests!!! At eight in the morning!!!

Come on in, Guests - the water's lovely! Why not become a User??

grawrc · « **Reply #1 on:** January 09, 2008, 08:48:54 »

;) ;)

tin can · « **Reply #2 on:** January 09, 2008, 09:25:29 »

I understand that some of the guests are not in fact people, but computers doing automatic searches or something??? ( correct me if I am wrong!)

Trevor_D · « **Reply #3 on:** January 09, 2008, 09:31:10 »

That sounds rather sinister to me.... :o :o

Perhaps the real people should own up and then we'd know how many computers were evesdropping on our conversations?

bupster · « **Reply #4 on:** January 09, 2008, 21:45:55 »

I'm a computer :)

Riffster · « **Reply #5 on:** January 09, 2008, 22:38:24 »

And so is my wife

greenscrump · « **Reply #6 on:** January 11, 2008, 19:29:41 »

sometimes I don't log on just check in ;D

asbean · « **Reply #7 on:** January 11, 2008, 19:52:02 »

I don't usually log on if I'm not on my own computer

Magnolia · « **Reply #8 on:** January 11, 2008, 20:58:25 »

googlebott and yahoobott are probably out there

Uncle Joshua · « **Reply #9 on:** January 11, 2008, 21:05:13 »

Quote from: tin can on January 09, 2008, 09:25:29

I understand that some of the guests are not in fact people, but computers doing automatic searches or something??? ( correct me if I am wrong!)

Thats right and as someone said most of them will be bots.

Eristic · « **Reply #10 on:** January 11, 2008, 22:25:29 »

Most of them will be Aust aiiens

Oldhippy · « **Reply #11 on:** January 12, 2008, 17:18:53 »

Sorry to be dim but - what are `bots`?

Eristic · « **Reply #12 on:** January 12, 2008, 18:43:35 »

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what are `bots`?

Bots are automated programs that access websites page by page and scan for content and links which are followed up. Most bots (short for robots) are harmless and do useful work indexing content for search engines, others look for e-mail addresses for spam purposes, the media mafia check to see if there is any copyrighted material present and the c1a just wants to know who you are, what you are doing, what you are thinking etc.

The guests figure will almost certainly contain some bots but most of them will be more or less human. The Internet never sleeps (like me) and parts of the world are alive, awake and bored at what appears to be odd times to us. English gardens fascinate the world and some of the antics on A4A must be better than Australian soaps.

star · « **Reply #13 on:** January 12, 2008, 23:55:38 »

Here's a code for MI5 and the CIA to break........ishbiddelyotenbotenbebabanittennatten :P :P 8)

DeeBee · « **Reply #14 on:** January 20, 2008, 20:54:26 »

I have taken the big plunge! A guest no longer! This thread made me giggle and after nearly two years of lurking (very shady behaviour ,I know!) I am coming out of the potting shed, hello A4A. It's quite liberating! Thank you Trevor_D!

DeeBee :)

star · « **Reply #15 on:** January 21, 2008, 01:37:58 »

Hiya DeeBee!!!

Welcome ;). Its much more fun to take part, so away you go then. You have 2 years worth of posts to catch up on lol ;D ;D ;D ;D!!!

lorna · « **Reply #16 on:** January 21, 2008, 09:42:01 »

Welcome Deebee, glad to have you aboard.

Lauren S · « **Reply #17 on:** January 21, 2008, 09:46:57 »

Welcome DeeBee,
Already after 2 years you have found this site addictive ::). So glad you decided to join us.

Suzanne · « **Reply #18 on:** January 21, 2008, 12:35:30 »

Welcome DeeBee ;D

Jeannine · « **Reply #19 on:** January 21, 2008, 16:20:48 »

Hey Welcome from me too, if yiou have been lurking for two years you must have gathered we are a pack of mixed nuts but we always have room for another one.

It is a good time toi reveal oneself... what do you like to grow?

Don't be a stanger now.

XX Jeannine

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Author Topic: How many Guests does it take.... (Read 3933 times)