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General => News => Topic started by: Trevor_D on January 09, 2008, 08:09:26

Title: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: 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??
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: grawrc on January 09, 2008, 08:48:54: ;) ;)
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: 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!)
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Trevor_D 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?
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: bupster on January 09, 2008, 21:45:55: I'm a computer :)
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Post by: Riffster on January 09, 2008, 22:38:24: And so is my wife
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Post by: greenscrump on January 11, 2008, 19:29:41: sometimes I don't log on just check in ;D
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: asbean on January 11, 2008, 19:52:02: I don't usually log on if I'm not on my own computer
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Post by: Magnolia on January 11, 2008, 20:58:25: googlebott and yahoobott are probably out there
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Uncle Joshua 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.
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Eristic on January 11, 2008, 22:25:29: Most of them will be Aust aiiens
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Oldhippy on January 12, 2008, 17:18:53: Sorry to be dim but - what are `bots`?
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Eristic on January 12, 2008, 18:43:35: Quote
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.
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: star on January 12, 2008, 23:55:38: Here's a code for MI5 and the CIA to break........ishbiddelyotenbotenbebabanittennatten :P :P 8)
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: DeeBee 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 :)
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: star 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!!!
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Post by: lorna on January 21, 2008, 09:42:01: Welcome Deebee, glad to have you aboard.
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Lauren S 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.
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Post by: Suzanne on January 21, 2008, 12:35:30: Welcome DeeBee ;D
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Post by: Jeannine 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
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: DeeBee on January 21, 2008, 19:38:09: Oh so warm and welcoming! Reading lots of threads frantically! Still not sure what a bot is but am fairly sure I'm not one ;)
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Columbus on February 03, 2008, 16:25:53: Hi all, :)

I just logged back in. I got bumped out months ago so I just guest from
time to time, but now I`m back as myself when I`m at home. I`ll still be a guest when I`m at work.

Col
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Plot69 on February 03, 2008, 17:46:33: Quote from: star on January 12, 2008, 23:55:38
ishbiddelyotenbotenbebabanittennatten

I grew some of those last year but the pigeons ate them.
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: lee on February 07, 2008, 21:55:39: I've been lurking around for the past week or so, joined up today, no one creeping about ;D
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: saddad on February 10, 2008, 18:37:38: So I'm a user, "I can handle it....!"
;D
Title: Re: How many Guests does it take....
Post by: Pesky Wabbit on February 12, 2008, 23:24:04: Quote from: star on January 12, 2008, 23:55:38
ishbiddelyotenbotenbebabanittennatten

Whas 'at Star (alias girl thingy O'Riely of North Hampton),

8pm, round the back of no. 10, bring your own semtex ? FAB.