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Mick: Bah.. forget that..

Mick — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:49:34 GMT

Bah.. forget that..

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	==Images==		==Images==
	I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without losing quality of course! I'll probably do that later. :) Sometimes I can trim an image down 50% of its original filesize using pngout.		I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without losing quality of course! I'll probably do that later. :) Sometimes I can trim an image down 50% of its original filesize using pngout.
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-	~~==Capcatcha?==~~
-	~~However you spell that..~~
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-	A idea for MediaWiki is to put a special image whenever a anonymous user tries to edit a page. This can help prevent vandal attacks by bots [or zombie bots] and the like. You can also use it on the login/register page to prevent bots from registering accounts to bypass it. It's likely the image wouldn't be needed for users who are already logged in. [This is, so far, a concept]
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-	The idea is simple, text is read easily by a vandal bot program, but a image is quite tricky. And if a bot learns how to read the image we simply use a new method of image generation. Generally for every edit/login a image is generated with a special code. The image probally has some method to help prevent robots from easily reading it. After the code is used, it's thrown out and a new one is generated.
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-	My method includes a simple number put into the image generator. The generator take that number, and then matches it to a list of known codes. [Number, the id of the code. The code is the letters displayed on the image] It takes the code that matches the number [the number and the code are different from each other, and are both randomly generated], then uses a image generation method to put that code into a image designed to prevent bots from reading it. The user would then enter that code into a web form, and the program it's in [like MediaWiki] finds it to match, then it allows the edit/login/register/whatever it's put on.
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-	~~The image is easy to read for humans, but the idea is that it isn't easily read by vandal bots.~~
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-	~~And to me that's a very effective means to help prevent abuse of a wiki. :)~~
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-	~~The code I've written can be sampled here:~~
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-	~~http://micksam7.com/antibot.php~~
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-	~~The above link only generates random text, but when a correct number is put in it always sends the same code, just changes the colors, positioning, and various other things every time it's generated.~~
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-	~~http://micksam7.com/antibot.php?securecode&42563873~~
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-	~~When actually in use, it will delete the number and code and generate a new one. [Note that only certin numbers work, otherwise it'll generate a random code as a added measure]~~
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-	For added security, the list of codes and numbers can be deleted and regenerated in each night. The list ussually makes up of a few thousand codes, but regenerates rather quickly. [As I really like optimization of scripts more then anything else.] The above examples are coded in PHP and will work on PHP 4 and above with the GD library installed [most hosts have it installed already]. Coded with optimization in mind, so it shouldn't affect server speed at all. :)
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-	Right now I'm balenceing homework with my own personal projects [I'm in the 11th grade, and I program for a hobby, programming for the past 2 or so years]. I'll be attempting to create a easy-to-install "Modification" of this idea for MediaWiki.. if I get the time.
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-	~~Thanks! And sorry for any grammical errors or any massive confusing I may have caused. :)~~

	==Contacting==		==Contacting==

Mick: I really don't know why I ramble like this all the time.. Hmm..

Mick — Mon, 14 Nov 2005 21:39:13 GMT

I really don't know why I ramble like this all the time.. Hmm..

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	==Images==		==Images==
	I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without losing quality of course! I'll probably do that later. :) Sometimes I can trim an image down 50% of its original filesize using pngout.		I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without losing quality of course! I'll probably do that later. :) Sometimes I can trim an image down 50% of its original filesize using pngout.
		+
		+	==Capcatcha?==
		+	However you spell that..
		+
		+	A idea for MediaWiki is to put a special image whenever a anonymous user tries to edit a page. This can help prevent vandal attacks by bots [or zombie bots] and the like. You can also use it on the login/register page to prevent bots from registering accounts to bypass it. It's likely the image wouldn't be needed for users who are already logged in. [This is, so far, a concept]
		+
		+	The idea is simple, text is read easily by a vandal bot program, but a image is quite tricky. And if a bot learns how to read the image we simply use a new method of image generation. Generally for every edit/login a image is generated with a special code. The image probally has some method to help prevent robots from easily reading it. After the code is used, it's thrown out and a new one is generated.
		+
		+	My method includes a simple number put into the image generator. The generator take that number, and then matches it to a list of known codes. [Number, the id of the code. The code is the letters displayed on the image] It takes the code that matches the number [the number and the code are different from each other, and are both randomly generated], then uses a image generation method to put that code into a image designed to prevent bots from reading it. The user would then enter that code into a web form, and the program it's in [like MediaWiki] finds it to match, then it allows the edit/login/register/whatever it's put on.
		+
		+	The image is easy to read for humans, but the idea is that it isn't easily read by vandal bots.
		+
		+	And to me that's a very effective means to help prevent abuse of a wiki. :)
		+
		+	The code I've written can be sampled here:
		+
		+	http://micksam7.com/antibot.php
		+
		+	The above link only generates random text, but when a correct number is put in it always sends the same code, just changes the colors, positioning, and various other things every time it's generated.
		+
		+	http://micksam7.com/antibot.php?securecode&42563873
		+
		+	When actually in use, it will delete the number and code and generate a new one. [Note that only certin numbers work, otherwise it'll generate a random code as a added measure]
		+
		+	For added security, the list of codes and numbers can be deleted and regenerated in each night. The list ussually makes up of a few thousand codes, but regenerates rather quickly. [As I really like optimization of scripts more then anything else.] The above examples are coded in PHP and will work on PHP 4 and above with the GD library installed [most hosts have it installed already]. Coded with optimization in mind, so it shouldn't affect server speed at all. :)
		+
		+	Right now I'm balenceing homework with my own personal projects [I'm in the 11th grade, and I program for a hobby, programming for the past 2 or so years]. I'll be attempting to create a easy-to-install "Modification" of this idea for MediaWiki.. if I get the time.
		+
		+	Thanks! And sorry for any grammical errors or any massive confusing I may have caused. :)

	==Contacting==		==Contacting==

The Paper: minor spelling/grammar fixes; Ohhhh, If you want it to be possessive, it's just "I-T-S." >:)

The Paper — Wed, 26 Oct 2005 13:00:06 GMT

minor spelling/grammar fixes; Ohhhh, If you want it to be possessive, it's just "I-T-S." >:)

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	==Images==		==Images==
-	I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without ~~lossing~~ quality of course! I'll ~~probally~~ do that later. :) Sometimes I can trim a image down 50% of ~~it's~~ original filesize using pngout.	+	I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without losing quality of course! I'll probably do that later. :) Sometimes I can trim an image down 50% of its original filesize using pngout.

	==Contacting==		==Contacting==

Mick at 01:33, 7 October 2005

Mick — Fri, 07 Oct 2005 01:33:08 GMT

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	==Images==		==Images==
-	I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without lossing quality of course! I'll probally do that later. :) ~~Can typically shrink~~ a ~~png~~ image to 50% of it's ~~size~~ using pngout.	+	I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without lossing quality of course! I'll probally do that later. :) Sometimes I can trim a image down 50% of it's original filesize using pngout.

	==Contacting==		==Contacting==

Mick: Minor Edit of my Page!

Mick — Thu, 06 Oct 2005 23:07:59 GMT

Minor Edit of my Page!

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	I'm just a lurker around here, perhaps helping out in some places sometimes.. randomly.		I'm just a lurker around here, perhaps helping out in some places sometimes.. randomly.
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		+	==Images==
		+	I like Images! I thought I may go around the wiki a bit giving a few images some much needed crushing down, without lossing quality of course! I'll probally do that later. :) Can typically shrink a png image to 50% of it's size using pngout.

	==Contacting==		==Contacting==

Mick: New member page for me

Mick — Tue, 23 Aug 2005 19:36:06 GMT

New member page for me

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-	Heywo! I'm Mick~~, also know as '''micksam7''' (my full, typical nick name)~~.	+	Heywo! I'm Mick.

-	I'm ~~generally lurking~~ around here, ~~so don't expect much~~ out ~~of me~~ in ~~terms of editing at the moment, besides editing this page maybe~~..	+	I'm just a lurker around here, perhaps helping out in some places sometimes.. randomly.

-	~~Anyway, contact infomation can be found [http://neodecoder.com/index.php?page~~=~~staff&id~~=~~21 on this page] so I don't need to update a thousand and one pages around the net when and if I change it.~~	+	==Contacting==

-	~~==About Me==~~	+	Why would anyone contact me? I donno.
-	I~~'m a php programmer, server admin, bottlenose dolphin, male, and about 15 years old~~. ~~Go me!~~	+

-	~~So, uhh, yay?~~	+	* Email: micksam7@micksam7.com
		+	* Website: http://micksam7.com/
		+	* AIM: micksam7
		+	* Yahoo!: micksam_7
		+	* MSN: micksam7@hotmail.com
		+	* Jabber: micksam7@jabber.org
		+	* SILC: micksam7
		+	* IRC: micksam7 -> irc.chat-addict.net -> #stats

Mick at 18:02, 9 May 2005

Mick — Mon, 09 May 2005 18:02:10 GMT

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-	Heywo! I'm Mick, also know as micksam7 (my full, typical nick name).	+	Heywo! I'm Mick, also know as '''micksam7''' (my full, typical nick name).

	I'm generally lurking around here, so don't expect much out of me in terms of editing at the moment, besides editing this page maybe..		I'm generally lurking around here, so don't expect much out of me in terms of editing at the moment, besides editing this page maybe..

Mick: Lets remove the weirdness for now.

Mick — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:14:02 GMT

Lets remove the weirdness for now.

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-	Heywo! I'm Mick, ~~Bottlenose Dolphin and~~ also know as micksam7 (my full, typical nick name).	+	Heywo! I'm Mick, also know as micksam7 (my full, typical nick name).

	I'm generally lurking around here, so don't expect much out of me in terms of editing at the moment, besides editing this page maybe..		I'm generally lurking around here, so don't expect much out of me in terms of editing at the moment, besides editing this page maybe..
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	==About Me==		==About Me==
-	I'm a php programmer, server admin, a dolphin, and about 15 years old. Go me!	+	I'm a php programmer, server admin, bottlenose dolphin, male, and about 15 years old. Go me!

	So, uhh, yay?		So, uhh, yay?

Mick: Bah, getting use to wiki formatting.

Mick — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:10:20 GMT

Bah, getting use to wiki formatting.

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	+	Heywo! I'm Mick, Bottlenose Dolphin and also know as micksam7 (my full, typical nick name).

	+	I'm generally lurking around here, so don't expect much out of me in terms of editing at the moment, besides editing this page maybe..
	+
	+	Anyway, contact infomation can be found [http://neodecoder.com/index.php?page=staff&id=21 on this page] so I don't need to update a thousand and one pages around the net when and if I change it.
	+
	+	==About Me==
	+	I'm a php programmer, server admin, a dolphin, and about 15 years old. Go me!
	+
	+	So, uhh, yay?

Mick at 18:09, 22 April 2005

Mick — Fri, 22 Apr 2005 18:09:50 GMT

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-	~~Heywo! I'm Mick, Bottlenose Dolphin and also know as micksam7 (my full, typical nick name).~~

-	~~I'm generally lurking around here, so don't expect much out of me in terms of editing at the moment, besides editing this page maybe..~~
-
-	~~Anyway, contact infomation can be found [http://neodecoder.com/index.php?page=staff&id=21 on this page] so I don't need to update a thousand and one pages around the net when and if I change it.~~
-
-	~~==About Me==~~
-	~~I'm a php programmer, server admin, a dolphin, and about 15 years old. Go me!~~
-
-	~~So, uhh, yay?~~