TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE!

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I just want to thank and congratulate whoever is responsible for this:

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Unable to connect to SQL server. TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:49 (twenty-one years ago) link

ewnay answersyay

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:50 (twenty-one years ago) link

Yup. I got that too a few minutes ago. Pure genius.

― Sarah McLusky (coco), Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:52 (twenty-one years ago) link

Seconded, tis wonderful :)

I mean thirded.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:54 (twenty-one years ago) link

You see how I bothered to change that message but not fix the problem that causes it?

(It was Dan's idea, btw)

― Graham (graham), Thursday, 3 April 2003 12:56 (twenty-one years ago) link

TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE! could be the new 'delete ilx please'.

― Matt DC (Matt DC), Thursday, 3 April 2003 13:00 (twenty-one years ago) link

I kiss you Graham. You poxy fule.

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Thursday, 3 April 2003 13:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Haha Graham, I think you should leave the problem now that we've got an error message that everyone loves.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 3 April 2003 13:07 (twenty-one years ago) link

I didn't get it!!! Waaaahhhhh! I wanna break ILX now so I can be called a POXY FULE!!!

― kate, Thursday, 3 April 2003 14:06 (twenty-one years ago) link

Is that a threat, kate? Oh no! Delete the internet before it's too late!

― Sarah McLUsky (coco), Thursday, 3 April 2003 14:08 (twenty-one years ago) link

Hey Graham, did you get my card yet? The Winnipeg one.

― Bryan (Bryan), Thursday, 3 April 2003 14:37 (twenty-one years ago) link

eleven months pass...

that poxy crap sux

― GrapeSoda, Wednesday, 31 March 2004 16:19 (twenty years ago) link

it happens every day again now

― stevem (blueski), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 16:48 (twenty years ago) link

It happens every freaking MINUTE.

― roxymuzak (roxymuzak), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 16:57 (twenty years ago) link

Has anyone talked to Andrew directly about it? I keep meaning to.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link

Whatever happened to Graham?

― Tuomas (Tuomas), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 16:58 (twenty years ago) link

You made him cry with your poxy fule hatin' ways

― C J (C J), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 17:01 (twenty years ago) link

I spoke to Andrew about this yesterday. He said he's tried disabling a referrals log that was going nuts, and after he did that things really did seem to speed up significantly. But by late afternoon it was sluggish again so I dont know... I dont think Andrew looks at ILX much anymore so it may be prudent for one of the other guys with access to the SQL to be looking at this cuz obviously something's up.

― Trayce (trayce), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:39 (twenty years ago) link

What DID happen to Graham?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:40 (twenty years ago) link

i think that graham took a hint

― todd swiss (eliti), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:42 (twenty years ago) link

he got mad!

― mandee, Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:43 (twenty years ago) link

I really felt bad for Graham yesterday. :(

― El Diablo Robotico (Nicole), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:44 (twenty years ago) link

WHY?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:46 (twenty years ago) link

Have you all kidnapped him?

― @d@ml (nordicskilla), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:47 (twenty years ago) link

Graham finally got our sympathy by....... not asking for it! (shockah)

― Aaron W (Aaron W), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:48 (twenty years ago) link

maybe the recent surge of random googlers has something to do with it. i suggest deleting any mention of j0hn C3na from ilx.

― ken c (ken c), Wednesday, 31 March 2004 21:50 (twenty years ago) link

Or just changing the name of "I love horses" to "I love J0hn C3na and hair dye. I also would like someone to p1mp my ride."

― winterland, Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:01 (twenty years ago) link

I read that above as "plump my ride". Much more interesting that way, I think...

― DMTina (DMTina), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:08 (twenty years ago) link

"pimp my cushion"

― winterland, Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:10 (twenty years ago) link

"pimp my mom"

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:11 (twenty years ago) link

are random googlers really common and a problem?

― A Nairn (moretap), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:13 (twenty years ago) link

They seem more so lately than Ive noticed in the past.

― Trayce (trayce), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:16 (twenty years ago) link

Yes, random googlers are terribly common. They have no class whatsoever.

― C J (C J), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:26 (twenty years ago) link

Dear Sirs, I noted with interest that you and your fine compatriots are offering advice on how to get one ride pimped, if you'll excuse the vernacular. Any further information would be appreciated, thanking you in advance.

― randomgoogler, Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:30 (twenty years ago) link

Curses! I hate it when I'm wrong!

― C J (C J), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:36 (twenty years ago) link

i don't like being called a poxy fule.

― The Lady Ms Lurex (lucylurex), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:41 (twenty years ago) link

HSA gets really confused when I start shouting DON'T POXY FOOL ME!!! at the computer.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:42 (twenty years ago) link

I don't like it that I was (in a way) the original poxy fule.

― Bryan B Sure (Bryan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:42 (twenty years ago) link

I mean FULE. Duh. I am a FULE for that.

― Super-Kate (kate), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:44 (twenty years ago) link

Here's where the term originated in this context if anyone cares.

― Bryan B Sure (Bryan), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:46 (twenty years ago) link

ah so it is Mr. Perry who we have to thank for this phrase.

― oops (Oops), Thursday, 1 April 2004 07:51 (twenty years ago) link

re graham: you could ask him he's on IM: dtcdthingy (i think is his nickname on IM)

― jesus nathalie (nathalie), Thursday, 1 April 2004 08:16 (twenty years ago) link

I dont think Andrew looks at ILX much anymore so it may be prudent for one of the other guys with access to the SQL to be looking at this cuz obviously something's up.

I do look at ILX quite a bit, and give it a bit of a kick now and then to fix things up, but I just don't have time to have an involved look at why it's fucking up the way it is. Fortunately, Alan has agreed to have another look at the code in the next couple of weeks or so, so we should start to see a solution at some stage.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 April 2004 08:35 (twenty years ago) link

Hey Andrew, what else does cheese do?

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:10 (twenty years ago) link

I've forgotten what TURN BACK YOU POXY FULE orginally said now.

― Archel (Archel), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:17 (twenty years ago) link

i'm hoping that it was turn back you silly nincompoop.

― ken c (ken c), Thursday, 1 April 2004 12:21 (twenty years ago) link

i guess that's better than "Here's $5. Go get yerself a blumpkin while the server is busy"

― Kingfish Hypercolor (Kingfish), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:30 (twenty years ago) link

Hey Andrew, what else does cheese do?

Not much, why?

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 April 2004 13:55 (twenty years ago) link

Just wondering if it did anything else.

― Mr Noodles (Mr Noodles), Thursday, 1 April 2004 21:52 (twenty years ago) link

It's pretty much dedicated to MySQL.

― Andrew (enneff), Thursday, 1 April 2004 22:46 (twenty years ago) link

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When love is calling you
Turn back you poxy fule

― Brad C., Tuesday, 18 February 2025 17:44 (three days ago) link

It's still glitchy as hell for me. Is it definitely AI crawlers bashing the server, do we know? And if so, is there anything that can be done about it?

― emil.y, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 17:49 (three days ago) link

these numbers seem really high right now

https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/Pages/most-read-threads.jsp

― Brad C., Tuesday, 18 February 2025 18:05 (three days ago) link

Damn, not even one of those is mine (thought for sure the Black Vinyl Shoes poll would be in there).

― clemenza, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 18:07 (three days ago) link

The Shoes are eternal but this table "shows the most read questions in the past five minutes."

― Brad C., Tuesday, 18 February 2025 18:20 (three days ago) link

DOGE are leaving no stone unturned here.

― xyzzzz__, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 20:12 (three days ago) link

Yup, just got my termination letter from ilxor. Nice knowin' you folks. Low quality poster purge in on.

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 20:23 (three days ago) link

I think I'm taking the buyout. Anyone else?

― alpine static, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 20:29 (three days ago) link

If it's AI crawlers then ILX is about to save the world from the AI-pocalypse.

― you gotta roll with the pączki to get to what's real (snoball), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 20:42 (three days ago) link

won't be called a poxy fule
by some fuckin' AI tool
AMANDA

― henry s, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 21:33 (three days ago) link

The night is like a lovely tune, turn back you poxy fule!
How white the ever distant moon, turn back you poxy fule!

― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 21:45 (three days ago) link

I'm all poxy fuled
I'm so lost without you
I know you were right
To call me a poxy fule

― Leprecan't even (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 21:55 (three days ago) link

Wait no

I believe in miracles
Turn around
You poxy fule

― Leprecan't even (Ye Mad Puffin), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 22:10 (three days ago) link

turn of the century message board is showing its age.. time to reboot the server

― Andy the Grasshopper, Tuesday, 18 February 2025 22:47 (three days ago) link

If it's corruptions creeping into lookup tables or some such problem, then transferring ilx data and operations to a new server asap seems like a good thought.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 23:22 (three days ago) link

or yknow....

― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Tuesday, 18 February 2025 23:42 (three days ago) link

something fishy going on around here.....

― scott seward, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 00:09 (two days ago) link

Has the problem been identified? Is there a solution any of us can help with?

― Josh in Chicago, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 00:09 (two days ago) link

because the internet

― Andy the Grasshopper, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 00:10 (two days ago) link

lads will ye detail, collate and prioritise the issues before sending them in please

― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 00:18 (two days ago) link

I have been trying to complain about yesterday's wordle is this crashing the board

― Cognosc in Tyrol (emsworth), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 00:22 (two days ago) link

five good jokes lost forever

― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 06:45 (two days ago) link

Sorry about the mess, I’m in the middle of a work trip and have limited time to diagnose.At first glance it does seem to be AI crawlers but I’ll take a deeper look when I can. Everything is backed up so there’s no long term risk, but it might be bumpy for a bit until I can fix it properly.

― stet, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 07:10 (two days ago) link

There was a time where it seemed like every vacation I took I’d somehow end up on the server fixing stuff from the airport. This time it is a work trip but same deal.

― stet, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 07:11 (two days ago) link

We should be like meta filter and set up a committee to organise a committee to draft the terms of reference for a working group to reboot the server

― stet, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 07:11 (two days ago) link

Also: current server uptime is 987 days

― stet, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 07:12 (two days ago) link

Don't apologize. We're all still having fun on the internet.

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 09:29 (two days ago) link

Ready to Avengers Endgame this shit in an epic final battle against the AI scrollers.

― a ZX spectrum is haunting Europe (Daniel_Rf), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 10:01 (two days ago) link

I for one welcome our new poxy sloplords

― the babality of evil (wins), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 10:04 (two days ago) link

these numbers seem really high right now

https://www.ilxor.com/ILX/Pages/most-read-threads.jsp

― Brad C., Tuesday, 18 February 2025 bookmarkflaglink

rolling "Is This Racist?" thread 8013 3 2 8008

― xyzzzz__, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 10:05 (two days ago) link

8008 and threadbreak

― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 10:06 (two days ago) link

thank you stet!!!

― Doctor Casino, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 11:21 (two days ago) link

Thanks, stet!

― completely suited to the horny decadence (Capitaine Jay Vee), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 11:27 (two days ago) link

rolling "Is This Racist?" thread 8013 3 2 8008

Once AI can tell us what's racist it's game over for ILX

― Alba, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 12:12 (two days ago) link

Thank ya stet

― Ned Raggett, Wednesday, 19 February 2025 12:32 (two days ago) link

as always, thanks and praise to the technical stet we all just take for granted now

― tuah dé danann (darraghmac), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 16:14 (two days ago) link

Should we be concerned that the 2 most-hit/scraped threads are the racism one and the Musk one, all things considered?

― Stoop Crone (Trayce), Wednesday, 19 February 2025 21:36 (two days ago) link

Capital Swamp: The DC Resource Thread 16849 0 7 16842
Words, usages, and phrases that annoy the shit out of you... 15023 1 4 15018
basketblolz 11697 0 18 11679
Silicon Valley Techno-Utopianism 11274 0 8 11266
Democratic (Party) Direction 9106 0 23 9083
Filmforum 8038 0 11 8027
your terrible ideas 7663 1 8 7654
the most important election of your lifetime: 2012 american general election thread 6301 0 2 6299
2008 Primaries Thread 2: THE QUICKENING 6098 0 3 6095

can we IP block these bots?

― c u (crüt), Thursday, 20 February 2025 16:47 (yesterday) link

I'm getting poxy fuled again this morning, though far less frequently than the other day.

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 20 February 2025 16:56 (yesterday) link

xp yeah that's kind of alarming

the idea of someone purposely scraping the terrible ideas thread for non-terrible ideas is kinda funny tho. :-(

― brimstead, Thursday, 20 February 2025 16:57 (yesterday) link

oof, still lumpy at times

makes you appreciate how well it works normally

― koogs, Thursday, 20 February 2025 20:07 (yesterday) link

yeah, it's getting bad again

― Andy the Grasshopper, Thursday, 20 February 2025 20:26 (yesterday) link

Yeah, it's really rough today.

― better than ezra collective soul asylum (jon /via/ chi 2.0), Thursday, 20 February 2025 20:54 (yesterday) link

Not just me then--every day, stretches of wonkiness.

― clemenza, Friday, 21 February 2025 03:23 (fourteen hours ago) link

It's not just you. Me too.

― more difficult than I look (Aimless), Friday, 21 February 2025 03:24 (fourteen hours ago) link

Even of ita still happening, its a lot better than earlier in the week...

― xyzzzz__, Friday, 21 February 2025 10:10 (eight hours ago) link

Thanks Obama

― Leprecan't even (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 21 February 2025 10:16 (seven hours ago) link

though the "most read thread" counts are still high, the site is zipping along for me right now - so maybe not related?

― c u (crüt), Friday, 21 February 2025 16:35 (one hour ago) link

We all left for Discord; you didn't get the memo?

― emotional support puffin (Ye Mad Puffin), Friday, 21 February 2025 16:52 (one hour ago) link

Turn back you poxy fule: the five most annoying words to me this week that aren't "Secretary of State Marco Rubio."

― cryptosicko, Friday, 21 February 2025 16:52 (one hour ago) link

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