Post by: Warren on December 29, 2006, 10:13:09 PM
I canot say for sure that had I not been wearing glasses it would have hit my eye, but it would have been close.
That would have been a wacky way to injure an eye.
Post by: brimic on December 29, 2006, 10:26:43 PM
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That would have been a wacky way to injure an eye.
There is nothing wacky about a lacerated cornea. Ask me how I know. 
Post by: Warren on December 30, 2006, 04:45:32 PM
Post by: 209 on May 21, 2009, 02:43:34 AM
There is nothing wacky about a lacerated cornea. Ask me how I know.
I used to work for a large helicopter manufacturer. One day I was "tie-wrapping" a wire harness in the overhead area in the cabin. I had run down the entire length putting the tie-wraps on and then grabbed a tie-wrap gun to tension them all and trim them. I started working my way back along the harness. At one point, I happened to turn around and one of the tie-wrap tails went in under my glasses and the end scratched across my eye. Serious scratch. It hurt like hell. I was out of work for four days with bandages on both eyes. It sucked. =(
Post by: Ex-MA Hole on May 21, 2009, 07:08:39 AM
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 21, 2009, 07:10:25 AM
Post by: mtnbkr on May 21, 2009, 07:22:01 AM
Chris
Post by: K Frame on May 21, 2009, 07:53:43 AM
Post by: Strings on May 21, 2009, 07:58:32 AM
Post by: K Frame on May 21, 2009, 08:13:44 AM
Where I really have my work cut out for me some days is over on The Firing Line. It's such a big website that spammers just salivate when they find it.
It's a slow day if we don't have to ban anywhere from 2 to 5 "SHOES! YOU BUY SHOES AT DISCOUNT PRICE NOW, ROUND EYE DEVIL!" posts.
Or the ones that have phones for sale. I tried to order 20 unlocked Iphones some months ago, and the company rep. got really pissed with me when I said that he should just ship me the phones and I'd pay him when I got the money from my people, probably a couple of weeks. :D
Post by: Strings on May 21, 2009, 09:03:33 AM
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Post by: K Frame on May 21, 2009, 10:05:52 AM
YOu're lucky. Part of the reason the Timerift forums shut down was due to the massive number of bots we had hitting us. Towards the end, a normal day was "deleted/banned 250+ bots". Kinda sucked...
Fortunately we can ban on specific IP ranges, and since most of the bot attacks come from China, one of the South Pacific islands, or Belorussia, and we have 0 members from there, it's a very doable thing to just wipe out whole ranges of IPs.
Post by: mtnbkr on May 21, 2009, 10:28:20 AM
Fortunately we can ban on specific IP ranges, and since most of the bot attacks come from China, one of the South Pacific islands, or Belorussia, and we have 0 members from there, it's a very doable thing to just wipe out whole ranges of IPs.
I was doing the same thing on my server at home till I got wise and just told iptables to block certain types of traffic or traffic volume over what I'd consider valid for my little box. No, I should not get more than 1-2 SSH attempts per minute since I'm the only valid ssh user, nor should I get more than 100 http requests per minute since only friends and family know the url.
No, you can't do that with a forum, but it does illustrate the problems coming out of China and Eastern Europe. :rolleyes:
Chris
Post by: CNYCacher on May 21, 2009, 10:42:12 AM
So anyway, the "SPWRAAAANG" was immediately followed by an angry buzzing of an incoming projectile and a dull thud, then a yelp from the guy standing next to me. He had his hands resting on the workbench as we all were, and that triangular piece thrown from the saw had come it at scary speed to embed its prongs between the guy's knuckles.
Post by: Bogie on May 21, 2009, 11:44:31 AM
I had some gnarsty problems with a group of porno merchants from Amsterdam, Germany, and the former Soviet bloc...
Some of 'em aren't too bright either - I've basically instituted an "I don't register you until I get an email from an identifiable human" policy. And I don't care how many stories I've heard about emergency room obstetrics, if you put your name down as "Levitra," I'm hitting the big trapdoor button...
Post by: BrokenPaw on May 21, 2009, 12:05:23 PM
Or are you getting human spambots?
-BP
Post by: MicroBalrog on May 21, 2009, 01:01:54 PM
Post by: slugcatcher on May 21, 2009, 01:27:50 PM
Human spambots exist. They're people who get paid by the hour to look up various forums and post in them, while leaving a link to whatever it is they're advertising in their sig, so the client gets more traffic and search engine hits. No joke - I used to work as one.
I always deep down you were evil. =D
Post by: Paragon on May 21, 2009, 02:33:57 PM
Human spambots exist. They're people who get paid by the hour to look up various forums and post in them, while leaving a link to whatever it is they're advertising in their sig, so the client gets more traffic and search engine hits. No joke - I used to work as one.
Hmm...how was the pay? =D
Post by: brimic on May 21, 2009, 02:52:11 PM
Kinda feel bad that I never answere the OP.
Post by: makattak on May 21, 2009, 02:59:56 PM
Wow, zombie thread.
Kinda feel bad that I never answere the OP.
Never too late...
Post by: Scout26 on May 21, 2009, 07:02:03 PM
Wow, zombie thread.
Kinda feel bad that I never answere the OP.
Yep, caused him to quit the forum....murderer..... :police: :police: :police:
Post by: lupinus on May 21, 2009, 08:00:51 PM
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So anyway, the "SPWRAAAANG" was immediately followed by an angry buzzing of an incoming projectile and a dull thud, then a yelp from the guy standing next to me. He had his hands resting on the workbench as we all were, and that triangular piece thrown from the saw had come it at scary speed to embed its prongs between the guy's knuckles.Pffft, just a flesh wound
Post by: MicroBalrog on May 21, 2009, 08:34:10 PM
Hmm...how was the pay? =D
I don't actually remember - I think it was about $10 per hour.
Post by: Mabs2 on May 21, 2009, 09:33:30 PM
His arms were very badly toasted but he's made a full recovery.
Then a month or two ago my dad's hand got pulled into his printing press's rollers. Grinded the top layer of skin off and was very similar to a burn.
Worst I've had is a very annoying freon burn that made my hand barely usable for two days.
Post by: brimic on May 21, 2009, 09:57:56 PM
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Never too late...Long story short:
Wrestling around with my son when he was 2 years old. Caught a fingernail right dead center in my field of vision in my right eye. Went to eye doc. Has the eye hosed out then had some sort of red dye put in my eye so he could scope it. It was weird having the red dye coming out of my nose for the next hour. Had to put steroid drops in my eye for the next 6 months and antibiotic drops for 3 months. Looking through my eye seemed like there was a smudge of vaseline on the lens. Sometimes I'd wake up in the morning, my eye would be dry, and the crescent shaped flap of cornea would detach when I opened my eye. Itched like hell. Took well over a year to fully heal, and almost 2 years before my vision was almost back to where it was before the incident.
Only positive outcome was that it improved my shooting with iron sights. I had to focus on the front sight because I could not see the target downrange very well, let alone try to focus on it.
Post by: Perd Hapley on May 21, 2009, 10:03:28 PM
Post by: Mabs2 on May 21, 2009, 10:25:26 PM
Post by: Strings on May 21, 2009, 11:11:32 PM
Post by: Headless Thompson Gunner on May 21, 2009, 11:15:59 PM
I broke my collarbone while running away from a sorority girl. That count for anything?Why would you run away from a sorority girl?
Post by: Azrael256 on May 22, 2009, 01:45:43 AM
Strangely, my only thought at the time was how vividly RED the blood looked against the black brake dust that covered my hand. I probably only lost a teaspoon of blood, but I swear it looked like a gallon of it pouring out.
Post by: Strings on May 22, 2009, 02:13:20 AM
Post by: Antibubba on May 22, 2009, 03:03:54 AM
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Hmm...how was the pay?
I don't actually remember - I think it was about $10 per hour.
Which, after the Israeli taxation netted you about $3, right? =D
Post by: 209 on May 22, 2009, 03:10:38 AM
You do realize you just bumped a two plus year old thread, right?
No, I missed the date on the posts. My bad. But, as they say, the devil’s in the details and I wasn't paying attention. Pesky details!
I should start a "what caliber for spam" thread! :angel:
One day I was browsing through my favorite internet forum, when a rusty old thread suddenly came back to life and went right into my eyes.
Now that was funny! :laugh:
Post by: Jamisjockey on May 22, 2009, 07:31:43 AM
No, I missed the date on the posts. My bad. But, as they say, the devil’s in the details and I wasn't paying attention. Pesky details!
I should start a "what caliber for spam" thread! :angel:
Now that was funny! :laugh:
Not your fault. Spammer bumped the thread. You replied to the spammer. Much higher quality of spam, not just a bot..... :laugh: