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in your response to me on reference desk:computing spider, you said it was kids. i was just wondering why you think it was kids. it would be great if you could get back to me on that. thanks, Jake1993811 (talk) 04:05, 31 December 2011 (UTC)

I edited down a reference to "script kiddies". They are called script kiddies because they are mostly teenagers who are angry about not being on the football team or not getting to date the hot chick in school (or not getting to date anyone at all) or failing their organic chemistry test or whatever. Teenagers tend to have an immature reaction to disappointment. They react by attacking someone else completely unrelated. The general psychiatric point of view is that they feel really small so they attack something they know they can beat to feel bigger (this continues in immature adults with actions such as driving a big car and cutting people off just to feel bigger). So - why are they "script" kiddies? They don't have the knowledge (or education) to do much. So, they download scripts from others. They don't know how the scripts work, but they know what the scripts do. They download a script that posts something to every page on Misplaced Pages. they use the script to add "I love Avril Lavigne" to every Misplaced Pages article. Somehow, that makes up for getting turned down for a date. Yes - it is very possible that the person is technically an adult. Mentally, the person is a kid. -- kainaw™ 20:05, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

1: if a pro wrote the script, why didn't it spoof the user-agent header? 2: if your saying all that to make me mad, i didn't say i disagreed with you. nor do i necessarily disagree with what you said here. so it doesn't make me mad. 3: your very funny. Jake1993811 (talk) 22:34, 2 January 2012 (UTC)

Originally, there was no need to spoof the user-agent header. So, some ass wrote a script to spam Misplaced Pages and anyone who wanted could download it and run it. Of course, it is easy for someone to write a script that spoofs the user-agent header, but it turns out that the people who are putting out scripts to spam Misplaced Pages just decided not to do so. I don't know why. I wasn't saying this to anger you in any way. My original comment (in the thread) was just to explain why Misplaced Pages implemented that "feature". In here, I was just explaining I used "kids" instead of "script-kiddies" because I felt someone might take offense to "script-kiddies". I think it is funny. I try to be funny. But, humor is subjective. Most people don't think I'm funny. They think I'm just an asshole. -- kainaw™ 13:58, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

thanks

Hi Kainaw, thanks for your help at the Computing ref desk. I'm at a time when I'm unclear about where I'm heading, and it's great to get advice from people who have been there. Is your PhD thesis available online? I'd be curious to read it. Regards, IBE (talk) 10:52, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

My best suggestion is to talk to your committee. It is your responsibility to talk to them. It is not their responsibility to talk to you. That's the mistake I made. I didn't talk to my committee for the first two years. I kept running into problems. As for my thesis, I'm still working on getting it published. Then, depending on who publishes it, it may or may not be online. My survey paper was published, but it is not available online because it was published as a chapter in a textbook. If it had been in a journal, it would likely be available. As for the topic, my thesis is on using log files from search engines to predict future usage of the search engine. Then, expected resources can be preloaded and the users can shave a few seconds off every search. For some people, that can add up to a significant time savings. For others, it is not noticeable at all. So, my thesis isn't anything spectacular. -- kainaw™ 14:09, 3 January 2012 (UTC)

Much appreciated - I've taken your advice. Good luck with getting the thesis published - it may not be spectacular to you, but it sounds good all the same to me, fwiw. IBE (talk) 17:13, 9 January 2012 (UTC)

Jon Driver

Hi, in view of your previous involvement, you may wish to comment on the discussion at Talk:Jon Driver#Request. TerriersFan (talk) 02:00, 12 January 2012 (UTC)

Notice of discussion at the Administrators' Noticeboard

Hello. This message is being sent to inform you that there is currently a discussion at Misplaced Pages:Administrators' noticeboard/Incidents regarding an issue with which you may have been involved. Thank you.  BarkingFish  17:49, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

According to policy, I cannot edit Misplaced Pages until my legal issue with WMF is resolved. So, I cannot edit the ANI. This is not a "threat". I am legally requesting that my donations be returned because I very strongly oppose my hard-earned money to be used as a political baby toy for Jimbo's personal interests. -- kainaw™ 18:03, 17 January 2012 (UTC)

While I generally sympathize, and agree that this blackout thing has the risk of seriously damaging wikipedia's credibility, I think you should retract your on-screen legal threat, and take it offline, maybe in direct correspondence with Jimbo. He's the face of wikipedia, and he should realize the risk he's taking by doing this. ←Baseball Bugs carrots→ 18:29, 17 January 2012 (UTC)