Uh, and so it appears, I've made it onto the mailinglist conversations?
http://comox.textdrive.com/pipermail/wp-forums/2006-March/001528.html
Would anyone care to explain what exactly that means?
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I will go get a pack of smokes while someone ponders a reply.
Posted 3 years ago #
Interesting *support* question...
Click on "thread" to see the full context...
Posted 3 years ago #
Since I brought up your name: only that your "agenda" (probably the wrong word) is to explicate to those who choose to look deeper an understanding of what's missing security-wise in wp - or so I've assumed from your posts.
Kafkaesqui: this IS the miscellaneous section. There are lots of NON-support questions in this area.
vkaryl: mmm. kay.
For what it is worth, I say this on my own blog:
"I proudly use WordPress as my blogging application."
I am critical of some things within the wordpress circle because I happen to use it. I also hope to continue to use it, but like many others I will not use an application that I feel is being developed sloppily. That is NOT to say that I believe thats the way wp IS being developed, just that I dont want to see it go down that path.
To that end, if threads here like the one referenced on the mailinglist get enough attention, then perhaps something might get done. At the very least, maybe things will be looked at more closely prior to implementation. I distinctly remember skippy's early (2 monthes or so ago) post regarding wp-content's permissions. It got very little attention, and look whats happened since: permissions are looser, not tighter, and the passing the buck game about who should be responsible for security is in full-swing. In fact, the hosts arent, wp doesnt want to be, and the majority of the users simply dont know how to be.
Thats not a winning situation for anyone.
I admin the b2evolution support forums. I'm subscribed the b2evo developers mailinglist, and yet I use wp on my personal site. That should speak volumes about my agenda.
Lastly, thank you Podz.:)
Posted 3 years ago #
"Kafkaesqui: this IS the miscellaneous section."
Oh sure, get me on a technicality...
Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ’99
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be it. The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience…I will dispense this advice now.
Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth; oh nevermind; you will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded.
But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked...
You’re not as fat as you imagine.
Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.
Do one thing everyday that scares you
Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.
Floss
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind…the race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember the compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.
Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life…the most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children,maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary…what ever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself either – your
choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can…don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own..
Dance…
even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.
Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are the best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go,but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography and lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.
Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you're 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.
But trust me on the sunscreen…
Posted 3 years ago #
Now *there* is a support post!
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