Comments on: Secession of the Empire http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/ "Austro" as in Rothbard and Wittgenstein, "Athenian" as in Aristotle and smashing-the-plutocracy. Mon, 22 Mar 2010 00:00:51 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: John Petrie http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348932 John Petrie Mon, 12 Jan 2009 03:53:09 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348932 I notice from some more recent posts that you have upgraded your username from Administrator to Roderick. I'm sure I wasn't the only one who thought that would be a good idea... I notice from some more recent posts that you have upgraded your username from Administrator to Roderick. I’m sure I wasn’t the only one who thought that would be a good idea…

]]> By: Black Bloke http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348875 Black Bloke Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:22:04 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348875 Roderick will just have to change the link from his praxeology home page, and then from his comment icon, and I think the transition will basically be complete. Roderick will just have to change the link from his praxeology home page, and then from his comment icon, and I think the transition will basically be complete.

]]> By: Ozymandias http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348846 Ozymandias Sun, 28 Dec 2008 00:32:00 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348846 I'm glad you like the theme. To tell the truth, I did think some of the less important areas had small fonts, and was considering embiggening them. Another good thing for those of us that care is that the site is 100% standards compliant now. Before any bad code that might go into the posts or comments that is. I’m glad you like the theme. To tell the truth, I did think some of the less important areas had small fonts, and was considering embiggening them.
Another good thing for those of us that care is that the site is 100% standards compliant now. Before any bad code that might go into the posts or comments that is.

]]> By: Joel Schlosberg http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348839 Joel Schlosberg Sat, 27 Dec 2008 20:50:15 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348839 Well, I've been following the blog since the days when it was done manually without blogging software, so it's not that big a change in the scheme of things. The various glitches with the old Yahoo hosting were really bad, one that you didn't mention was that at one point, due to all the spam, Google deleted all praxeology.net pages from its search results. And the default theme is nicer than the old one, with a nicer color scheme and a cleaner look and without tiny font sizes. Plus, I'm still on the blogroll ;) The only downside that comes to mind is that, since the root URL is different, it's not possible to search both the blog and Roderick's other webpages with a single "site:praxeology.net + search terms" query. Well, I’ve been following the blog since the days when it was done manually without blogging software, so it’s not that big a change in the scheme of things. The various glitches with the old Yahoo hosting were really bad, one that you didn’t mention was that at one point, due to all the spam, Google deleted all praxeology.net pages from its search results. And the default theme is nicer than the old one, with a nicer color scheme and a cleaner look and without tiny font sizes. Plus, I’m still on the blogroll ;)

The only downside that comes to mind is that, since the root URL is different, it’s not possible to search both the blog and Roderick’s other webpages with a single “site:praxeology.net + search terms” query.

]]> By: Ozymandias http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348822 Ozymandias Thu, 25 Dec 2008 23:13:17 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348822 You're correct. Some of the posts have the wrong comment count. I'm not too concerned about it because everything else seems to be working. When I upgraded the database to 2.7, I experienced some errors, but nothing too significant. I believe the erroneous comment counts are a reflection of that. I think the hacked scripts caused the database errors. If there were more problems, I'd be more concerned about it. The old site is a test case in why it's important to patch security holes when they're found -- and how Yahoo doesn't give a damn about their customers. You’re correct. Some of the posts have the wrong comment count. I’m not too concerned about it because everything else seems to be working.
When I upgraded the database to 2.7, I experienced some errors, but nothing too significant. I believe the erroneous comment counts are a reflection of that.
I think the hacked scripts caused the database errors. If there were more problems, I’d be more concerned about it. The old site is a test case in why it’s important to patch security holes when they’re found — and how Yahoo doesn’t give a damn about their customers.

]]> By: Black Bloke http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348820 Black Bloke Thu, 25 Dec 2008 22:09:15 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348820 I assumed that it was related to spam busting. What I did was visit the earliest entries in the blog (<a href="http://aaeblog.com/2006/09/" rel="nofollow">September 2006</a>) and then look through some of the comments. I started with "The Rule of Names" http://aaeblog.com/2006/09/05/the-rule-of-names/ which was reported to have 9 comments, but in fact only has 7. I went into "Heywood and de Cleyre Texts Online" http://aaeblog.com/2006/09/06/heywood-and-de-cleyre-texts-online/ which is reported to have no comments at all, but really has 6 comments. Then I went to "Overpowered" http://aaeblog.com/2006/09/11/overpowered/ reported to have 11 comments but in reality has 8. I stopped looking through old posts at about that point. I assumed that it was related to spam busting. What I did was visit the earliest entries in the blog (September 2006) and then look through some of the comments.

I started with “The Rule of Names” http://aaeblog.com/2006/09/05/the-rule-of-names/ which was reported to have 9 comments, but in fact only has 7.

I went into “Heywood and de Cleyre Texts Online” http://aaeblog.com/2006/09/06/heywood-and-de-cleyre-texts-online/ which is reported to have no comments at all, but really has 6 comments.

Then I went to “Overpowered” http://aaeblog.com/2006/09/11/overpowered/ reported to have 11 comments but in reality has 8.

I stopped looking through old posts at about that point.

]]> By: scineram http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348819 scineram Thu, 25 Dec 2008 18:35:52 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348819 Don't fix what ain't broken! Don’t fix what ain’t broken!

]]> By: Neo-Cicero http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348795 Neo-Cicero Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:20:10 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348795 Congrats Roderick! Looking great and working even better. :-) Congrats Roderick! Looking great and working even better. :-)

]]> By: Ozymandias http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348787 Ozymandias Wed, 24 Dec 2008 17:02:20 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348787 Can you give me an example of what you mean? The comment counts will have changed on many posts because i had to blow away several thousand spam comments that had been approved. When I first took a look at the database there were just shy of 9200 approved comments. Now, after cleaning the database up, there are 4169, including this one. So that's why the comment counts have changed, and I guess that's what you're referring to. -- Brandon Can you give me an example of what you mean? The comment counts will have changed on many posts because i had to blow away several thousand spam comments that had been approved. When I first took a look at the database there were just shy of 9200 approved comments. Now, after cleaning the database up, there are 4169, including this one. So that’s why the comment counts have changed, and I guess that’s what you’re referring to.
– Brandon

]]> By: Black Bloke http://aaeblog.com/2008/12/23/secession-of-the-empire/comment-page-1/#comment-348786 Black Bloke Wed, 24 Dec 2008 16:48:37 +0000 http://aaeblog.com/?p=818#comment-348786 Okay, the comment numbers for some old posts are largely wrong. Other than that a pretty good transition. Okay, the comment numbers for some old posts are largely wrong. Other than that a pretty good transition.

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