Fairly simple solution to the search function problem
 

Password protect the damn thing and issue a password only on request via email or something only to members you wish to allow access to it, and screw the kiddies.

Sort of like one of those so called "elite business only" forums, except no need for a new forum, just access to the search.


:2 cents:

hell, no need even for issuing password, just create a new user group, and on request (and approval), move that user to the new group (which has access to the search.

Or just buy the url off me for $10? lol, post your icq uin.. gfy search is still up

ok sure. That'll happen.... let's see..... never.

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whatever, i'll just search by myself then :thumbsup

i really need the search function back...there's been a few posts i've been trying to find for a long time....how long are posts archived in gfy?

forever.

dude what are you looking for i'll find it right now, what strings, whats the thread title

there should be a group just for verified webmasters!

if these are posts started by you, then check this

http://www.gofuckyourself.com/showth...hreadid=308270

exactly. Very simple solution there.

there was a post about single girl affiliate programs i'm looking for

who decides wether someone like smokey is a kid or not?
and whether or not the fake drama, and fake nics will get access since their real nic may not be known to be the one harboring the bad guy fake one?

Not a bad idea, but who will deal with 1000s of emails each day requesting access to it?

Lensman. (aka God.)

Tofu

so why not just outlaw the kiddies altogether then in the first place?

why not just put a validation box with some random letters like the hun has on his submit page?

Smokey has been nuked how many times from here?

it doesn't seem to be slowing him down much.

and you think the guy blasting the search page is incapable of entering a few letters and getting past that?

exactly so fix the problem from the log in point not after someone is already in the system, then give them a seperate way to search...:2 cents:

each and every time?
he can only get in once before he has to input another random code again, or am i missing something?

and how do you do that? How do you stop someone from logging in?

A new user group is the easiest method. People are banned on an individual basis here, so why can't people be moved to a new group on an individual basis? That entire group would have access to the search. If someone isn't interested enough in it to send a simple request, then obviously they aren't needing the search too bad.

And lens has a pretty good handle on who's who, so it shouldn't be a big deal. Plus, if someone is allowed into the group and starts blasting the search, then simply ban the fucker. He can reregister a new nick, but he'll be back in the lowest group with no access.

I think that's a reasonable solution.

but I could be wrong.

:1orglaugh :1orglaugh

sounds livable, and easy enough to implement....:)

if you're absolutely certain that it can't be defeated & bypassed, then yes, that's a good idea. But I'm not convinced that it's unbeatable.

Anyone using OCR/ICR in their scripts can bypass it. However I'd take a wild guess 99% of people here don't have a clu ehwat those acronyms even mean, let alone use them :glugglug

(It's optical character recognition and intelligent character recognition, respectively).

There is an incredible wealth of knowledge in the database...

Lens could charge people for it.
People would pay.

You heard it here first.

send me proof to 16075497 and I will send you $10

forever

you need the thread title? pffft, what use is that . . . . I need to be able to find any thread I posted in, whether I started it or not

:1orglaugh I am sure he appreciates that suggestion

He could protect the archives with SexPicturesPass.com

is this smokey? :Graucho