Re: nastygram from xxx.lanl.gov

Rob Hartill (robh@imdb.com)
Wed, 10 Jul 1996 12:52:51 -0500 (CDT)

Gordon Bainbridge (gordon@BASISinc.com) wrote:
>
> The HTML code for the xxx.lanl.gov page contains the following comment
> at the bottom of the page:
>
> "despite the name, this site has no relation to or information on
> any of the following topics: sex, adult, nude, playboy, porn,
> porno, erotica, pornography, erotic. gay, penthouse, pussy willow,
> bondage, girls, xxx, nudity, nudes, hustler ..."
>
> This suggests to me that they have brought much of their trouble on
> themselves by continuing to use the name "xxx".

So you're saying that *robots* are attracted to these phrases and are
so disgusted by them that they decide to trash the server?

The problem at xxx.lanl.gov is dumb robots trying to generate
gigababytes of postscript/pdf from physics archives for no useful
purpose whatsoever. The real users are deprived of access when a robot
goes nuts.

15 year old kids looking for Pam Anderson gifs don't seem to be causing
trouble at that site.

If all robot writers followed the guidelines and used common sense
there would be no problem. Some people on this list refuse to accept
this simple fact.

Behave responsibly and the problems stop.

rob