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anselfir · Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 22910 Location: ZzZzZzZz

Fix the multiple voting bug with the new voting system.

endersshadow · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 10130 Location: Dallas

oneofthem wrote: Fix the multiple voting bug with the new voting system.

You're going to have to be a bit more specific, there, Hemingway.

Stygma · Joined: 28 Sep 2005 Posts: 1346 Location: Boulder, Colorado

http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49150

Look at how many votes oneofthem has in that poll.

Eclectic · Joined: 31 Aug 2005 Posts: 4286 Location: The Midwest

endersshadow wrote: oneofthem wrote: Fix the multiple voting bug with the new voting system.

You're going to have to be a bit more specific, there, Hemingway.

Apparently, some type of glitch is allowing members to vote multiple times, or at least it appears that way.

Quote: Voters for Yes: foadi, Stygma, Ewrue The Veracious, Gremlin, Hobbie, bleachy, Infinite911911, Demonic Spoon

Voters for Maybe (please explain): Bull, SideTraKd

Voters for No: Reform, ProGunAmerican, Aeolus Gestahl, Saracen, leftneckredwing, Eichen, Rilzic, NobleOne, younglaw, steve abdul jabbar, mport1, callous, SLaY3r, micfranklin, Skeptical Mystic, politicalmojo, Turkish, Mr X, shogun221, wookeyeh, b_moh, The AntiChrist, Protostar, artk, THEXRATED, TheLiberal, cadillacricket, EugenicHegemony, liberal_man, ToonArmyIsComing, Niels Buus, cool_chick, zero18, doorhinge, Ozzone, The Z, snow, RandomPrecision06, cap'n queasy, Cornelius Svenhamo, Winchester, Classically Liberal, Hobbie, HUORN, FinnMacCool, RealRepublicanArmy, XPhile2868, Sukoi, ikari, BLHutch, Shady, CaptainDankNuggets, Devaka, Mr. Smith, Quicksurf, stix, RedMosquito, Eclectic,

http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=1169928#1169928

Quote: Voters for Yes: Infinite911911, EugenicHegemony, Rhoades, Hobbie, StrangerWitCandy, TekDragon, Quicksurf, One to Grow On, Mr. Smith, Pzatchok, oneofthem, Marine1, Ameriman, Pat

Voters for No: BastionOfSanity, Gremlin, RedMosquito, Mr X, Stygma, Eclectic, Korimyr the Rat, oneofthem, oneofthem, oneofthem, oneofthem, oneofthem, oneofthem, RealRepublicanArmy, gavnook, mport1, XPhile2868, Krysis, CaptainDankNuggets,

http://www.politicalcrossfire.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=49150&highlight=

endersshadow · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 10130 Location: Dallas

Oh, yeah. This has always been the case, but now you can see it. You see, when someone gets impatient (such as oneofthem) with their internet connection, they just start refreshing the page. Unfortunately, that keeps sending the query over and over and over again. I'll put in a buffer for people who are impatient in a little while...unfortunately, at the moment, my nonvirtual life has quite a few pressing concerns.

But, it's PEBKAC, not a bug :wink:

TheGirlNextDoor · Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 22608

endersshadow wrote: Oh, yeah. This has always been the case, but now you can see it. You see, when someone gets impatient (such as oneofthem) with their internet connection, they just start refreshing the page. Unfortunately, that keeps sending the query over and over and over again. I'll put in a buffer for people who are impatient in a little while...unfortunately, at the moment, my nonvirtual life has quite a few pressing concerns.

But, it's PEBKAC, not a bug :wink:

:lol:

endersshadow · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 10130 Location: Dallas

Impatience-proofing is complete.

anselfir · Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 22910 Location: ZzZzZzZz

I didn't refresh the page, i purposefully exploited the bug, or error, or deviation from the working optimum, or whatever.

endersshadow · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 10130 Location: Dallas

oneofthem wrote: I didn't refresh the page, i purposefully exploited the bug, or error, or deviation from the working optimum, or whatever.

You are one hell of a 1337 |-|4><0/2. :roll: You wouldn't be able to do it rapidly enough to cause any overflow. You did refresh the page, whether it was on purpose or not :wink:

More to the point, nobody got my Hemingway joke, and for that, I'm banning all of you.

anselfir · Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 22910 Location: ZzZzZzZz

zomg but then you'll be lonely and you don't want that!

The way i voted multiple times was to click stop when the thing starts to load, and vote again.

endersshadow · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 10130 Location: Dallas

oneofthem wrote: zomg but then you'll be lonely and you don't want that!

The way i voted multiple times was to click stop when the thing starts to load, and vote again.

You could've just pressed stop, reload, stop, reload, etc. etc. etc.

It's the way that any server side language interprets. Server first, you last. But the server takes from what you input, so you just kept doing it over and over again. It doesn't provide a security risk, as you can't DDoS something that way (because you just can't send enough packets to do it), so it's more of an annoyance from people who like to be annoying.

anselfir · Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 22910 Location: ZzZzZzZz

oh yeah now that i remember i voted through the main page.

Tetracide · Joined: 02 Oct 2004 Posts: 4449 Location: California

Personally I don't like knowing how every one else voted.

Shady · Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 7413 Location: VA

Tetracide wrote: Personally I don't like knowing how every one else voted.

Then make polls where your unable to tell. You CAN still do that you know...

Protostar · Posted: Wed Feb 15, 2006 7:45 pm Post subject:

endersshadow wrote: oneofthem wrote: I didn't refresh the page, i purposefully exploited the bug, or error, or deviation from the working optimum, or whatever.

You are one hell of a 1337 |-|4><0/2. :roll: You wouldn't be able to do it rapidly enough to cause any overflow. You did refresh the page, whether it was on purpose or not :wink:

More to the point, nobody got my Hemingway joke, and for that, I'm banning all of you.

Oh I got your joke. Your "nonvirtual life", AHAHAHAHAAA! :lol: So funny.

anselfir · Joined: 16 Apr 2005 Posts: 22910 Location: ZzZzZzZz

"Your vote was logged. But only once. Seriously, have some patience."

Eh, you should change this to something more professional looking.

endersshadow · Joined: 01 Feb 2004 Posts: 10130 Location: Dallas

oneofthem wrote: "Your vote was logged. But only once. Seriously, have some patience."

Eh, you should change this to something more professional looking.

A bit of humor is always fun. But seriously, have some patience :)

Shady · Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 7413 Location: VA

I had a sense of humor once. Honestly.

I just don't know where that Eskimo took it...

TheGirlNextDoor · Joined: 08 Jul 2004 Posts: 22608

oneofthem wrote: "Your vote was logged. But only once. Seriously, have some patience."

Eh, you should change this to something more professional looking.

Such as what, for instance?

"Meh. n00b."?

Shady · Joined: 13 Oct 2005 Posts: 7413 Location: VA

TheGirlNextDoor wrote: oneofthem wrote: "Your vote was logged. But only once. Seriously, have some patience."

Eh, you should change this to something more professional looking.

Such as what, for instance?

"Meh. n00b."?

That's even worse.

I think "the strippers just got here, don't expect the system fixed too soon" sounds best. Leaves some wiggle room.