if you see a florist instead of the TMF :)

TMF Jeff · Dec 23, 2002

We don't know what is causing that yet, but don't panic 🙂 We're working on getting it resolved as quickly as possible.

We do NOT have any reason to think this was a hacker yet, so let's not form a lynch mob until we have some solid info. It could have been a larger internet issue.

TickledToDeath · Dec 23, 2002

Ahhhhh

So I guess we shouldn't be sending any "flowers" to the moderators yet?😛 😉 😀

TTD

Hahathna · Dec 23, 2002

Jeff--

I got the flower shop on my PC at work, but my work Mac and BZTickler's Mac displayed the forum no problem. Don't know if that's any help, but thought I'd report it.

Hahathna :devil:

TMF Jeff · Dec 23, 2002

ok, so here's what happened.

Somehow our zone file got changed to redirect the forum's IP to 1-800-flowers' website. Supposedly this requires root access to accomplish, and one semi-reliable source told me it can happen spontaneously if there's an unexpected reboot of the server.

I'm the only one with root access to the server and I didn't do it, and the password was pretty complicated if I do say so myself. If this was a hack, it was a pretty strange choice 🙂

starfires · Dec 23, 2002

MTP Jeff said:
If this was a hack, it was a pretty strange choice 🙂

I say the florist did it. Free advertisement! 🙂

TicklingDuo · Dec 23, 2002

Maybe they were "hacking" because they're allergic to flowers? 😀 Oh well. Glad everything looks okay and we're still here. Thanks again for providing this for us, Jeff.

Ann

TickledToDeath · Dec 23, 2002

Maybe the flowers cured their hacking!😉 😀

TTD

Tickling Motty · Dec 23, 2002

I thought i was going mad when i saw a florist instead of TMF. No surprise there then about me going mad !! 😛

Andy

Haltickling · Dec 23, 2002

Hmm, tickling with flowers - nice idea! 😛

amk714 · Dec 23, 2002

We were hacked, and I missed it? Darn, darn, darn! 😛 Just kidding. Glad everything's all right now, Jeff. Whoever did this must be truly deranged! 😀

drew70 · Dec 23, 2002

Good job, Jeff!

Most strange. You'd think if somebody was able to hack in they'd do something a little more imaginative than a redirect to a flower shop. This is truly a strange time we live in.

sushi854 · Dec 24, 2002

just a thought...

I just wonder what all the people trying to buy flowers were thinking...😀

AffectionateDan · Dec 24, 2002

Re: just a thought...

sushi854 said:
I just wonder what all the people trying to buy flowers were thinking...😀

You read my mind, Sushi. LMAO

sarlox · Dec 24, 2002

I just wonder what all the people trying to buy flowers were thinking... 😀

Especially this time of year😛

tklr5150 · Dec 24, 2002

Personally I think this is the work of those psychotic militant hacker anarchists in the online flower sales industry. They've been pulling stunts like this for years. Lousy flower selling bastards. 🙄

HeBeGeeBee · Dec 24, 2002

Oh NO!!

I sent my mom a Christmas bouquet from that site. It's anybody's guess what she'll actually receive. In the words of Seinfeld, "I've been outed, and I wasn't even in!"

Actually, this hacking appears to have had a bad "seed" at the "root" of the matter. This "stems" from the fact that the TMF is so popular and they wanted to "soil" its reputation and be a "thorn" in our side. This flower shop was "lilly"-livered, trying to "petal" its wares on this site, but to no avail. The TMF once again "rose" to its original position of prominence. Now "Daisy" Crazy can be "planted" in front of a PC and return to the site once again. As for me, gotta "leave" now...my wife's starting to get "impatien"...😛

TickledToDeath · Dec 24, 2002

Re: Oh NO!!

HeBeGeeBee said:
I sent my mom a Christmas bouquet from that site. It's anybody's guess what she'll actually receive. In the words of Seinfeld, "I've been outed, and I wasn't even in!"

Actually, this hacking appears to have had a bad "seed" at the "root" of the matter. This "stems" from the fact that the TMF is so popular and they wanted to "soil" its reputation and be a "thorn" in our side. This flower shop was "lilly"-livered, trying to "petal" its wares on this site, but to no avail. The TMF once again "rose" to its original position of prominence. Now "Daisy" Crazy can be "planted" in front of a PC and return to the site once again. As for me, gotta "leave" now...my wife's starting to get "impatien"...😛

Oh BROOOOther

I just LOVE dry wit! A Vurtual Desert. A catus paradise.

"Mums" definatly NOT the word around here.
I guess he spent to much time lying in the "Sun"-flowers.

"Wild Orchids" could not drag me away from adding to this response!

TTD

P50 · Dec 24, 2002

I can't tell if it was adults "orchids" who did it.

TMF Jeff · Dec 24, 2002

Ok, this is getting worse than if we really HAD been hacked! 😛

TicklingDuo · Dec 24, 2002

Re: Oh NO!!

HeBeGeeBee said:
Actually, this hacking appears to have had a bad "seed" at the "root" of the matter. This "stems" from the fact that the TMF is so popular and they wanted to "soil" its reputation and be a "thorn" in our side. This flower shop was "lilly"-livered, trying to "petal" its wares on this site, but to no avail. The TMF once again "rose" to its original position of prominence. Now "Daisy" Crazy can be "planted" in front of a PC and return to the site once again. As for me, gotta "leave" now...my wife's starting to get "impatien"...😛

Very punny, HBGB. Very punny! It's nice to see that your humor rose to the occassion to lighten things up. 😛

Ann

tklr5150 · Dec 24, 2002

"Rose" to the occassion, eh Ann? No pun intended, I'm sure 😛

HeBeGeeBee · Dec 25, 2002

Re: Re: Oh NO!!

TickledToDeath said:
"Mums" definatly NOT the word around here.

Speaking of mums (I don't know how I let that one escape me), if I lived in the UK, I could have had the bouquet sent to my "mum". I could have even had BigJim personally deliver it. On second thought, if I lived in the UK, I'd have to drink warm beer... :sowrong:

BigJim · Dec 26, 2002

amk714 said:
We were hacked, and I missed it?

Annoying it is Alex. Personally I think it was done by the snap-out-of-it-Jeff-my-florist-advert-has-been-slathered-all-over-the-TMF-recently flower company. Of course, if said flower company hadn't been to the TMF for weeks and it was purely an accident, they would'nt have known anything about it.

BigJim · Dec 26, 2002

Re: Re: Re: Oh NO!!

HeBeGeeBee said:
Speaking of mums (I don't know how I let that one escape me), if I lived in the UK, I could have had the bouquet sent to my "mum". I could have even had BigJim personally deliver it. On second thought, if I lived in the UK, I'd have to drink warm beer...

Hey, we invented the maternal derivative and then you guys fucked it up.😀 Besides which, warm beer is better to drink in clubs. You can drink it faster than cold beer and thus get pissed out of your head quicker too.