Tuesday
Apr052011
by 
Bishop Hill
Bishop Hill Commenting
Apr 5, 2011 Blogs I've had the captcha switched off for a week or so which I think has reduced the problems with commenting (although not eliminated them entirely). A new fix is now in place so I'm going to switch it back on again. Let me know how it goes.
Reader Comments (10)
BH
Commenting problem back (inevitably).
No editing, no preview. Just jolly old 'connection reset' for no apparent reason at all. But it looks like Don Pablo's Postulate has just been experimentally verified ;-)
All eyes on captcha.
BH - cut off again. Every third comment, which was typically what happened before.
This is so, so tedious.
I've had several difficulties. But this went unusually smoothly - let's hope it's fixed.
bish -
just letting u know i've never had a problem, but then i don't edit or preview:
nice contrast in Australian news today:
6 April: Australian: Survey reveals carbon tax fears
by Sid Maher & John Ferguson
NEW polling shows 59 per cent of people do not support a carbon tax and more than half believe it would not help the environment.
The polling, conducted for the Australian Chamber of Commerce and Industry in the last weekend in March, identified concerns about job losses among those surveyed…
Mr O’Brien accused the Gillard government of failing to explain how sufficient power would be generated to cover the loss of the coal-fired power stations, which produce a significant portion of the state’s electricity supply.
The proposal to pay electricity generators to shut down high-emission plants is being considered by the Prime Minister’s carbon pricing committee, The Australian revealed yesterday...
The ACCI survey of 550 people, conducted on March 26 and 27, found 59 per cent of those surveyed were against the carbon tax plan, while 29 per cent supported it. And 73 per cent believed a carbon tax would have a negative effect on their cost of living.
Only 26 per cent believed the tax would help cut global carbon emissions, while 55 per cent said it would not make a difference…
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/climate/survey-reveals-carbon-tax-fears/story-e6frg6xf-1226034314067
6 April: News Ltd Australia: Philip Hudson: Carbon tax winning voters but conditions attached
TWO-THIRDS of voters say they support a carbon tax if all the revenue is spent on compensation for households and business, according to a new Galaxy Poll.
The poll of 1036 people to be released today was commissioned by the Greens and reveals surprisingly strong support for the model being negotiated by the Gillard Government, the Greens and independent MPs.
Women, families and higher-income earners were the strongest supporters.
The poll, conducted a fortnight ago, found 66 per cent of voters in favour, 23 per cent were opposed and 10 per cent had no opinion.
http://www.news.com.au/national/carbon-tax-winning-voters-but-conditions-attached/story-e6frfkvr-1226034392509
ABC only reported the Greens/Galaxy poll this morning, and did not mention the Greens had commissioned it.
BH
No problems since captcha went off, even with diffident use of preview and changes.
BBD
But it looks like Don Pablo's Postulate has just been experimentally verified ;-)
All eyes on captcha.
I actually had some problems with captchas off, but only if I did several previews and edits. So it the Captchas do anything, which I think they do, they merely make it worse, but are not the root cause.
Hopefully it gets fixed.
Don Pablo
It's worse than we thought.
Been locked out this quite a bit today
Sorry to hear it DP. Things still okay here (captcha still off...)
I've been having problems with blog commenting...its eating me up...