Comments on: “The World Without Us,” Alan Weisman http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/ Travel stories, world music, travel books, and a close peek at unique destinations. Fri, 05 Dec 2008 12:28:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Caitlin http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24983 Caitlin Tue, 29 Jan 2008 23:06:15 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24983 Tim, I got your email as well and great news that you have fixed this for me - thank you! Antonia, were you trying to leave a comment or to email me? Which site were you on? Comments are not enabled on article pages, but are on blog posts. I do need to put an 'email me' button on my site - haven't done that yet. Tim, I got your email as well and great news that you have fixed this for me - thank you!

Antonia, were you trying to leave a comment or to email me? Which site were you on? Comments are not enabled on article pages, but are on blog posts. I do need to put an ‘email me’ button on my site - haven’t done that yet.

]]> By: Tim http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24344 Tim Sat, 26 Jan 2008 21:10:54 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24344 Tim here. After going through several thousand comments that had been captured by the filter, Caitlin's were the only legitimate ones that had been filtered. So I think it's safe to say that the SK program is 99.9 percent correct in what it holds up. There is a function where if someone comments on multiple posts multiple times in too short a period, the poster gets flagged. My guess is this is what happened. I have eased up the strictness of that filter, but don't want to back off it too much because usually when someone does this they are up to no good! Tim here. After going through several thousand comments that had been captured by the filter, Caitlin’s were the only legitimate ones that had been filtered. So I think it’s safe to say that the SK program is 99.9 percent correct in what it holds up.

There is a function where if someone comments on multiple posts multiple times in too short a period, the poster gets flagged. My guess is this is what happened. I have eased up the strictness of that filter, but don’t want to back off it too much because usually when someone does this they are up to no good!

]]> By: Antonia Malchik http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24095 Antonia Malchik Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:38:27 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24095 Funny girl. I tried to email you on your site, but comments aren't enabled? Anyway, we've been fussing about with an upgrade to the site and think we've got the spam catcher sorted. Sheila and I were trying to figure out why your comments in particular were getting snagged--still no idea! Funny girl. I tried to email you on your site, but comments aren’t enabled? Anyway, we’ve been fussing about with an upgrade to the site and think we’ve got the spam catcher sorted. Sheila and I were trying to figure out why your comments in particular were getting snagged–still no idea!

]]> By: Caitlin http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24088 Caitlin Fri, 25 Jan 2008 13:09:48 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-24088 This is a test to see if the comments problem has been fixed. This is a test to see if the comments problem has been fixed.

]]> By: Caitlin http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-23838 Caitlin Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:37:38 +0000 http://perceptivetravel.com/blog/2008/01/23/the-world-without-us-alan-weisman/#comment-23838 I'm told that the comment bug has been fixed so fingers crossed that this will appear! The book sounds fascinating. I would definitely be interested to read it. I don't know if it looks like this but I've been told that if humans vanished off the face of the earth today, the world would be a desert by the end of the week. The reason? All those grazing farm animals, with no natural predators to keep them in check. I’m told that the comment bug has been fixed so fingers crossed that this will appear!

The book sounds fascinating. I would definitely be interested to read it.

I don’t know if it looks like this but I’ve been told that if humans vanished off the face of the earth today, the world would be a desert by the end of the week. The reason? All those grazing farm animals, with no natural predators to keep them in check.

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