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Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - Tas_mania - 04-22-2026
It has timed-out the last 2 days. No error message and looks like a DDS issue.
RE: Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - Ofnuts - 04-22-2026
Yes, our main users are... bots, and a gang of chinese bots has been hitting us hard recently. I have added a few defenses to keep them at bay. Crossing fingers.
RE: Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - Tas_mania - 04-22-2026
Chinese bots? I'm guessing they hate open source software (like Gimp) and want a World with just corporate software.
RE: Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - Ofnuts - 04-22-2026
(04-22-2026, 10:39 AM)Tas_mania Wrote: Chinese bots? I'm guessing they hate open source software (like Gimp) and want a World with just corporate software.
More like training their AI, I think.
RE: Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - Tas_mania - 04-23-2026
I thought their bots were already world leaders
How long before they lean on the IOC to accept robots in track and field events? I'm glad you posted because I wanted to test the 'Post a New Reply' functionality here.
Recently when posting I can't move around the window or go to a new line. I'm thinking it's either poor keyboard housekeeping or I've been infected by bots. Today posting a reply works perfectly
RE: Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - Ofnuts - 04-23-2026
From the latest logs (18000 such lines...):
216.73.217.80 - - [23/Apr/2026:21:17:46 +0000] "GET /portal.php?page=672 HTTP/1.1" 200 13057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)"
Expect future Claude to speak like RIch
RE: Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - rich2005 - 04-24-2026
(04-23-2026, 09:24 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: From the latest logs (18000 such lines...):
216.73.217.80 - - [23/Apr/2026:21:17:46 +0000] "GET /portal.php?page=672 HTTP/1.1" 200 13057 "-" "Mozilla/5.0 AppleWebKit/537.36 (KHTML, like Gecko; compatible; ClaudeBot/1.0; +claudebot@anthropic.com)"
Expect future Claude to speak like RIch
I wonder if it will use my north-east accent. A dead giveaway.
RE: Gimp-Forum.net has not been available at times - Tas_mania - 04-24-2026
Quote:I wonder if it will use my north-east accent. A dead giveaway.
I think they should use your accent Rich. Not happy with producing ready to use art they want to help people make art with Gimp. When they figure out how Rich solves so many Gimp questions, they will have to monetize it to meet server farm running costs