Do hackers have something against the clean shaven?

whacky011

Both Badger and Blade and Straight Shaving Place forums are down and SRP had a message "Lol" on the main screen before going off line.

Perhaps Chinese hackers want us all to have Confusious beards.

 

I was really thinking about a Van Dyke myself.

 

If I have to give up traditional wet shaving, I'll be going the way of the mountain man.

 

If it was a hack job, I would put my money on them being from Detroit...

 

I was looking for some roller ball ink pen refills last night on ebay and it is amazing to look at the Chinese websites selling these and other things. Their web stores have the sale items moving and stopping when you move your cursor around, they respond to questions immediately, and do a lot more with their sites except English marketing where they screw up. The point, their computer skills are excellent IMHO

 

Huh. SRP is back up but B&B is still down. Wild. I don't really visit anymore but I know lots of folks do. Bet they're really jonesin' for a fix about now!

 

I think B&B's issues lie with it's recent upgrade rather than a hacker. There were already a lot of bugs in it and from what I can tell, their database has gone corrupt. And either their host tech support is closed for the weekend and not available to recover a previous backup, B&B's own in-house tech guru never did any backups or it's all just shite the bed and they are going to have to start all over.

 

I think SRP may be upgrading their web site.

 

I joined over at B&B, but it just doesn't have the same feel as here. It might be good, but from what I've seen, this site (TSD) seems to be the best. I find myself on here now more than any other site, (shaving sites, ebay, yahoo, etc...). It just has that "at home" feeling.

So here's to the fine founders and the mod's who work so hard to keep it this way. "CHEERS"

 

I'm a member of all 3 sites, but The Den is far and away the most polite, friendly, and helpful site of the three. Like Brian just said, The Den makes one feel at home and there seems to be no snobberly here.

Keep up the good work mods.

 

I think that's how a lot of us made it here. It just feels like home. I only ever visit the other DE sites if its a slow day at the Den, I want to see what stuff is being sold/traded for or if there are reviews there that aren't here. SRP is a great site for Str8s, esp for those into the technical side, like resto and such, but I'm not even proficient with one yet so most of it goes right over my head.

 

Yep, I agree Noah. I really like going to SRP to learn, but still have remained pretty quiet. Those guys know their stuff with respect to str8s and I don't feel like I know enough to keep from sounding like an ass so I don't. I feel like the Abe quote when dealing there. They know their stuff and I feel like I'd be slowing the conversation down by adding to it.

"Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt." -Abe Lincoln

 

Any enthusiast forum worth its salt has a newbies section, or will otherwise help newcomers learn. Why not introduce yourself there and explain that you are still learning about straights? If they are friendly and helpful, then it is a good place to learn. If they are condescending or impatient, then the place isn't worth a rat's %&# as a learning resource. It is expected, or should be, that newbies to any subject will have very basic, fundamental questions. Any wetshaving aficionado worth the name will be totally stoked to help a new-found compatriot.

Perhaps a different quote would be more applicable:

"He who asks a question is a fool for five minutes; he who does not ask a question remains a fool forever" - Chinese proverb

 

I lurk at SRP and they are quite newbie friendly and offer all kinds of advice without making you feel dumb, from what I've seen so far. As far as B&B goes I've been a member there for awhile, and the new system certainly has kinks to work out. When you make a entry, it takes an eternity to post up.

 

A knitting site I frequent recently got hacked, too. I suspect it's somebody trying to skim usernames and passwords. People have a tendency to use the same name and password across multiple sites, and this is a great way to build spam profiles, possibly hack e-mail accounts and find financial data. This brings up a good question for the mods: Are our passwords encrypted?