"IT's ALIVE ... ALIIIIIIVVVVVVE!!!!

[MichaelDoran]

<img src="http://classic.newsarama.com/Creators/yf.jpg" width="200" height="151" align="right">We're about 90% back online, ready to begin bringing you all the latest in comic books news, previews and insight - thanks for your patience.

Just to recap...again, Newsarama.com (along with all the other View Askew websites) were hit by a hacker over the weekend. We're rebuilding things to reassemble things as they were, but we're going to need your help.

If you were a registered user of the Newsarama.com message boards, you're going to have to register again (we know - insert moans, teeth gnashing, and wailing here...). To register, click <a href="http://classic.newsarama.com/cgi-bin/ubb/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=agree" target="_top">RIGHT HERE</a>, and have at it (though please bear with us as we work out any registration kinks). And for brand new and previous users alike, we've made it easier than ever. All we ask is for a valid email address and 2 minutes of your time and you'll be all set up. Posting is easier than ever too. Registered users don't even have to login for simple posting features.

Hey - there is an upside - we've updated the message board system to a newer, more efficient version, and if you always wanted a low member number, you can get one now - there are even a few single digits left! Didn't like your old member name? Now's the time to change it, m'kay? But remember, try to keep it at a PG-13 level. If you want to name yourself after Wolverine's nether regions, there are some other sites that might be more.... accommodating.

Thanks again for your patience, and we should be back up and running 100% very shortly.

[gormuu]

Any idea who did this and why? I'm sorry...hackers have just never done it for me. What a waste of other's peoples time for a few anonymous jollies.

[shadowraven]

Good to hear! I was wondering what happened to newsarama. On the plus side i took this as a chance to finally register. I've been visiting newsarama almost daily for the past year but have never done anything past other than lurk

I hope everything is back to normal as soon as possible

[Super Skrull]

Pretty Lame for someone to do. Even a skrull wouldn't sink that low.

[Dan Feeser]

Yay!

[Neil Eon]

Way to get back up!

[Zephyros]

Hey, I'm new, testing this thingamajig out...

[hourman80]

Good to here everything is up and running agian :)

[Michael K. Willis]

Welcome back. I'm glad you guys are back up and running.

Michael

[Monkeyboy]

Welcome back!

- Monkeyboy

[Wade @ Sighnub.com]

I hope the Hoary Hosts of Hoggoth get those horrendous hackers.

Welcome back guys!

[Daniel Harvey]

testing, testing. 1, 2, 3.

[Daniel Harvey]

It "amazed" you or still does? :)

[Somebody]

Looking fine - just two quick questions:<ul> What about archived (old) stories? Are they gone for good? Eugh. BROWN (unvisited) links (and "posted on" tags). What were you thinking? Make. Blue. now. :) :) [/list]

[Barry]

Sorry to hear about your hacker nightmare but glad that you're back up. Keep at it guys!

[Somebody]

[quote]Originally posted by Eric Jack Baker:
<strong>It amazed me how many people have no concept of correct grammar. Don't get me started on the whole "your" and "you're" misuse.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Or, even "better," their/there/they're.

Is it only Americans? I had that stuff drummed into me at primary (5-11, I'm 18 now) until it practically came out of my ears.

[Darren J. Gendron]

Man, grammar and me - we be tight. My two pet peeves are bad apostrophes and hyphens.

[Combat Chuck]

It annoys me as well. Have any of you gotten a note/letter/business memo that has the incorrect usage of they're/there/their, your/you're, or to/too/two? I mean, geez, maybe if they aren't thinking about it, but it really gets on my nerves.

Oh, and I'm kinda glad that this happened, because I've finally decided to actually post now. Huh. Fancy that.

[KidQuantum]

arrrgh... all that work and *BAM* right back to "Junior Member"...

[Disraeli Gears]

Interesting -- my post regarding correct grammar seems to have been misplaced? What was so offensive about my post, may I ask? Seriously, I've seen far worse go by unnoticed on this board.

[Rubber Sled]

Testing...Is this thing on...?

[sat]

Welcome back, Mike, Matt.

I was starting to go through withdrawl! :)

[mojo]

them damn hackers !!
anyway keep up the good work guys
you always supply the good sh*t !!

[Vacuumboy9]

Somebody above asked if old stories were gone, and I was wondering that too...

[basement dweller]

I didn't have newsarama for the weekend, I was going into withdrawl; who is with me to get some tar, feathers and corner us some hackers?

[Somebody]

[quote]Originally posted by KidQuantum:
<strong>arrrgh... all that work and *BAM* right back to "Junior Member"...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Actually, why does it have to say "Junior Member"? Why can't it be "Newcomer" or "New Member". "Junior" sounds, well, patronising...

[howler]

can someone explain hackers to me ...is it the challenge for these geeks...is it a way to have power in a powerless life? god the damage they do simply because they think they are so smart and laughing at the rest of us :mad:

[Jackie Chan's Pants]

[quote]Originally posted by Somebody:
<strong>

Actually, why does it have to say "Junior Member"? Why can't it be "Newcomer" or "New Member". "Junior" sounds, well, patronising...</strong><hr></blockquote>

LOL!! I feel so insecure. :eek:

[Cray_ws]

Glad to see Mike & Matty come back, I had a weird experience when I came to this site while unbeknownst to me it was being hacked. See it all started when.....

I posted a retort back to Mike about their coverage of the open letter from Millar about the massive destruction in the 'Ultimate War' storyline. I was frustrated to say the least and vented a terrible post to Mike.

Hours later I returned to Newsarama only to be denied access. I had thought that Mike banned me because of my posting, I was critical but not that harsh to warrant being banned. So I was confused and needed answers So I contined to try accessing Newsarama, I finally got thru but what I saw was a bizarre rant about Deadpool comic and a sideshow of sign language spelling out the word b-l-o-w-j-o-b. Again I actually thought this was Mike's doing to get me for my little negative rant. See the weird thing is I don't read Deadpool and don't really care for the character either but what really made me think this was Mike's doing is the sign language...I am partially-deaf and can read ASL (American Sign Language). That was the only thing that made me feel like it was an attack on me. But obviously it wasn't. I went to <a href="http://www.comicon.com/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic&f=1&t=006935" target="_blank">Comicon boards</a> and discovered Newsarama had been hacked and I wasn't being attacked or banned. Chalk it up to paranoia :p

-Cray

[FireLight]

Gnash - Grind - Teeth Turning to Dust.

I was #18 before...

Nonetheless - much happier that Newsarama is back online. Been too long without my fix.

[Meteoro]

Does somebody know why I keep getting the texts on the main page all cramped up?

It's unreadable! Could it be because I'm checking this site with a Mac? I just don't know...

:( M :(

[Mike Tyler]

Great news! Glad to have you guys back! :D

[OM]

[quote]Originally posted by michaelDORAN:
<strong>Just to recap...again, Newsarama.com (along with all the other View Askew websites) were hit by a hacker over the weekend. We're rebuilding things to reassemble things as they were, but we're going to need your help. </strong><hr></blockquote>

...Well ain't this the shit. At least I finally got my normal login name back.

[Christoph]

I've been reading (or lurking I guess) for years. I've followed Newsarama around to so many different places on the web and now finally for some reason I decided to register. Glad to have the best comic book website back up and running.

Welcome back!

[Pariah]

Anyone have any idea why the site was hacked? And if any messages were left behind is there a chance to see them? All I saw over the weekend was "Hi, be back soon."

Glad your back though.

[MichaelDoran]

Some answers to some of the various questions here:

As the story currently reads, we're about 90% back... there is some adjustments and some tweaking still to be done.

And yes, unfortunately the content was wiped out. We'll be reposting some recent stories, but the last two months are gone with the wind, sorry about that.

To the poster whose post was removed, yes, I'm sure a lot worse has gone on here, but I saw yours, and we don't tolerate posts simply to insult and disrespect other posters and creators.

You want to start a discussion about grammar, please do, but you went out of your way to insult and belittle another person here, and that's goes against board etiquette/policy/whatever-you-want-to-call-it.

And as I say, "yeah, but some other guy did worse" is not an excuse. We expect you to mind yourself and respect the policy you agreed to when you signed up. Your conduct will not be graded on a curve.

To the Mac user having formatting problems. Email me and I'll pass it along to our webmaster.

Any other questions, suggestions?

Actually, if you have any suggestion as to color scheme, formatting and whatnot, please use the Talk@Newsarama board. We will look at your suggestions.

Best and thanks for the support.

md

[John Osen]

The new member numbers rock!

[MichaelDoran]

[quote]Originally posted by OM:
<strong>...Well ain't this the shit. At least I finally got my normal login name back.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Oh, sonuvabitch, I meant to register that one myself.. well, I suppose I can always edit yours...

md (who's joking btw)

[Daryn X]

Look at my name! Get it? GET IT? Ah, that's rich! Because Agent X was a relaunch...and the names are a rela...hahah!

So about this whole hacking thing. Newsarama was hacked over the weekend. Yes, we all know this. So does that mean that this is how hackers spend the weekend? :confused: But really, what hacker would go to the trouble of hacking newsarama? Why this site? Why note larger, more noticeable ones? What I am trying to say is this....whoever hacked newsarama...is one of us. (To be continued in 30)

Daryn

[Somebody]

[quote]Originally posted by BLUES BROTHER:
<strong>The new member numbers rock!</strong><hr></blockquote>

True - look at the number I got :D .

[Somebody]

[quote]Originally posted by michaelDORAN:
<strong>Actually, if you have any suggestion as to color scheme, formatting and whatnot, please use the Talk@Newsarama board. We will look at your suggestions.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I'll drop it after this, but the colour scheme on the Talk board is different - and better :) . If you extended that to the other boards, I;d be happy :) .

[Somebody]

[quote]Originally posted by Somebody:
<strong>

I'll drop it after this, but the colour scheme on the Talk board is different - and better :) . If you extended that to the other boards, I'd be happy :) (well, happier... :p ).</strong><hr></blockquote>

[Andrew Bartel]

Congratulations on your return! I was a little worried for awhile there.

[Joe]

Glad to see you guys are back up!! :p

[Erik Merk]

I think I have a lower number this time

[qnetter]

So, not to be a wet blanket or anything, but...

Haven't you guys ever heard of backups? How about configuration control? Don't you have a snapshot of the site in some fully logged mechanism somewhere on an unrelated machine so all you need to do is out it back and maybe lose a few hours of content? I mean, a 120GB disk drive costs less than $200 these days.

[Jerry Livengood]

Let me be the first to say it then "Rob Liefeld sucks" I'm sorry, I just had to.

[Gail Simone]

Glad you guys are back. Good job.

Gail

[Justin WFCOMICS]

[quote]Originally posted by michaelDORAN:
As the story currently reads, we're about 90% back... there is some adjustments and some tweaking still to be done.
<hr></blockquote>Man, did that hack attack hurt :mad: !

I'm glad to see you back online and to hear that things are almost back to normal :) .

I'm really sorry about the lost content :( . That majorly sucks! Trust me, I understand.

You still singing, "I get knocked down, but I get up again..." :p ?

http://www.comicscommunity.com/masterfiles/boardimages/justinsig.gif

[Gear]

test

[BillRitter]

Glad you're back. Great work by everyone at the 'arama cave to get the site back and running.

[Brian Jacks]

Welcome back guys, hope you can recover any data you may have lost.

-Brian

[fournwah]

welcome back

[Todd VerBeek]

[quote]Originally posted by michaelDORAN:
<strong>And yes, unfortunately the content was wiped out. We'll be reposting some recent stories, but the last two months are gone with the wind, sorry about that.</strong><hr></blockquote>

(I know I tend to pontificate about a lot of topics, but this is one where my professional resume actually justifies it. Please indulge me.)

For any business that relies on technology (and I think a web site fits that description :rolleyes: ) system backups are a simple matter of operational competence.

Don't feel too bad about getting cracked; it can happen to even the best-run shops (though it still indicates a certain lack of attention to detail, e.g. using server software with known exploits, leaving vulnerable ports open). But not being able to recover from such an incident... that's pretty darn difficult to justify.

Making and maintaining regular backups is at the most basic, beginning level of operational continuity planning. If you're not doing that, apparently you're not doing anything. (I'm using "you" in the collective sense, of course, not speaking of you specifically, Mike.) "Unprofessional" is a word that gets used pretty casually in these parts, but I think it genuinely fits here.

Additionally, there's little excuse for the site being AWOL for so long. This is fairly easily addressed with hardware redundancy. That doesn't have to mean spending a fortune on high-end RAID5 storage, mirrored servers with automatic fail-over, etc. (For one thing, those won't help you if your system's been compromised on the software level.) Think of it more in terms of having a bike or bus fare handy in case the car won't start.

For example, for the purposes of my own data center, it means that in the event my main server catches fire, gets cracked, or otherwise has to be taken out of service, I already know which of my workstation machines will be taken off the desk, outfitted with which additional hardware and/or software to provide minimally adequate service, and put to work in its place. Furthermore, I've actually done it in a practise run or two. (For a few days last week, my web sites and those I host were actually running on my iMac running OS X. Just to make sure they could.) So last year when I did get cracked (my own damn fault for leaving FTP enabled), I was back online within an hour of discovering it. If I can maintain this level of service on a subsistence-level income in a home-based data center, someone actually earning a regular paycheck to run one should be able to do at least as well.

The next step is instituting some intrusion detection, so you know when you need to haul that iMac into the server room. Again, that doesn't have to mean expensive packet sniffers, et al; a cron job that checks hourly for changes in key system files could alert your operations folks that something fishy is going on.

And for all of these measures (and the various others you should probably take as well... I'd have to start charging you consulting fees if I went into any more detail :) ), you need to test them. Check your backups periodically to make sure you can actually recover using them, because otherwise you might as well not bother making them at all. Take an afternoon to walk through some "what if" drills to see if you really know how to put your continuity plans into action. Download a rootkit and some other scriptkiddie toys and see if you can break in, and if doing so trips any of your alarms.

Planning for every possible contingency will bankrupt you pretty quickly. But you can gain a lot without doing all that much. You just need to weigh the costs (tangible and otherwise) of being down against the costs (actual and potential) of staying up. Then look for how you can get the most necessary continuity assurances without breaking the piggy bank.

Anyhow, that's how I'd run things if I were in charge of operations for Newsarama and her sister sites. I hope this incident will prompt the (ir)responsible persons to make some changes. Because if it's worth putting up, it's worth keeping up.

Cheers, Todd

[paulski]

[quote]Originally posted by OM:
<strong>...Well ain't this the shit. At least I finally got my normal login name back.</strong><hr></blockquote>

You and me both, brother. :D

"Finally, paulski has come back... to Newsarama."

[Todd VerBeek]

[quote]Originally posted by howler:
<strong>can someone explain hackers to me ...is it the challenge for these geeks...is it a way to have power in a powerless life? god the damage they do simply because they think they are so smart and laughing at the rest of us :mad: </strong><hr></blockquote>

There's no single or simple answer, but for the majority, you've pretty much put your finger on it. Crackers are generally "losers" in most aspects of their lives, and earning prestige points by showing off to their peers or (in this case) taking pot-shots at someone "cooler" than them, is how they try to make up for it.

The irony is that they're generally not that smart. Most of them don't really understand all that much about computers and security. They're completely dependent on tools built by the few crackers who really do know what they're dealing with. I've seen transcripts of chats between these scriptkiddies (caught in honeypots they thought were real systems), and it's remarkable just how clueless many of them are. They're not much different from a toddler pulling the trigger on a gun he found, having no concept at all of how it works.

(I call them "crackers" rather than "hackers" because a hacker is someone who really knows what he's doing - and most crackers do not - and isn't necessarily malicious or harmful - as crackers obviously are. "Hacker" used to be a term of respect - or at least tolerance - for someone who knows his subject matter inside and out and can use that knowledge very effectively - though perhaps a bit rough around the edges, but the mainstream news media have over simplified and misconstrued it into meaning something else.)

Cheers, Todd

[beta-ray]

Glad to see you guys back, whole and hearty...

[Jmac439]

Glad to see the site is back up :)

[Larry Young]

Welcome back, guys.

L.

[MindTricked]

Welcome back, friends.

As to the hacker(s) - may Bill Jemas visit your home and explain Marvel's overprint policy to you ad nauseum, and then stuff Greg Horn's shiny Marville # 1 up your candy ass(es) - sideways, of course.

[KingStalin]

Way to make me register again, rassam frassam

[MindTricked]

[quote]Originally posted by KingStalin:
<strong>Way to make me register again, rassam frassam</strong><hr></blockquote>

LOL - I agree. Damn. And I had a whole 12-15 posts or 20 or something like that. All that wonderful knowledge lost. Alas.

[PeregrineReviews]

Good enough time as any to register for the first time. Glad we're back. I can't go a day without Newsarama!

[goochisan]

Guess I didn't make the single digits, eh?

[Rickman]

Let me just say welcome back guys as well :D

Rick

[Kevin T. Brown]

Welcome back, guys!

[KILLBOX]

Glad you guys are back. I was having withdrawls. The shakes are over. Your site is back up. Pass the comic news on.

Brian Denham

[Brian Hibbs]

Just testing my login

[Hunter]

[quote]Originally posted by KidQuantum:
<strong>arrrgh... all that work and *BAM* right back to "Junior Member"...</strong><hr></blockquote>

Yeah -- my old member number was better, too.

[MattFreakinLittle]

Stan, Guy, first off, love the show. Well, at least King Ding-a-ling's little hack job gave me a chance to get off my duff and actually register on your site. Keep up your good work. Bet you feel better now that I gave you my praise huh?

And oh yeah, Ellwood SUCKS (I kid, I kid)

[Blueswade]

Welcome back! Have a coke and a kick back for a minute to catch your breath...

[Grey]

To register is not a big deal if you signed up before and for some of us its pushed us to sign up for the very first time.

Glad to see this place back up and running again.

[newarrior]

Good to see the site back up!

[OMAR]

To everyone's great delight, I have returned.
Here's hoping this wasn't simply a way to wipe the slate clean, given various controversies as of late.
Best of luck to Newsarama.

[TonyJr4]

Test :p

[OM]

[quote]Originally posted by OMAR:
<strong>Here's hoping this wasn't simply a way to wipe the slate clean, given various controversies as of late.</strong><hr></blockquote>

...Considering the way you're about to get run off of Pulse, the way Heidi's acting of late, I can see why you'd be interested in clean slates :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-) :-)

[quote]Originally posted by Todd VerBeek:
<strong>(I call them "crackers" rather than "hackers" because a hacker is someone who really knows what he's doing - and most crackers do not - and isn't necessarily malicious or harmful - as crackers obviously are. "Hacker" used to be a term of respect - or at least tolerance - for someone who knows his subject matter inside and out and can use that knowledge very effectively - though perhaps a bit rough around the edges, but the mainstream news media have over simplified and misconstrued it into meaning something else.)</strong><hr></blockquote>

...In my day, hacking meant breaking into corporate mainframes using accoustic modems with the sole purpose of locating their online games - read: Colossal Cave, Super Star Trek, Chess and anything else we could find. That was <u>it</u>. We didn't **** with people's bank accounts, or spy on corporate secrets. We just played the games until the BFOH on duty caught us, broke in and laughed with us at how shitty their security was, and punted us off so we could try again the next day. The punks that followed us didn't understand the rules of the game, and rather than laughing with the BOFH, they got even by doing damage.

[quote]Originally posted by Todd VerBeek:
[Admonishing of Matty & Mikey over lack of backups purged]
<strong>Cheers, Todd</strong><hr></blockquote>

...After all these years, still doing the .sig "cheers" after acting high'n'mighty, huh Todd? Good to see some universal constants haven't been retconned :-) :-) :-) :-) Still, I would have waited a day or three before jumping their ass on this one. Having just rebuilt a system sans backups last night, I know what they're going through.

Then again, I get off on rebuilding systems from scratch, so sue me...

[DragynWulf]

Nice job using the YOUNG FRANKINSTEIN image and quote. It even goes with Halloween. :D

Figured I would test mine out as well to make sure it works.

[danzo]

yeah, i'm really just testing my login like everyone else, and anxious to see my new lower number...hee-hee....
but i think Todd VerBeek made some really nice points so i thought i'd say so....especially the bits about hackers- correcting the term to crackers, and the fact that most crackers haven't the slightest idea what they're doing or how. the scary part is it's really just starting; the little "progs" these little twerps use are achieving wider distribution daily, which means even more clueless no-lifes will be looking for targets....sigh.
sucks losing the data, though- i was involved in a couple of good discussions, but i guess having a number lower than my old 2000-whatever compensates. doesn't it?

[Todd VerBeek]

[quote]Originally posted by OM:
<strong>Still, I would have waited a day or three before jumping their ass on this one. Having just rebuilt a system sans backups last night, I know what they're going through.</strong><hr></blockquote>

I've been there myself (I learned it the hard way), so I empathise as well. But it's not like I sent the lecture to their other e-mail addresses over the weekend when they were still down. (I did send a "hey" to the admin contact for ViewAskew.com, which was still showing the vandal's handiwork.) But really... why wait? There's no time like the present to drive home the point that their current grief was avoidable.

Cheers, Todd
(who types it every darn time; sig files are too insincere)

[Tue Sorensen]

Just testing, and checking my member #...

[pmpknface]

Those BASTARDS!!!! :mad:

Good to have you back guys! :)

[oo7]

Test Post.

Welcome Back Guys.

[beetle]

Glad you're back. I missed you newsarama....my work day has been incomplete. heh

[Grendel Prime]

The correct term is "cracker", or one who attempts to gain unauthorised access to a computer system ("cracking"). Techinically, the term "hacker" refers only to sperson who enjoys exploring the details of programming ("hacking") and stretching their own programming capabilities, as opposed to most users, who prefer to learn only the minimum necessary.

And that's straight from my System Administrator handbook.

[rockieman]

[quote]Originally posted by Somebody:
<strong>

True - look at the number I got :D .</strong><hr></blockquote>

You stole my # :D :D

I can't wait to see what my # is now after this message is posted.

[jaldec]

Welcome back!

Al

[Frank]

Welcome back!

[Travis W. Howard]

Actually, the lingo used is "script kiddie" referring to someone who uses a script or tool, or finds a webpage listing program loopholes/exploits.

Crackers are people who make it their goal to bypass code routines.

Hackers are people who can tweak code to do what they want, generally in innovative ways.

Anyways.. idle speculation here, but I'd wager that likely the hacking attempt was due largely to a program loophole/exploit.. hence, the upgrade to the new software. UBB is good, and I'd also recommend vBulletin if you have SQL on your servers.

There was a slew of attacks on message boards last week, with many being taken over, deleted, or what not. The newest exploit apparently will echo logins/passwords, so I'd recommend everyone update their passwords on other sites that you use the same password here for.

I've been there, so I know how much of a pain this is to do, so they didn't decide to do this to start over with a clean slate. I'd definately recommend, as stated above, considering RAID drives. Additionally, make sure your sysadmin or someone in charge is subscribed to Bugtraq or checks the exploit sites often.

<a href="http://www.securityfocus.com/popups/forums/bugtraq/intro.shtml" target="_blank">http://www.securityfocus.com/popups/forums/bugtraq/intro.shtml</a>
<a href="http://www.slashdot.org" target="_blank">http://www.slashdot.org</a>
<a href="http://www.rootshell.com" target="_blank">http://www.rootshell.com</a>

Hope this helps,
-Travis

[BHolmes]

Let's see if this works...
I have been lurking here at newsarma for a few months and I figure like many others this would be a good time to register. Being buried back here on page 4 should allow me to gracefully enter with little notice so I can work out any bugs I will encounter.
Good to see the site back up and running.
Benjamin

[Sparvid]

[quote]Originally posted by Somebody:
<strong>True - look at the number I got :D .</strong><hr></blockquote>I hate you... :p

Good to be back!

[rizzo]

test..

[Velvet Glove]

Die hackers die

[zarniwoop]

la la la la la la la la la la la

I love the Smurfs.

[Elayne]

Well, except for some re-registration problems with which Michael is helping me out (thanks Michael! and that's why I've temporarily created another first-name-only reg), I'm glad things are back to normal. Welcome back, guys!

- Elayne

[qnetter]

[quote]Originally posted by Travis W. Howard:
<strong>I've been there, so I know how much of a pain this is to do, so they didn't decide to do this to start over with a clean slate. I'd definately recommend, as stated above, considering RAID drives.</strong><hr></blockquote>

Always a good idea, but it wouldn't have done anything to assist in this case, of course -- it would only have made the trashing of your data more reliable...

[OM]

[quote]Originally posted by Elayne:
<strong>Well, except for some re-registration problems with which Michael is helping me out (thanks Michael! and that's why I've temporarily created another first-name-only reg), I'm glad things are back to normal. Welcome back, guys!
</strong><hr></blockquote>

...Now you know how I felt when I couldn't log in a few months back, E :-)

[Elayne]

Pfeh, I'm not talking to you any more, you still haven't answered my e-mail. :)

Oh, Michael and/or Matt, you might want to add that extra "i" to the last word in the sentence "How about Registering Today (by clicking on the link) and becoming an active message board particpant?" (emphasis mine). I love you guys but your spelling and/or proofing is atrocious. :)

- Elayne

[kneel-B4-Zod]

Testes, testes, one, two, um...three?

[MichaelDoran]

I can spell but good, it's my typing that's the problem area.

And trust me, there is a reason why writers and editors are generally not the same person.

Our intentions are good, believe me.

md

[Rawle Austin]

Welcome back guys. This is the premier comicbook news website so keep up the good work.

The only good thing about this whole thing is that whilst on the Pulse website I heard about the JMS & Gary Frank, Max Squadron Supreme ongoing coming out soon which I must of missed somehow...

Not first post but I'll get there yet!

[OM]

[quote]Originally posted by Elayne:
<strong>Pfeh, I'm not talking to you any more, you still haven't answered my e-mail. :) </strong><hr></blockquote>

...What e-mail? Rest assured had I gotten it, I would have responded with a couple of nude pics of me attached :-)

Ok, maybe not me, but I'd have found something...:-P

[Godmera]

Glad you guys are back, got worried there for awhile.

[danzo]

ok, i know this was juvenile, but when i saw it, i really did "laugh out loud" thanks....heh-hee

"Testes, testes, one, two, um...three? "

i'm such a sucker for a cheap laugh....thanks again, Kneel-b4-Zod....

[RDFozz]

Shakes ... subsiding.

Ability to think rationally ... coming back.

Ability to post like Batman's caption in DARK KNIGHT RETURNS .... no better than ever.

Welcome back. I missed you. Please don't leave again.

Oh, and glad that you use Apache.

[Elayne Riggs]

[quote]Originally posted by OM:
<strong>...What e-mail?</strong><hr></blockquote>

The one I sent you about Our Pact on these here comics message boards. It was sent to the only e-mail address I have for you. If you can't find it drop me a line privately (at least you know my e-address, it's right in my profile) and I'll resend. I want to get this straightened out in our sigs already! :)

- Elayne