American Chemical Society bans university after "spider-trap" is clicked

Re:American Chemical Society bans university after "spider-t... by dalke on Friday April 04, 2014 @09:23AM (#7531173)

arXiv.org, back when it was still xxx.lanl.gov had a similar trap. Yes, I clicked on it. It gave a warning of the sort "don't this again, here's what's happening, if we see many more requests from your site then we'll shut off access."

This was in the late 1990s.

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Re:American Chemical Society bans university after "spider-t... by HCIdivision17 on Friday April 04, 2014 @02:17PM (#7533276)

I still remember that page. As a middle schooler who didn't know anything from anything, it was a perplexing thing. The site's got an xxx at the front, but looks like a legit government site from wait, Los Alamos? Like from "Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman"? Oh jeez, I'm gonna get in trouble with the school...

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