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Update June 2024: The plugin being used to support user image galleries on this site was no longer supported on modern versions of this forum software, and for security reasons I had to update things (it was on a VERY old version!). So the galleries are gone for now. I do have an archive of the coup...

I've disabled automatic user registration (fill out a form, click an email confirmation, done). I'm sorry to do this, but we haven't gotten a legit new user signup in a very, very long time. I'm deleting several spam accounts per week. If things were busier here, it wouldn't be that bad, but since i...

This is one that was in the back of my mind for a while, and Dave's recent post prompted me to finally get off my butt and implement it. Do you enjoy weeding through stuff like a=sqrt((x^5/4)-3) to figure out the intent? Would you prefer to see a=\sqrt{(x^5/4)-3} instead? Well, now you can! Click on...

As some may have noticed, we had a spam issue here. Unfortunately this is common these days, just way too much spam out there. The overwhelming majority of all the accounts were created using .ru email addresses, and we had no Russian signups before. Therefore, any attempts to sign up with a .ru ema...

Yes, it appears the spammers broke open the floodgates set in place. The posts should all be gone now, and the users that posted are deleted permanently. A new countermeasure is in place now that should help a lot. Unfortunately, there are about 100 more accounts that were created over the weekend t...

Update June 2024: The plugin being used was no longer supported on modern versions of this forum software, and for security reasons I had to update things (it was on a VERY old version!). So the galleries are gone for now. I do have an archive of the couple dozen photos posted, and can put them in ...

Welcome to HurlingForums.com! This forum is being provided to those interested in the art, science, and history behind hurling machines. Trebuchets, onagers, ballistas, catapults, you name it, we play with them! Previously a lot of us hung out at TheHurl.org, but the owner (Ron) had to shut those fo...