Iron Maiden 1, Osbournes 0

There is something rotten in the state of Ozzfest, or so it is reported ... and according to the reports, it's Ozzy.  This account describes one of the most shameful examples of public behavior I've ever heard of on behalf of any musical artist.

The Osbournes picked the wrong band to try to fuck with, though .... they picked on Iron Maiden.

LiveJournal bad-payment DoS attack?

voltron_rex reports what appears to be very bad form on LiveJournal's part.  It appears if someone -- which doesn't have to be you -- makes a "suspected fraudulent payment" for your account, LiveJournal 's policy is to PERMANENTLY suspend "all accounts involved" ... including yours.  So it appears there's a potential denial-of-service against LiveJournal -- anyone who doesn't like you or what you say in your journal, and can figure out how to make a fraudulent or apparently-fraudulent payment to your account (which could cost them as little as $3, for one month's paid status), can get your journal permanently suspended.

In the case referenced, the account was accidentally paid twice, through PayPal, and then the overpayment was refunded.  LiveJournal decided this constituted a "suspected fraudulent payment".  voltron_rex, the payor, and saansaansaan, the account holder, are trying to get it straightened out ... but if the account is "permanently suspended" on the grounds of a "suspected fraudulent payment", then it's a bit fucking late, isn't it...?

This is a bad policy that needs to be fixed.

Huh. This is an interesting quirk.

So, here I am, logged in to LiveJournal.  If I open a new window or a new tab, and open my journal in that tab, there I am, logged in in that tab/window too.  But ... it occurs to me that I missed a detail in a comment on a prior post.  So, it being the fastest way to get to it, I pull up that post from my bookmarked RSS feed of my journal, find the comment, add an additional comment, submit ... and I'm not logged in.  Curious.

For some reason, if I open the post via RSS, that window/tab doesn't get associated with my login cookie.