Why you shouldn't hotlink images

[jesse]

Going through my logs, i noticed that 6% of my bandwidth seemed to be going to a single site, a crappy forum devoted to fans of the NBA. I poked around and found that one image i had on my host was being hotlinked not by just that NBA forum, but a couple other crappy forums and few personal webpages.

So, after a few minutes in photoshop, i worked up a nice replacement and replaced the linked image with it.

hilarity ensues:

http://www.realgm.com/boards/profile...rofile&u=12813

These two geniuses also hot linked to it:

http://members.blackplanet.com/audius
http://members.blackplanet.com/ma_bleek/

(uh yeah, the links aren't work safe, in case you haven't guessed it)

Is there any other image rewrite solutions other than .htaccess? with .htaccess i've found i can allow specific urls and redirect everything else but not allow most anything and rewrite a list of specific urls. Or maybe i'm a tard.

[ck3k]

Muhahaha, now that is funny

[highwizard]

Going through my logs, i noticed that 6% of my bandwidth seemed to be going to a single site, a crappy forum devoted to fans of the NBA. I poked around and found that one image i had on my host was being hotlinked not by just that NBA forum, but a couple other crappy forums and few personal webpages.

So, after a few minutes in photoshop, i worked up a nice replacement and replaced the linked image with it.

hilarity ensues:

http://www.realgm.com/boards/profile...rofile&u=12813

These two geniuses also hot linked to it:

http://members.blackplanet.com/audius
http://members.blackplanet.com/ma_bleek/

(uh yeah, the links aren't work safe, in case you haven't guessed it)

Is there any other image rewrite solutions other than .htaccess? with .htaccess i've found i can allow specific urls and redirect everything else but not allow most anything and rewrite a list of specific urls. Or maybe i'm a tard.

What was the original image?

[Gadsden]

Damn you, Jesse!

You just made me laugh so hard I shot hot coffee out of my nose!

That is the hardest I have laughed in weeks.. the jackass on the last link still has the picture on his site!

It seems the thread on the nba site has been pulled.. damn

Props to ya, that is an instant classic.

[noid]

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. I constantly have people trying to hardlink to the 'chick with the gun' on the la2600 page, so I roll the image to goatse every few months. However, if you dont mind, I'd like to start using your graphic..it says what needs to be said AND has a little goatse action.

[Gadsden]

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. I constantly have people trying to hardlink to the 'chick with the gun' on the la2600 page, so I roll the image to goatse every few months. However, if you dont mind, I'd like to start using your graphic..it says what needs to be said AND has a little goatse action.

Heh.. just don't hardlink to it! :p

Jessie: if ya don't mind, I am going to shrink it to a more viewabe size and keep it handy as well.. just in case..

[bascule]

I still prefer fails.jpeg, just be warned that clicking that link may have adverse effects on your system's stability.

[Mr.White]

I still prefer fails.jpeg, just be warned that clicking that link may have adverse effects on your system's stability.

Thar really toasted Mozilla on my XP machine, but Camino on my Mac didn't even flinch. The page source for that site has to be the most entertaining source I ever read.

[skroo]

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. I constantly have people trying to hardlink to the 'chick with the gun' on the la2600 page, so I roll the image to goatse every few months.

For anyone who may be wondering, here's a sample. Warning: THIS IS NOT SAFE FOR WORK.

http://ca.groups.yahoo.com/group/WarUnix/

- skroo.

[skroo]

Thar really toasted Mozilla on my XP machine, but Camino on my Mac didn't even flinch.

Odd... Mozilla on the (fully-patched) 2000 Pro box I'm on now just displayed a big grey rectangle and sat there looking bored at me. Nothing bit the big green weenie, though.

[bascule]

Odd... Mozilla on the (fully-patched) 2000 Pro box I'm on now just displayed a big grey rectangle and sat there looking bored at me. Nothing bit the big green weenie, though.

It really depends on whether your system has the resources to process and display a 9999x9999 pixel JPEG. The real advantage of fails.jpeg is that it's only 961 bytes long but will still be processed and displayed by the majority of JPEG implementations out there.

[Mr.White]

Odd... Mozilla on the (fully-patched) 2000 Pro box I'm on now just displayed a big grey rectangle and sat there looking bored at me. Nothing bit the big green weenie, though.

Mozilla 1.5 AND Firebird both choked and froze on my fully patched XP Pro laptop. vieeerd.

[bascule]

Mozilla 1.5 AND Firebird both choked and froze on my fully patched XP Pro laptop. vieeerd.

On my 2.4GHz desktop both IE and Opera process and display it within a few seconds (Opera is done almost instantly). However, on my 500MHz K6-2 here at work I basically have to kill -9 the Opera process in order to make the system usable again.

Yes, I should really jack myself one of those nice 1GHz PIII Dells we have floating around when one becomes available again.

[jesse]

What was the original image?

a stupid animated gif of two asian guys kung fu fighting

[jesse]

This is one of my biggest pet peeves. I constantly have people trying to hardlink to the 'chick with the gun' on the la2600 page, so I roll the image to goatse every few months. However, if you dont mind, I'd like to start using your graphic..it says what needs to be said AND has a little goatse action.

knock yourself out man, anyone with bandwidth thieves can use it.