diff --git a/plugins/Config/test.py b/plugins/Config/test.py
index f59646683..49130b08e 100644
--- a/plugins/Config/test.py
+++ b/plugins/Config/test.py
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import supybot.conf as conf
 
 class ConfigTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
     # We add utilities so there's something in supybot.plugins.
-    plugins = ('Config', 'Utilities', 'AutoMode')
+    plugins = ('Config', 'Utilities')
     def testGet(self):
         self.assertNotRegexp('config get supybot.reply', r'registry\.Group')
         self.assertResponse('config supybot.protocols.irc.throttleTime', '0.0')
@@ -49,9 +49,6 @@ class ConfigTestCase(ChannelPluginTestCase):
     def testHelp(self):
         self.assertError('config help alsdkfj')
         self.assertError('config help supybot.alsdkfj')
-        self.assertNotRegexp('config list supybot', '.*alsdkfj.*')
-        self.assertError('config help supybot.plugins.AutoMode.ban.alsdkfj')
-        self.assertNotRegexp('config list supybot.plugins.AutoMode.ban', '.*alsdkfj.*')
         self.assertNotError('config help supybot') # We tell the user to list.
         self.assertNotError('config help supybot.plugins')
         self.assertNotError('config help supybot.replies.success')
diff --git a/plugins/Later/locale/it.po b/plugins/Later/locale/it.po
index 520b48e0d..fc610588e 100644
--- a/plugins/Later/locale/it.po
+++ b/plugins/Later/locale/it.po
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Supybot-fr\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-26 09:49+CET\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-06-26 18:57+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-08-10 14:27+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: skizzhg <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Italian <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language: it\n"
@@ -159,7 +159,28 @@ msgstr ""
 msgid "There were no notes for %r"
 msgstr "Non ci sono note per %r"
 
-#: plugin.py:231
+#: plugin.py:212
+#, docstring
+msgid ""
+"<nick>\n"
+"\n"
+"        Removes the latest note you sent to <nick>.\n"
+"        "
+msgstr ""
+"<nick>\n"
+"\n"
+"        Rimuove l'ultima nota inviata a <nick>.\n"
+"        "
+
+#: plugin.py:217
+msgid "There are no note waiting for %s."
+msgstr "Non ci sono note in attesa per %s."
+
+#: plugin.py:228
+msgid "There are no note from you waiting for %s."
+msgstr "Non ci sono note in attesa per %s da te inviate."
+
+#: plugin.py:252
 msgid "Sent %s: <%s> %s"
 msgstr "Inviata %s: <%s> %s"
 
diff --git a/plugins/Misc/locale/it.po b/plugins/Misc/locale/it.po
index 17dc655a6..b2fbb2b68 100644
--- a/plugins/Misc/locale/it.po
+++ b/plugins/Misc/locale/it.po
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Supybot-fr\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-26 09:49+CET\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-08-10 02:11+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-08-10 14:39+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: skizzhg <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Italian <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language: it\n"
@@ -161,12 +161,12 @@ msgstr "La versione di questo Supybot è %s.  %s"
 msgid ""
 "takes no arguments\n"
 "\n"
-"        Returns a URL saying where to get Supybot.\n"
+"        Returns a URL saying where to get Limnoria.\n"
 "        "
 msgstr ""
 "non necessita argomenti\n"
 "\n"
-"        Riporta un URL che dice dove ottenere Supybot.\n"
+"        Riporta un URL che dice dove ottenere Limnoria.\n"
 "        "
 
 #: plugin.py:243
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ msgstr "Non ho mai visto %s, lascio a te l'invio del messaggio."
 msgid "%s wants me to tell you: %s"
 msgstr "%s vuole che ti dica: %s"
 
-#: plugin.py:430
+#: plugin.py:431
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "takes no arguments\n"
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "        Controlla che il bot sia ancora vivo.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:434
+#: plugin.py:435
 msgid "pong"
 msgstr "pong"
 
diff --git a/plugins/Misc/plugin.py b/plugins/Misc/plugin.py
index 08623811e..2f20de0a0 100644
--- a/plugins/Misc/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Misc/plugin.py
@@ -43,10 +43,15 @@ import supybot.irclib as irclib
 import supybot.ircmsgs as ircmsgs
 import supybot.ircutils as ircutils
 import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
+from supybot import commands
+
 from supybot.utils.iter import ifilter
 from supybot.i18n import PluginInternationalization, internationalizeDocstring
 _ = PluginInternationalization('Misc')
 
+class RegexpTimeout(Exception):
+    pass
+
 class Misc(callbacks.Plugin):
     def __init__(self, irc):
         self.__parent = super(Misc, self)
@@ -332,10 +337,27 @@ class Misc(callbacks.Plugin):
                 predicates.setdefault('without', []).append(f)
             elif option == 'regexp':
                 def f(m, arg=arg):
+                    def f1(s, arg):
+                        """Since we can't enqueue match objects into the multiprocessing queue,
+                        we'll just wrap the function to return bools."""
+                        if arg.search(s) is not None:
+                            return True
+                        else:
+                            return False
                     if ircmsgs.isAction(m):
-                        return arg.search(ircmsgs.unAction(m))
+                        m1 = ircmsgs.unAction(m)
+                        #return arg.search(ircmsgs.unAction(m))
                     else:
-                        return arg.search(m.args[1])
+                        m1 = m.args[1]
+                        #return arg.search(m.args[1])
+                    try:
+                        # use a subprocess here, since specially crafted regexps can
+                        # take exponential time and hang up the bot.
+                        # timeout of 0.1 should be more than enough for any normal regexp.
+                        v = commands.process(f1, m1, arg, timeout=0.1, pn=self.name(), cn='last')
+                        return v
+                    except commands.ProcessTimeoutError:
+                        return False
                 predicates.setdefault('regexp', []).append(f)
             elif option == 'nolimit':
                 nolimit = True
@@ -370,8 +392,12 @@ class Misc(callbacks.Plugin):
             showNick = True
         for m in iterable:
             for predicate in predicates:
-                if not predicate(m):
-                    break
+                try:
+                    if not predicate(m):
+                        break
+                except RegexpTimeout:
+                    irc.error(_('The regular expression timed out.'))
+                    return
             else:
                 if nolimit:
                     resp.append(ircmsgs.prettyPrint(m,
diff --git a/plugins/Note/plugin.py b/plugins/Note/plugin.py
index b89de964d..f76921a62 100644
--- a/plugins/Note/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Note/plugin.py
@@ -42,6 +42,7 @@ import supybot.ircmsgs as ircmsgs
 import supybot.plugins as plugins
 import supybot.ircutils as ircutils
 import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
+from supybot import commands
 from supybot.i18n import PluginInternationalization, internationalizeDocstring
 _ = PluginInternationalization('Note')
 
@@ -294,7 +295,8 @@ class Note(callbacks.Plugin):
         own = to
         for (option, arg) in optlist:
             if option == 'regexp':
-                criteria.append(arg.search)
+                criteria.append(lambda x: commands.regexp_wrapper(x, reobj=arg, 
+                        timeout=0.1, plugin_name = self.name(), fcn_name='search'))
             elif option == 'sent':
                 own = frm
         if glob:
diff --git a/plugins/Seen/locale/it.po b/plugins/Seen/locale/it.po
index 71ef8369f..a4e2b416a 100644
--- a/plugins/Seen/locale/it.po
+++ b/plugins/Seen/locale/it.po
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Supybot-fr\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-26 09:49+CET\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-08-10 02:27+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-08-10 14:43+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: skizzhg <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Italian <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language: it\n"
@@ -10,47 +10,48 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 
-#: plugin.py:203 plugin.py:284
+#: plugin.py:204 plugin.py:285
 msgid "%s was last seen in %s %s ago: %s"
 msgstr "%s è stato visto per l'ultima volta in %s %s fa: %s"
 
-#: plugin.py:210
+#: plugin.py:211
 msgid "%s (%s ago)"
 msgstr "%s (%s fa)"
 
-#: plugin.py:212
+#: plugin.py:213
 msgid "%s could be %L"
 msgstr "%s potrebbe essere %L"
 
-#: plugin.py:212
+#: plugin.py:213
 msgid "or"
 msgstr "oppure"
 
-#: plugin.py:214
+#: plugin.py:215
 msgid "I haven't seen anyone matching %s."
 msgstr "Non ho visto nessuno che corrisponda a %s."
 
-#: plugin.py:216 plugin.py:288
+#: plugin.py:217 plugin.py:289
 msgid "I have not seen %s."
 msgstr "Non ho visto %s."
 
-#: plugin.py:220
+#: plugin.py:221
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "[<channel>] <nick>\n"
 "\n"
 "        Returns the last time <nick> was seen and what <nick> was last seen\n"
 "        saying. <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent on the\n"
-"        channel itself.\n"
+"        channel itself. <nick> may contain * as a wildcard.\n"
 "        "
 msgstr ""
 "[<canale>] <nick>\n"
 "\n"
 "        Riporta l'ultima volta che <nick> è stato visto e cosa stava dicendo.\n"
-"        <canale> è necessario solo se il messaggio non viene inviato nel canale stesso.\n"
+"        <canale> è necessario solo se il messaggio non viene inviato nel canale\n"
+"        stesso. <nick> può contenere * come wildcard.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:231
+#: plugin.py:232
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "[<channel>] [--user <name>] [<nick>]\n"
@@ -73,15 +74,15 @@ msgstr ""
 "        solo se il messaggio non viene inviato nel canale stesso.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:261
+#: plugin.py:262
 msgid "Someone was last seen in %s %s ago: %s"
 msgstr "Qualcuno è stato visto per l'ultima volta in %s %s fa: %s"
 
-#: plugin.py:265
+#: plugin.py:266
 msgid "I have never seen anyone."
 msgstr "Non ho mai visto nessuno."
 
-#: plugin.py:269
+#: plugin.py:270
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "[<channel>]\n"
@@ -96,15 +97,15 @@ msgstr ""
 "        solo se il messaggio non viene inviato nel canale stesso.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:292
+#: plugin.py:293
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
-"[<canale>] <name>\n"
+"[<channel>] <name>\n"
 "\n"
 "        Returns the last time <name> was seen and what <name> was last seen\n"
 "        saying.  This looks up <name> in the user seen database, which means\n"
 "        that it could be any nick recognized as user <name> that was seen.\n"
-"        <canale> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel\n"
+"        <channel> is only necessary if the message isn't sent in the channel\n"
 "        itself.\n"
 "        "
 msgstr ""
@@ -116,7 +117,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "        <canale> è necessario solo se il messaggio non viene inviato nel canale stesso.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:305
+#: plugin.py:306
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "[<channel>] <nick>\n"
@@ -129,15 +130,15 @@ msgstr ""
 "        Riporta i messaggi da quando <nick> ha lasciato il canale l'ultima volta.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:312
+#: plugin.py:313
 msgid "You must be in %s to use this command."
 msgstr "Per usare questo comando bisogna essere in %s."
 
-#: plugin.py:333
+#: plugin.py:334
 msgid "I couldn't find in my history of %s messages where %r last left the %s"
 msgstr "Non trovo nella cronologia dei messaggi di %s dove %r ha lasciato %s l'ultima volta."
 
-#: plugin.py:342
+#: plugin.py:343
 msgid "Either %s didn't leave, or no messages were sent while %s was gone."
 msgstr "%s non è uscito o non ha inviato alcun messaggio quando se n'é andato."
 
diff --git a/plugins/String/config.py b/plugins/String/config.py
index d451b6a9e..6ebec26de 100644
--- a/plugins/String/config.py
+++ b/plugins/String/config.py
@@ -53,4 +53,11 @@ conf.registerGlobalValue(String.levenshtein, 'max',
     this variable, to limit the size of arguments passed to the levenshtein
     command.""")))
 
+conf.registerGroup(String, 're')
+conf.registerGlobalValue(String.re, 'timeout',
+    registry.PositiveFloat(0.1, """Determines the maximum time, in seconds, that
+    a regular expression is given to execute before being terminated. Since
+    there is a possibility that user input for the re command can cause it to
+    eat up large amounts of ram or cpu time, it's a good idea to keep this 
+    low. Most normal regexps should not take very long at all."""))
 # vim:set shiftwidth=4 softtabstop=4 expandtab textwidth=79:
diff --git a/plugins/String/plugin.py b/plugins/String/plugin.py
index ccc6496ec..2aa58c222 100644
--- a/plugins/String/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/String/plugin.py
@@ -146,10 +146,14 @@ class String(callbacks.Plugin):
             s = _('You probably don\'t want to match the empty string.')
             irc.error(s)
         else:
-            irc.reply(f(text))
-    re = wrap(re, [('checkCapability', 'trusted'),
-                   first('regexpMatcher', 'regexpReplacer'),
-                   'text'])
+            t = self.registryValue('re.timeout')
+            try:
+                v = commands.process(f, text, timeout=t, pn=self.name(), cn='re')
+                irc.reply(v)
+            except commands.ProcessTimeoutError, e:
+                irc.error("ProcessTimeoutError: %s" % (e,))
+    re = thread(wrap(re, [first('regexpMatcher', 'regexpReplacer'),
+                   'text']))
 
     @internationalizeDocstring
     def xor(self, irc, msg, args, password, text):
diff --git a/plugins/Time/plugin.py b/plugins/Time/plugin.py
index c7cdc8b7b..b1258a912 100644
--- a/plugins/Time/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Time/plugin.py
@@ -171,8 +171,6 @@ class Time(callbacks.Plugin):
         except ImportError:
             irc.error(_('Python-tz is required by the command, but is not '
                         'installed on this computer.'))
-        if len(timezone.split('/')) != 2:
-            irc.error(_('A timezone must be in the format region/city.'))
         try:
             timezone = pytz.timezone(timezone)
         except pytz.UnknownTimeZoneError:
diff --git a/plugins/Todo/locale/it.po b/plugins/Todo/locale/it.po
index ea6d8c935..326ffad0a 100644
--- a/plugins/Todo/locale/it.po
+++ b/plugins/Todo/locale/it.po
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ msgid ""
 msgstr ""
 "Project-Id-Version: Supybot-fr\n"
 "POT-Creation-Date: 2011-02-26 09:49+CET\n"
-"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-08-10 02:33+0200\n"
+"PO-Revision-Date: 2011-08-10 14:53+0200\n"
 "Last-Translator: skizzhg <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language-Team: Italian <skizzhg@gmx.com>\n"
 "Language: it\n"
@@ -10,6 +10,14 @@ msgstr ""
 "Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
 "Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit\n"
 
+
+#: config.py:50
+msgid ""
+"Determines whether users can read the\n"
+"    todo-list of another user."
+msgstr ""
+"Determina se un utente possa leggere la lista delle cose da fare di un altro utente."
+
 #: plugin.py:135
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
@@ -27,43 +35,47 @@ msgstr ""
 "        ha aggiunto alla sua lista delle cose da fare.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:150
+#: plugin.py:146
+msgid "You are not allowed to see other users todo-list."
+msgstr "Non hai l'autorizzazione pe rleggere la lista delle cose da fare degli altri utenti."
+
+#: plugin.py:153
 msgid "#%i: %s"
 msgstr "#%i: %s"
 
-#: plugin.py:155
+#: plugin.py:158
 msgid "%s for %s: %L"
 msgstr "%s per %s: %L"
 
-#: plugin.py:159
+#: plugin.py:162
 msgid "That user has no tasks in their todo list."
 msgstr "Questo utente non ha compiti nella sua lista delle cose da fare."
 
-#: plugin.py:161
+#: plugin.py:164
 msgid "You have no tasks in your todo list."
 msgstr "Non hai compiti nella tua lista delle cose da fare."
 
-#: plugin.py:168
+#: plugin.py:171
 msgid "Active"
 msgstr "Attivo"
 
-#: plugin.py:170
+#: plugin.py:173
 msgid "Inactive"
 msgstr "Inattivo"
 
-#: plugin.py:172
+#: plugin.py:175
 msgid ", priority: %i"
 msgstr ", priorità: %i"
 
-#: plugin.py:175
+#: plugin.py:178
 msgid "%s todo for %s: %s (Added at %s)"
 msgstr "%s compito per %s: %s (Aggiunto il %s)"
 
-#: plugin.py:179 plugin.py:260 plugin.py:274
+#: plugin.py:182 plugin.py:263 plugin.py:277
 msgid "task id"
 msgstr "id compito"
 
-#: plugin.py:184
+#: plugin.py:187
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "[--priority=<num>] <text>\n"
@@ -80,11 +92,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "        Ogni numero intero è valido.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:195
+#: plugin.py:198
 msgid "(Todo #%i added)"
 msgstr "(Compito #%i aggiunto)"
 
-#: plugin.py:201
+#: plugin.py:204
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "<task id> [<task id> ...]\n"
@@ -97,15 +109,15 @@ msgstr ""
 "        Rimuove <id compito> dalla lista personale delle cose da fare.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:212
+#: plugin.py:215
 msgid "Task %i could not be removed either because that id doesn't exist or it has been removed already."
 msgstr "Il compito %i non può essere rimosso in quanto l'id non esiste o è già stato rimosso."
 
-#: plugin.py:216
+#: plugin.py:219
 msgid "No tasks were removed because the following tasks could not be removed: %L."
 msgstr "Non è stato rimosso nessun compito perché i seguenti non possono essere rimossi: %L."
 
-#: plugin.py:226
+#: plugin.py:229
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "[--{regexp} <value>] [<glob> <glob> ...]\n"
@@ -121,11 +133,11 @@ msgstr ""
 "        Se --regexp è fornita, il suo valore associato è usato come regexp e confrontato con i compiti.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:246
+#: plugin.py:249
 msgid "No tasks matched that query."
 msgstr "Nessun compito corrisponde alla richiesta."
 
-#: plugin.py:252
+#: plugin.py:255
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "<id> <priority>\n"
@@ -138,7 +150,7 @@ msgstr ""
 "        Imposta la priorità del compito con l'id fornito al valore specificato.\n"
 "        "
 
-#: plugin.py:266
+#: plugin.py:269
 #, docstring
 msgid ""
 "<task id> <regexp>\n"
diff --git a/plugins/Todo/plugin.py b/plugins/Todo/plugin.py
index 91a2f98e8..90065e83a 100644
--- a/plugins/Todo/plugin.py
+++ b/plugins/Todo/plugin.py
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ from supybot.commands import *
 import supybot.plugins as plugins
 import supybot.ircutils as ircutils
 import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
+from supybot import commands
 from supybot.i18n import PluginInternationalization, internationalizeDocstring
 _ = PluginInternationalization('Todo')
 
@@ -237,6 +238,8 @@ class Todo(callbacks.Plugin):
         criteria = []
         for (option, arg) in optlist:
             if option == 'regexp':
+                criteria.append(lambda x: commands.regexp_wrapper(x, reobj=arg, 
+                        timeout=0.1, plugin_name = self.name(), fcn_name='search'))
                 criteria.append(arg.search)
         for glob in globs:
             glob = utils.python.glob2re(glob)
diff --git a/plugins/__init__.py b/plugins/__init__.py
index 2e9b2c14f..5c86f5162 100644
--- a/plugins/__init__.py
+++ b/plugins/__init__.py
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ import supybot.world as world
 from supybot.commands import *
 import supybot.ircutils as ircutils
 import supybot.callbacks as callbacks
+from supybot import commands
 
 ## i think we don't need any of this with sqlite3
 #try:
@@ -431,7 +432,9 @@ class ChannelIdDatabasePlugin(callbacks.Plugin):
             if opt == 'by':
                 predicates.append(lambda r, arg=arg: r.by == arg.id)
             elif opt == 'regexp':
-                predicates.append(lambda r, arg=arg: arg.search(r.text))
+                predicates.append(lambda x: commands.regexp_wrapper(x.text, reobj=arg, 
+                        timeout=0.1, plugin_name = self.name(), fcn_name='search'))
+                #predicates.append(lambda r, arg=arg: arg.search(r.text))
         if glob:
             def globP(r, glob=glob.lower()):
                 return fnmatch.fnmatch(r.text.lower(), glob)
diff --git a/src/commands.py b/src/commands.py
index 45531d322..4c26e29a6 100644
--- a/src/commands.py
+++ b/src/commands.py
@@ -69,6 +69,61 @@ def thread(f):
             f(self, irc, msg, args, *L, **kwargs)
     return utils.python.changeFunctionName(newf, f.func_name, f.__doc__)
 
+class ProcessTimeoutError(Exception):
+    """Gets raised when a process is killed due to timeout."""
+    pass
+
+def process(f, *args, **kwargs):
+    """Runs a function <f> in a subprocess.
+    
+    Several extra keyword arguments can be supplied. 
+    <pn>, the pluginname, and <cn>, the command name, are strings used to
+    create the process name, for identification purposes.
+    <timeout>, if supplied, limits the length of execution of target 
+    function to <timeout> seconds."""
+    timeout = kwargs.pop('timeout', None)
+    
+    q = multiprocessing.Queue()
+    def newf(f, q, *args, **kwargs):
+        try:
+            r = f(*args, **kwargs)
+            q.put(r)
+        except Exception as e:
+            q.put(e)
+    targetArgs = (f, q,) + args
+    p = callbacks.CommandProcess(target=newf,
+                                args=targetArgs, kwargs=kwargs)
+    p.start()
+    p.join(timeout)
+    if p.is_alive():
+        p.terminate()
+        raise ProcessTimeoutError, "%s aborted due to timeout." % (p.name,)
+    try:
+        v = q.get(block=False)
+    except Queue.Empty:
+        v = "Nothing returned."
+    if isinstance(v, Exception):
+        v = "Error: " + str(v)
+    return v
+
+def regexp_wrapper(s, reobj, timeout, plugin_name, fcn_name):
+    '''A convenient wrapper to stuff regexp search queries through a subprocess.
+    
+    This is used because specially-crafted regexps can use exponential time
+    and hang the bot.'''
+    def re_bool(s, reobj):
+        """Since we can't enqueue match objects into the multiprocessing queue,
+        we'll just wrap the function to return bools."""
+        if reobj.search(s) is not None:
+            return True
+        else:
+            return False
+    try:
+        v = process(re_bool, s, reobj, timeout=timeout, pn=plugin_name, cn=fcn_name)
+        return v
+    except ProcessTimeoutError:
+        return False
+
 class UrlSnarfThread(world.SupyThread):
     def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
         assert 'url' in kwargs
diff --git a/src/registry.py b/src/registry.py
index e8a6c340b..9850ec9b0 100644
--- a/src/registry.py
+++ b/src/registry.py
@@ -206,7 +206,7 @@ class Group(object):
     def __getattr__(self, attr):
         if attr in self._children:
             return self._children[attr]
-        elif self._supplyDefault and attr.startswith('#'):
+        elif self._supplyDefault:
             return self.__makeChild(attr, str(self))
         else:
             self.__nonExistentEntry(attr)
diff --git a/src/version.py b/src/version.py
index 9c662f635..8b46f4516 100644
--- a/src/version.py
+++ b/src/version.py
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
 """stick the various versioning attributes in here, so we only have to change
 them once."""
-version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2011-08-10T12:00:42+0200)'
+version = '0.83.4.1+limnoria (2011-08-13T01:59:18+0200)'