Author Topic: Banned Useres And System Changes  (Read 10729 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Offline Antigen

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 12992
  • Karma: +3/-0
    • View Profile
    • http://wwf.Fornits.com/
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #30 on: May 22, 2005, 03:10:00 AM »
Ok, so we tweaked a bunch of code (no, Bill tweaked a bunch of code) and made a few mistakes in the process. Sorry for those, but I think everything's fixed now.

We did tighten up the spam filters considerably! I'm sure some ppl will wind up banned for no good reason. Please don't hesitate a minute to let us know if you got banned and you weren't trying pretty damned hard to take down the server! Or even if you know of someone who has been banned by accident. I know we'll find bugs in the new code. Please help us find them so we don't lock anybody out who's just trying to participate.

Thanks, ya'll. I've really enjoyed revisiting some of the older threads. Should we save it as a 'best of' sort of retrospective?

Every act of a delegated authority, contrary to the tenor of the commission under which it is exercised, is void. No legislative act, therefore, contrary to the Constitution, can be valid. To deny this, would be to affirm, that the deputy is greater than his principal; that the servant is above his master; that the representatives of the people are superior to the people themselves; that men acting by virtue of powers, may do not only what their powers do not authorize, but what they forbid."
--Alexander Hamilton    

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
"Don\'t let the past remind us of what we are not now."
~ Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

Offline `

  • Posts: 556
  • Karma: +0/-0
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #31 on: May 22, 2005, 03:22:00 AM »
if an innocent party were banned, could they still get through to your email?
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »

Offline Helena Handbasket

  • Posts: 1102
  • Karma: +0/-0
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #32 on: May 22, 2005, 11:07:00 AM »
OH man... I've missed all the fun!
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
uly 21, 2003 - September 17, 2006

Offline Antigen

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 12992
  • Karma: +3/-0
    • View Profile
    • http://wwf.Fornits.com/
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #33 on: May 22, 2005, 02:05:00 PM »
Quote
On 2005-05-22 00:22:00, fka wrote:

"if an innocent party were banned, could they still get through to your email? "


Yes. We changed it so that banned ppl can read but can't post. That way, when someone uses a popular proxy to flood, it'll inconvenience other users but not totally shut them out.

We did accidentally blow out everything Cayo Hueso has posted from her favorite location since her ISP changed her IP address. I'm working on restoring all that now. So we also made it so that posts deleted by IP address are not really deleted. They're just flagged and ignored by the forum software. But I can go in and restore them if they get flagged in error.

And it's bound to happen, what w/ the automagical spam filtering. I expect to spend some time fixing errors and tweaking the rules. So please, please don't anybody hesitate to let us know if something's not right.

Thanks

Fear believes--courage doubts. Fear falls up the earth and prays--- courage stands erect and thinks. Fear is barbarism---courage is civilization. Fear believes in witchcraft, devils and ghosts. Fear is religion, courage is science.
--Robert G. Ingersoll, American politician and lecturer

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
"Don\'t let the past remind us of what we are not now."
~ Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

Offline Cayo Hueso

  • Posts: 1274
  • Karma: +0/-0
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #34 on: May 22, 2005, 02:30:00 PM »
Quote
On 2005-05-22 11:05:00, Antigen wrote:


We did accidentally blow out everything Cayo Hueso has posted from her favorite location since her ISP changed her IP address.


Censorship!!!   :smokin:  :wave:

When we are pleading with foreign governments to stop the flow of cocaine, it is the height of hypocrisy for the US to export tobacco.  Years from now, our nation will look back on this application of free trade policy and find it scandalous.

1989 testimony before the US Trade Representative,September 1989
--Surgeon General, Everett Koop

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
t. Pete Straight
early 80s

Offline Antigen

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 12992
  • Karma: +3/-0
    • View Profile
    • http://wwf.Fornits.com/
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #35 on: May 22, 2005, 04:21:00 PM »
Hey, almost there! Found all the lost post headers and Bill's writing me a script right now to pull them out of the temp db, snag the text and put it all back into the live db.

Cross yer fingers...

I don't go lookin' for trouble. I just keep a little in a box should someone come by who is.
--Bill Warbis

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
"Don\'t let the past remind us of what we are not now."
~ Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

Offline Cayo Hueso

  • Posts: 1274
  • Karma: +0/-0
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #36 on: May 23, 2005, 09:12:00 AM »
Hey guys, thanks so much!!!  They're back.  I really appreciate it and hope it wasn't too much trouble.   :wave:

The lust for power, for dominating others, inflames the heart more than any other passion
http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0140440607/circlofmiamithem' target='_new'> Tacitus

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
t. Pete Straight
early 80s

Offline Antigen

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 12992
  • Karma: +3/-0
    • View Profile
    • http://wwf.Fornits.com/
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #37 on: May 23, 2005, 09:33:00 AM »
No problem, Cayo. We fuck up, we fix it. That's our policy.

My view is that if there is no evidence for it, then forget about it. An agnostic is somebody who doesn't believe in something until there is evidence for it, so I'm agnostic.
--Carl Sagan, American astronomer and author

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
"Don\'t let the past remind us of what we are not now."
~ Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

Offline Cayo Hueso

  • Posts: 1274
  • Karma: +0/-0
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #38 on: May 23, 2005, 09:37:00 AM »
That's great, but it wouldn't have happened in the first place if you  weren't having to deal with the kind of crap that went on yesterday and the night before.   Just know that your efforts are appreciated and I know I'm not alone in that.

Necessity is the excuse for every infringement of human freedom.  It is the argument of the tyrant and the creed of the slave.  
-- William Pitt, 1763

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
t. Pete Straight
early 80s

Offline Anonymous

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 164653
  • Karma: +3/-4
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #39 on: June 30, 2005, 05:24:00 AM »
It would still happen. you are own your own side in our capitalist republic, just like we all are. All through the day ...I, me, mine, I, me, mine, I, me, mine.
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »

Offline Paul

  • Posts: 438
  • Karma: +0/-0
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #40 on: June 30, 2005, 07:49:00 PM »
Ginger,

I don't know if you have finished your terms of use statement for flooding, but I have two items.

1) You mentioned to avoid posts over 2-3k. I think it would be easier to set a suggested limit on word count.

2) You mentioned to avoid flooding mention a topic, and a statment, resolution or reference and stop. Until addressing a response.

OK, but I think it would be fair to hold everyone accountable to the same criteria.

Thanks,

Paul
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
or those who don\'t understand my position, on all subjects:

* Understand the law and your rights.

* Make sure you have the freedom of choice.

* Seek and receive unbiased information and
know the source of information.

Offline Antigen

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 12992
  • Karma: +3/-0
    • View Profile
    • http://wwf.Fornits.com/
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #41 on: June 30, 2005, 08:21:00 PM »
Paul, are you offering your services? Ok, get funding and then ask again later. Or start your own forum.

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question
about it.
--GW Büsh, Business Week, July 30, 2001

« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
"Don\'t let the past remind us of what we are not now."
~ Crosby Stills Nash & Young, Sweet Judy Blue Eyes

Offline Anonymous

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 164653
  • Karma: +3/-4
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #42 on: June 30, 2005, 08:45:00 PM »
Quote
On 2005-06-30 02:24:00, Anonymous wrote:

"It would still happen. you are own your own side in our capitalist republic, just like we all are. All through the day ...I, me, mine, I, me, mine, I, me, mine."


thee, thou, thine.
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »

Offline Paul

  • Posts: 438
  • Karma: +0/-0
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #43 on: June 30, 2005, 09:31:00 PM »
Quote
On 2005-06-30 17:21:00, Antigen wrote:

"Paul, are you offering your services? Ok, get funding and then ask again later. Or start your own forum.

A dictatorship would be a heck of a lot easier, there's no question
about it.
--GW Büsh, Business Week, July 30, 2001


"


That is a ridiculous response.
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »
or those who don\'t understand my position, on all subjects:

* Understand the law and your rights.

* Make sure you have the freedom of choice.

* Seek and receive unbiased information and
know the source of information.

Offline Anonymous

  • Newbie
  • *
  • Posts: 164653
  • Karma: +3/-4
    • View Profile
Banned Useres And System Changes
« Reply #44 on: July 16, 2005, 02:57:00 PM »
You're all fucked. Face it. Do what you will my ass. Basically you are ALL FU :smokin: CKED!!!!
« Last Edit: December 31, 1969, 07:00:00 PM by Guest »