[Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

[Tyler]

Hello all,
 
I feel that a serious miscarriage of justice was committed yesterday
(Thursday, December 24, 2009) on the Zone. I had written some innocuous
(harmless) code in C (which I will reprint below), and this prompted an
investigation by Doug V, who came to the conclusion that, in his words, I
had been "suggesting ways . . . to hack [another user]'s account." The code
I had written has nothing whatsoever to do with hacking. Doug subsequently
banned me for two weeks for my (apparent) wrongdoing. I appealed the
decision to the administration, and have yet to get a response. Another user
was banned about thirty minutes before me on the same count. Here is the
code, more or less. Tell me, people: Is this, or is this not, considered
"hacking another user's account?" My opinion is that it is not.
 
---Start of Code---
 
int main(int argc, char **argv[]){
for (int i=1; i<=(sizeof(byte)*sizeof(ulong64)*209); i++)
malloc((i*sizeof(ulong64)+sizeof(int64)*512));
}
 
---End of Code---
 
This is simply a block of memory-allocation code (which, btw, won't work
because malloc needs a variable to store its result in), which I directed at
the user whose account Doug said I was suggesting ways to hack. Honestly, I
feel that our CL's, before banning people, need to know *what* exactly they
are dealing with (be it computer programming, speaking foreign languages,
etc), and they need to do a thorough investigation to figure out exactly
what harm, or lack thereof, could come from the questionable content posted
in quicknotes or other media.
Do you think that Doug was right in banning me for this? Why or why not?
 
Thanks for your attention.
Tyler (a.k.a. twkav on the Zone)
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