[Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

[Amber Duff]

well it is you so I wouldn't be all that shocked
On 2009-12-25, at 1:18 PM, Tyler wrote:

> 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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