[Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

[Tyler]

What am I, guilty by association? 

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at zonebbs.com [mailto:users-bounces at zonebbs.com] On Behalf
Of Amber Duff
Sent: Friday, 25 December 2009 13:00
To: users at zonebbs.com
Subject: Re: [Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

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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