[Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

[Tyler]

Quite correct, it is not. 

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at zonebbs.com [mailto:users-bounces at zonebbs.com] On Behalf
Of Judith Bartkowski
Sent: Friday, 25 December 2009 13:12
To: users at zonebbs.com
Subject: Re: [Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

In my opinion, it is rather stupid to disable someone's account just for
posting some harmless c code in public quicknotes, since it is not against
the T.O.S., is it?

	----- Original Message ----- 
	From: Amber Duff <mailto:andromeda18 at me.com>  
	To: users at zonebbs.com 
	Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 7:59 PM
	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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