[Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

[Tyler]

Problem is, the other user who got banned said the stuff that got us banned,
if I remember correctly. I said nothing, to the best of my recollection. Was
I perhaps banned because of the fact that I asked him what his code did (he
did write some code, which I had trouble understanding, so I asked him what
it did)?

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at zonebbs.com [mailto:users-bounces at zonebbs.com] On Behalf
Of Immanuel Kühnle
Sent: Friday, 25 December 2009 17:35
To: users at zonebbs.com
Subject: Re: [Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

Hey Tylor.

I think the problem is not the C code. I thinkit's because of the other
things you mentioned in the conversation.

Immanuel

-----Ursprüngliche Nachricht-----
Von: users-bounces at zonebbs.com [mailto:users-bounces at zonebbs.com] Im Auftrag
von Tyler
Gesendet: Samstag, 26. Dezember 2009 00:17
An: users at zonebbs.com
Betreff: Re: [Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

OK, so here goes. Anything preceded by a double slash (//) is a comment.

int main(int argc, char **argv[]){ //This is the main starting point for my
little application.
for (int i=1; i<=(sizeof(byte)*sizeof(ulong64)*209); i++) //This is called a
"for" loop; it repeats the same code a certain number of times, in this case
(1*16*209) times.
malloc((i*sizeof(ulong64)+sizeof(int64)*512)); //This simply is used to
allocate more memory. This is actually a broken line of code because the
malloc() function needs to assign its result to a particular place in the
memory, and it does not do so.
} //The end.

HTH,
Tyler

-----Original Message-----
From: users-bounces at zonebbs.com [mailto:users-bounces at zonebbs.com] On Behalf
Of Rachel D Keyte
Sent: Friday, 25 December 2009 17:10
To: users at zonebbs.com
Subject: Re: [Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

I still don't understand what the code is meant to do. could you explain
this is plain english please?
At 05:59 AM 26/12/2009, you wrote:
>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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