[Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...

[Simon Jaeger, Laptop Edition]

I think it's unfair, but I'm not surprised. it's the zone, after all.

Simon

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Tyler" <twkav at kc.rr.com>
To: <users at zonebbs.com>
Sent: Friday, December 25, 2009 2:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Users] A Serious Miscarriage of Justice...


> 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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