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And I was all like 'Oh yeah?' and Batty was all like:
but honestly, none of the opinions I've expressed exactly match my own.
If Drysart made money off these forums like Lowtax does off of his, then I could see where some of you guys are coming from. I'm not going to approach the whole issue of this somehow reflecting on an inadequate or underdeveloped ethics structure. I think it's a ridiculous assertion. I'm also that guy that answers inconsistently on those bullshit binary choice morality questions so I guess I'm ethically underdeveloped or something :shobon:
And I certainly didn't want Parcelan to lose his status. I had it in mind going into this that everything would be reversible.
e: ^^^^^ sup ethically underdeveloped buddy :hfive: 7486 fucked around with this message on 03-02-2007 at 05:57 PM.
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From the book of 7486, chapter 3, verse 16:
but ugh what are you doing browsing forums at work you're a disgrace to your employer :argh:
Some of us have big boy jobs where they trust us enough to not go nuts with our surfing. 
-H Hellbender fucked around with this message on 03-02-2007 at 06:06 PM.
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Hellbender spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Some of us have big boy jobs where they trust us enough to not go nuts with our surfing.-H
you're a faggot
and
nem-x fucked around with this message on 03-02-2007 at 06:14 PM.
i'm pretty sure he's not though
pretty sure
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Karnaj had this to say about Robocop:
I know you catch more flies with honey than with vinegar.
Been thinking about this quote over the last hour or so and I'm not always convinced it's always true. I know last week I posted something snippy in response to Mort and he basically said I never contribute anything other than small, snippy comments. This is actually a pretty truthful assessment and although I wouldn't give someone the satisfaction of immediately owning up to it, I did take the comment to heart.
In general, though, everyone could probably afford to treat each other with a little more respect around here. But that's a hard cycle to break after there's been such a long history shit slinging. Not trying to put myself above that, because I'm certainly as guilty of it as anyone else, but I wonder why we continued to put up with it for so long.
-H
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Mightion Defensor wrote this stupid crap:
One thing I can't figured out is why someone took the time to erase a certain non-offensive poster's entire history of posts from the boards.
It's called blacklisting, chief. It doesn't take that much time.
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From the Book of Armaments, Mr. Gainsborough did read;
It's called blacklisting, chief. It doesn't take that much time.
Whatever. I still wonder why this non-offensive poster was blacklisted.
quote:It's cute how you think he was unoffensive. You just keep on keepin' on!*
Mightion Defensor.
Whatever. I still wonder why this non-offensive poster was blacklisted.
*not getting laid
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A sleep deprived Gadani stammered:
who the fuck are you guys talking about
teehee gadani is still oblivious
was it rig?
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It has been ordained by Primus, that there will be a Chosen One who will use the Matrix to "light our darkest hour." That darkest hour may come sooner if Gadani keeps posting things like this:
obviously it's no one important; time to start guessing.was it rig?
No, I'm talking about Kennatsu, who defines non-offensive even more than I do. I can't imagine what he could have done to deserve a blacklisting - I'm guessing it was done by the usurper.
Skaw fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 12:02 AM.
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And the Replyobots combined to form Skaw, who roared:
I think Mightion is just upset he can't get his crudely(and I say that generously) drawn porn fix, because he forgot to bookmark the links and relied on Kenn's signature.
Actually, no, I haven't read proncrest in years, I had just noticed that he was blacklisted when going through some old threads earlier today.
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And coming in at #1 is Kegwen with "Reply." I'm Casey Casem.
This whole ordeal is the posterchild for the whole "internet is serious business" thing
Keg, the internet is serious business. In a general sense, that is; what we do here is an indulgence. A lot of companies have dependable internet revenue streams, and any company worth its salt is going to have an internet revenue stream or three as part of its business model, and that's the way it's going to go from now on. You have to get out of your head the notion that the internet is somehow separate from the real world. Private enterprise is eroding that boundary every single day. Maybe that was true at one time, but now, as an example, all employment background checks include extensive internet searching. That's not to say that some headhunter is going to stumble across this gem of a thread, but a Facebook would be readily accessable, as would a Myspace account. My point, then, is this: you can't guarantee anymore that everything you say or do on the internet will forever remain innocuous and anonymous.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
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Karnaj postedYou have to get out of your head the notion that the internet is somehow separate from the real world.
Gross simplification of the internet. Do I call people fags on my class message boards? Of course not! But just because the internet can be used for business doesn't mean it can't be used for fucking around as well.
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And now, we sprinkle Alidane liberally with Old Spice!
Gross simplification of the internet. Do I call people fags on my class message boards? Of course not! But just because the internet can be used for business doesn't mean it can't be used for fucking around as well.
Not at all. You goof off with your friends in the real world, but you keep yourself in check when out with coworkers, or when something might get back to coworkers. Same deal with the internet; you just have to be mindful of where and when you say stuff. For example, talking about how you got baked just after your mandatory drug test on your Myspace page could very mean that you won't be getting that job (meaning, of course, a full-time salary job). Whereas before it didn't matter what it did on the internet in your spare time(so long as it wasn't hideously illegal), it now does to some degree.
Under capitalism, man exploits man. Under communism, it's just the opposite. - John Kenneth Galbraith
Were someone to do this to a bigger board that earns money and pays the bills for its owner like SomethingAwful then I could see what you're getting at.
I'm not saying it was the brightest or best idea ever, but it was pretty amusing!
edit: Given the opportunity, I might have hijacked it and posted a thread before giving it back, but in reality I probably would have just be like "haha wouldn't it be funny if.. no, I'd better not." Kegwen fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 01:18 AM.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
I do feel sorry for Drysart for having to take time out of his apparently busy life to fix some stupid shit with this old board that he doesn't pay any attention to. That's not enough for me to hold back the laughter and turn it in to righteous rage, though.
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Karnaj postedNot at all. You goof off with your friends in the real world, but you keep yourself in check when out with coworkers, or when something might get back to coworkers. Same deal with the internet; you just have to be mindful of where and when you say stuff.
Kegwen kinda missed the mark; I was simply pointing out that the internet adheres to some of the same "time and place" mechanisms that real life does. I don't IM my professors the same way I IM my friends, I don't post here like I post on 4chan, etc. The internet isn't entirely separate from real life, you're correct--but it's not like it's a direct extension of your workplace, either, and has its nooks where strange things are acceptable.
I'd also like to point out that the internet can be as anonymous as you want it to be. I haven't done a very good job of hiding my identity on these boards (phone number, picture, etc), and I'm still not worried in the least about anything I do here getting back to people I know (because I'm a fucking hermit, but that's beside the point). In addition to common sense, you can use stuff like tor, proxies, etc to put some distance between real life and the intarwebs.
[edit: I forgot to finish a sentence! Whupsies] Alidane fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 05:26 AM.
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Suddar startled the peaceful upland Gorillas, blurting:
what the fuck did i miss
More Waisz trashing the board for his own amusement. Some consider it a grand joke, others as proof that he should just cut his wrists and have done.
Edit: grammarz Bloodsage fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 02:33 PM.
--Satan, quoted by John Milton
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7486 came out of the closet to say:
Also, unofficial banned list off the top of my head
Bloodsage
Holden
Hellbent
Fae
Damnati
Tarquinn
RIG
Freschel
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 9491 [just some ghost]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 1527 [The Government]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 1513 [Deadly Little Miho]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 1528 [Cleopatra]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 1689 [Tarquinn]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 272 [Taran]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 764 [Random Insanity Generator]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 213 [Hireko]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 247 [Drakkenmaw]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 6518 [Damnati]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 552 [Bloodsage]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 133 [Faelynn LeAndris]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 1548 [Freschel Spindrift]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 3 [Drysart]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: FLAGGED
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 1296 [Steve Case]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 1 [Innoruuk]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 59 [System]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 2010 [User2010]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 4488 [Paris V'Zel]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 6151 [test6]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BLACKLISTED 327 [Kennatsu]
00005947 Mr. Parcelan: BANNED 2881 [Holden]
00000003 Drysart: MODREVERT 00005947 to 2007/02/28 23:00
Drysart fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 05:46 PM.
Enjoy your personal, permanent redirect off the site.
ownsbravo:Blackened fucked around with this message on 03-03-2007 at 07:03 PM.
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7486 had this to say about Jimmy Carter:
:bravo:
I kinda figured as much.
What'd he do, set it to where when a certain IP (or maybe even IP range) tried to access the boards, you get auto-redirected somewhere else?
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Willias had this to say about Reading Rainbow:
I kinda figured as much.What'd he do, set it to where when a certain IP (or maybe even IP range) tried to access the boards, you get auto-redirected somewhere else?
5:57:46 PM waisztarroz: oh god i hope this doesn't mean i have to get evemon updates via proxy
5:57:49 PM waisztarroz: probably not
5:58:19 PM kegwenx: he said he set up a "personal, permanent redirect"
5:58:38 PM waisztarroz: yeah i see
5:58:44 PM kegwenx: what does he redirect you to
5:59:01 PM kegwenx: or is it in place yet
5:59:02 PM waisztarroz: it changes evercrest.com/ultimatebb.cgi to google.com
5:59:20 PM kegwenx: i figured he'd do *.evercrest.com/* redirect to google or something
6:05:19 PM waisztarroz: I wonder if he'll fix UBB now
6:05:22 PM waisztarroz: ...nah
6:07:33 PM waisztarroz: or give back parce his mod status 
6:16:52 PM kegwenx:
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Drysart spewed forth this undeniable truth:
Parce should still be a mod unless his permissions are borked somehow. Is he having trouble modding?
His profile shows he's still just a regular user.
I've got to go now, but hopefully I'll be back up when I get back to do that thing.
You know what I'm talking about.
Thanks for all the help, Drys
