Off-topic: The great amiga.org IP ban conspiracy...

[Karlos]

More deflecting...

Actually, I should just say that Piru exposed a potentially serious JS exploit in one of the site's 3rd party modules not long after we moved to vbulletin. It was all handled calmly and professionally via the bug reporting system/PM and without any alarmist scaremongering. Even as he was contacting the authors, I fixed the issue in place so that any potential XSS hole it would have opened was closed.

In doing so, he helped make the site a safer place for everyone.

[desiv]

Actually, I should just say that Piru exposed a potentially serious JS exploit in one of the site's 3rd party modules

Ah!!
So you admit Piru hacked the site..

Hmmm..

Now it all makes sense...

(dun dun dun......)

er..

actually.. no..  it doesn't, but it just felt like the right thing to say there..  :roflmao:

desiv

[Paulie85]

I haven't been following this site for a while. Why does Piru not like Franko?

[TheBilgeRat]

I haven't been following this site for a while. Why does Piru not like Franko?

Well, if you followed my story, its because haggis eating in even a well ventilated Icelandic server room is still an awful thing to deal with since 1999...

[guest7146]

I haven't been following this site for a while. Why does Piru not like Franko?

I can't speak for Piru of course, but it's quite possibly because he hijacks other people's threads, fills them with rubbish, insists upon shouting out his opinion even when it is proved incorrect or inaccurate by fact, and just generally annoys people with his jibber jabber. :griping:

By the way, I'm a sky customer and I am also affected by the IP ban.  If I try to visit the site without using a proxy, I am presented with a message that says my IP address has been banned.  This has only happened recently, within the last couple of days.

AH.

[Kesa]

Where is that slimey git it's been over a week now...

Conspiracy hat now back on. I still think it was Piru...

[TheBilgeRat]

Who knows how far the ban has been laid on, considering the fallout here and then the spillover onto Moobunny.  Methinks with the bridge burnt with Karlos there aren't many on the mod side that will stand up for the old crazy scotsman now.

[Karlos]

Franko and Magnetic have both earned a permanent ban for multiple violations of the TOS, refusing to heed multiple warnings and behave like adults.

The decision to permanently ban a member is never taken lightly, however, in this case we weren't left with much choice.

[commodorejohn]

So when did it go from "banned for a week" to "perma-ban?"

[cecilia]

I'm sorry to hear about Magnetic
when not having his family insulted by crazy people he can actually be a very useful member of any board

[koaftder]

Is Magnetic user Realize on AWN?

[tone007]

So when did it go from "banned for a week" to "perma-ban?"

I'm betting after the tenth or so time neither of the two would quit behaving poorly after bans.

[number6]

Is Magnetic user Realize on AWN?

Yes.

#6

[nicholas]

I'm sorry to hear about Magnetic
when not having his family insulted by crazy people he can actually be a very useful member of any board

In the ten years i've been coming here I haven't seen a single post by him that was helpful to another user.

Not one.

[Daedalus]

I'm sorry to hear about Magnetic
when not having his family insulted by crazy people he can actually be a very useful member of any board

Hmmm... I don't recall any particular instance where he was useful... If he was, that memory has been smothered beneath the constant seemingly deliberate provocations, followed by pleading innocence.

The place is nice and peaceful without Franko too Though at least he could be entertaining the odd time.

[commodorejohn]

Hmmm... I don't recall any particular instance where he was useful... If he was, that memory has been smothered beneath the constant seemingly deliberate provocations, followed by pleading innocence.

This. magnetic was 50% troll and 50% zealot and 0% any fun to be around. I miss Franko, though.