Reading it on that same private forum is hardly a capitol offense.

Perhaps not, but it is (as I have already pointed out) for a member of Seti@home to fail to alert our administration to the problem once aware of it.

Please ask some of your friends who were explaining how hurt and violated they felt when that forum was first published. Try telling them that was no big deal. Also bear in mind that you see only what they chose to quote in their forum. They were reading lots and lots of other posts too.

Reading it on that same private forum is hardly a capitol offense.

Perhaps not, but it is (as I have already pointed out) for a member of Seti@home to fail to alert our administration to the problem once aware of it.

That is ludicrous because 1) there is no duty to act in such situations. Especially given the behavior and emotional instability of various mods, as was evidenced by their posts on the mod list, and 2) I think the admins were notified LONG since that that list was insecure--and choosing to bury your head in the sand, well, you can see how well that turned out.

Smart plan.

Reading it on that same private forum is hardly a capitol offense.

Perhaps not, but it is (as I have already pointed out) for a member of Seti@home to fail to alert our administration to the problem once aware of it.

That is ludicrous because 1) there is no duty to act in such situations. Especially given the behavior and emotional instability of various mods, as was evidenced by their posts on the mod list, and 2) I think the admins were notified LONG since that that list was insecure--and choosing to bury your head in the sand, well, you can see how well that turned out.

Smart plan.

Please ask some of your friends who were explaining how hurt and violated they felt when that forum was first published. Try telling them that was no big deal. Also bear in mind that you see only what they chose to quote in their forum. They were reading lots and lots of other posts too.

Meh. Anyone who has an expectation of privacy on the internet is probably being quite naive, except in the case of insurance companies, banks, credit card issuers, gov't institutions, et cetera, and we've seen any number of examples of how even those protections fail.

Beyond that? Join a private forum, any forum anywhere, or email things to your friends, mods, whoever, and you're courting disaster. Your best bet is not to say anything that you either a) wouldn't say to someone's face, and b) that you prefer wasn't revealed after a bungled tryst and resultant hissy fit.

"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

My definition of "abusing the information" is wrongful use of it.

A good enough definition. You will find among others an example of moderator vote details being used to orchestrate the sending of manipulative and insincere PM messages.

Posting it to a private forum is hardly a capitol offense.

In terms of the responsibilities and duties of a moderator it is exactly that (not of course, despite any appearances to the contrary, literally)

Had it been done by hacking into the university computers it would have been a serious crime in its own right.

Reading it on that same private forum is hardly a capitol offense.

Perhaps not, but it is (as I have already pointed out) for a member of Seti@home to fail to alert our administration to the problem once aware of it.

And frankly, there is nothing Earth shattering about the modlist information.

Please ask some of your friends who were explaining how hurt and violated they felt when that forum was first published. Try telling them that was no big deal. Also bear in mind that you see only what they chose to quote in their forum. They were reading lots and lots of other posts too.

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Ha! I do that too.

My definition of "abusing the information" is wrongful use of it. Posting it to a private forum is hardly a capitol offense.

Fighting for my friends, because I can.

Fighting for my friends, because I can.

I think you can fight all you want, but it will be to no avail. The admins are in charge of this board, they did what they had to do. It doesn't matter if it was fair or not. They are in charge and are doing what they think needs to be done. "Guilt by Association" does come into play here. Those that read the information and failed to notify the proper authorities also failed in their responsiblities. I'm not going to second guess the admins here on why some were allowed to continue while others were banned. Its their board, they make up the rules they saw the evidence, and they are the ones who are ultimately responsible.

I also think we ought to be thankful that they were made aware of this breach and took steps to correct the situation. And we should be very glad they decided that there were more good people here than a handfull of bad ones and therefore left the forums open to us.

One last thing. I do think that anyone's private/personal information that was comprimised should be notified in a private email/message and allow them to make whatever changes are neccessary to safeguard their information ASAP.

You also validate a very good point. You have your own forums and you decide what the rules are as well as the punishment. Why should the seti admins not be entitled to the same.

Good to see you think this is funny.

I'm glad to see your good support.

And that means what exactly?

Thank you for asking.

Somehow...I think the sarcasm was missed by the person it was aimed at.

Gavin has a point, Fuzzy.

This project is going through quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. The last thing we need is to have someone " dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy of seeing people that gave someone problems being removed.

It's understood that many of the people removed were people that you had personal problems with.

That doesn't mean that your cavorting through this thread throwing it in the faces of those people's friends is the right thing to be doing right now.

"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

Good to see you think this is funny.

I'm glad to see your good support.

And that means what exactly?

Thank you for asking.

Somehow...I think the sarcasm was missed by the person it was aimed at.

Gavin has a point, Fuzzy.

This project is going through quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. The last thing we need is to have someone " dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy of seeing people that gave someone problems being removed.

It's understood that many of the people removed were people that you had personal problems with.

That doesn't mean that your cavorting through this thread throwing it in the faces of those people's friends is the right thing to be doing right now.

I wish you had shown this kind of consideration back when you were a moderator when I had got a banishment, where a whole group of people were "" dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy" of seeing me "being removed." all over the Cafe board. But you never saw any problems in that, did you?

And that reaction which were displayed back then were many times bigger the size of my comments here, to your team mate, who found it offensive that I LMAO at 22 of 30 and 25 of 30 of their cavorting through this thread throwing their insults in the face of me.

I reserve my rights to laugh at them when they try to bait me! Just as I also laugh at your friend's attempt to bait me!

Good to see you think this is funny.

I'm glad to see your good support.

And that means what exactly?

Thank you for asking.

Somehow...I think the sarcasm was missed by the person it was aimed at.

Gavin has a point, Fuzzy.

This project is going through quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. The last thing we need is to have someone " dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy of seeing people that gave someone problems being removed.

It's understood that many of the people removed were people that you had personal problems with.

That doesn't mean that your cavorting through this thread throwing it in the faces of those people's friends is the right thing to be doing right now.

I wish you had shown this kind of consideration back when you were a moderator when I had got a banishment, where a whole group of people were "" dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy" of seeing me "being removed." all over the Cafe board. But you never saw any problems in that, did you?

And that reaction which were displayed back then were many times bigger the size of my comments here, to your team mate, who found it offensive that I LMAO at 22 of 30 and 25 of 30 of their cavorting through this thread throwing their insults in the face of me.

I reserve my rights to laugh at them when they try to bait me! Just as I also laugh at your friend's attempt to bait me!

And you certainly paid them back in spades when you got the Mod tag ..eh

And there isn't enough space between the gloating to cavort.

"I'm trying to maintain a shred of dignity in this world." - Me

If "Guess who" is Tattletale, then you know that Tattletale was...

Good to see you think this is funny.

I'm glad to see your good support.

And that means what exactly?

Thank you for asking.

Somehow...I think the sarcasm was missed by the person it was aimed at.

Gavin has a point, Fuzzy.

This project is going through quite a lot of turmoil at the moment. The last thing we need is to have someone " dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy of seeing people that gave someone problems being removed.

It's understood that many of the people removed were people that you had personal problems with.

That doesn't mean that your cavorting through this thread throwing it in the faces of those people's friends is the right thing to be doing right now.

I wish you had shown this kind of consideration back when you were a moderator when I had got a banishment, where a whole group of people were "" dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy" of seeing me "being removed." all over the Cafe board. But you never saw any problems in that, did you?

And that reaction which were displayed back then were many times bigger the size of my comments here, to your team mate, who found it offensive that I LMAO at 22 of 30 and 25 of 30 of their cavorting through this thread throwing their insults in the face of me.

I reserve my rights to laugh at them when they try to bait me! Just as I also laugh at your friend's attempt to bait me!

And you certainly paid them back in spades when you got the Mod tag ..eh

And there isn't enough space between the gloating to cavort.

And I see that you, dear Monday, have changed to your 25 of 30 number. So it wasn't 26 of 30 after all?! LOL

Yes, it's very convenient to blame it all on...

I wish you had shown this kind of consideration back when you were a moderator when I had got a banishment, where a whole group of people were "" dancing in the streets " with the sheer joy" of seeing me "being removed." all over the Cafe board. But you never saw any problems in that, did you?

If I knew a known car thief and that car thief steals a car and dies crashing it during his get away, should I go to prison because I simply knew him? He cannot be punished, but someone *HAS* to be punished so it will be me, because I knew him. Does that scenario sound at all right to you? No! It is not.

What are you doing Hev?!

You know that Admin kindly put up this thread subject to certain rules.

You're violating them.

You seem to be doing your best to generate strife and bad feelings.


Please go back to making civil and respectful posts, as you had been doing in the period preceding these user contract terminations.

I'm sure that would be appreciated. :]]

There's no denying that he did what he did. But, that does NOT give you and your cohort the right to disrespect a friend of mine! Show some respect or don't post, that simple!

If I knew a known car thief and that car thief steals a car and dies crashing it during his get away, should I go to prison because I simply knew him? He cannot be punished, but someone *HAS* to be punished so it will be me, because I knew him. Does that scenario sound at all right to you? No! It is not.

That is not an analogous situation. A more analogous situation for those banished was they knew a car thief that stole a police car. The thief told all his friends about the stolen car and he made them copies of the keys and told them where it was parked. Some used the car for midnight joy rides to terrorize the populace. Some just drove it around for a while. Because they had a police radio they knew where the rest of the patrol cars were. Every night they would get together and tell each other what they had been using the stolen car for and offer suggestions for the next day. They kept detailed notes of their discussions.

Perhaps you weren't banned because your friends never gave you a copy of the keys. Perhaps you weren't invited to the nightly meetings. Perhaps you were at the meetings, but never opened your mouth so your name never appeared in the notes.

Nice one Misfit...Posting part of the Private Message Eric sent to some of us is a smooth move.

I hope Eric likes it.