You are not logged in. Login Now
 0-5   5-29   30-54   55-79   80-104   105-126     
 
Author Message
25 new of 126 responses total.
gelinas
response 5 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 28 15:05 UTC 2008

This kind of policy has already been discussed and approved, and is merely
(!) awaiting implementation.
keesan
response 6 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 28 22:24 UTC 2008

Is anyone actually working on the details?
lar
response 7 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 29 11:28 UTC 2008

I don't think preventing shell access is the answer but rather a 
strict validation protocol. And lets remember that all this abuse came 
from one user.
mary
response 8 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 29 12:47 UTC 2008

Any solution that requires someone else to do the work is not going to 
go anywhere.  We don't have worker bees anymore.  What we have are users 
in denial.  

We need to migrate Grex somewhere where software and hardware issues are 
offered, for a reasonable fee.  This community does a reasonable job of 
raising money so I think paying for this service won't be a problem, at 
least not in the short run.  A few (non-techie) folks could 
administrate.  But I don't see this as happening because we're a 
democracy and folks would rather see Grex go down than see their pet 
feature eliminated.

We've had a nice run.  I don't consider Grex a failure but maybe we've 
taken this model as far as it can go.


gelinas
response 9 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 29 17:10 UTC 2008

(Thus my comment on disposing of everything at once.)

I *think* Dan did some work on the validation code.  I've not had time to
follow the development, so I don't really know where it stands.
slynne
response 10 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 29 17:31 UTC 2008

I agree with resp:8 
nharmon
response 11 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 29 23:42 UTC 2008

I disagree with #8. Those who have given up on Grex should try and keep out of
the way if/when there is a revolution in staff.
slynne
response 12 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 30 00:21 UTC 2008

I'll do that
lar
response 13 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 30 03:47 UTC 2008

gid rid of steve as a root and maybe we can persuade mcnally and cross 
to accept a staff position. Maybe spooked would come back as well. In 
fact if we get rid of chuck martin we could cut a deal with cdalten. 
He doesn't hate grex so much as he hates unicorn. He wouldn't be a big 
loss since he's not ever here anyway.
jep
response 14 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 30 14:17 UTC 2008

I'd ask for my account to be removed if cdalten becomes a member of
Grex's staff.
tod
response 15 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jun 30 19:16 UTC 2008

Stranger things have happened.
lar
response 16 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 11:05 UTC 2008

re#14

Why is that? You're a BOD member of a group of reformed trolls aka:
m-net.
jep
response 17 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 15:08 UTC 2008

Cdalten has shown his level of respect for the users of Grex, and his
level of maturity.  I wouldn't care to be part of a system with someone
like that in charge.
tod
response 18 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 1 20:37 UTC 2008

Is there a rule someone has to respect Grex to be part of Arbornet?
lar
response 19 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 10:55 UTC 2008

Who said anything about putting him in charge? Where did you get that
from?
jep
response 20 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 13:15 UTC 2008

re resp:18: As usual, I have no idea what, if anything, you meant to
say.  Did you enter your response in the right item?

re resp:19: It looked to me like resp:13 was regarding staff members,
and cdalten was mentioned in that response.
lar
response 21 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 14:10 UTC 2008

I was just suggesting that we cut a deal with cdalten since most of his
bitterness is directed at something chuck martin did to him. I was
suggesting we eliminate unicorn from staff( considering how he doesn't
log in anyway) not make chad a staff member.
marcvh
response 22 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 15:43 UTC 2008

Are you in favor of appeasement in general, or just in this case?
slynne
response 23 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 16:00 UTC 2008

I dont think it would hurt to engage cdalten in a discussion but I dont
particularly think it is a good idea to make staffing decisions based on
the most troublesome users
jep
response 24 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 16:53 UTC 2008

I have discussed cdalten's behavior toward Grex with cdalten on M-Net. 
I've mainly let him know my perspective, that unicorn has been a
contributor to Grex whereas cdalten has not contributed anything
positive to anyone.  I'd be willing to see cdalten arrested for his
actions, and have told him so.  I'd personally be willing to do whatever
I could to see that happen.
unicorn
response 25 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 22:16 UTC 2008

Re 21:  Where do you get the idea that I don't log in?  Just because I'm
not currently particularly active on the bbs doesn't mean I don't log in.
I don't have the time at the moment to read and respond to much because
I have other priorities when I'm online for the time being, but I log in
just about every day.  If there were serious and persistent problems, I
would most likely find out about them unless someone else fixed them
rather quickly between my logins.  And if you think Chad would ever help
grex in any way, you are sadly mistaken.

By the way, Chad only uses me as a scpaegoat when he wants to cause
trouble.  When he gets tired of it, he claims that I decided to "give
it a rest", but when he discovers a new way of attacking, he claims
that I am once again doing something that he refuses to elaborate on
and not giving it a rest, even though I haven't changed what I'm doing
at all, just so he can have an excuse to try out his new attack.  I am
in no way the problem.  Chad is.
mcnally
response 26 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 2 23:51 UTC 2008

 One of the things that some organizations can only learn the hard way
 is that temperament and soundness of judgment are much more important
 qualities in a system administrator than energy or technical brilliance.

 Of the four qualities I've mentioned, however, the only one I'm willing
 to concede to cdalten is energy.  I agree with what I take to be the
 general consensus -- that it would be a very poor idea to involve him in
 the management of Grex.
sholmes
response 27 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 3 03:09 UTC 2008

And if in future we have another troll having issues with another staff
, do we keep on removing staff like that?
lar
response 28 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 3 05:54 UTC 2008

re#26

maybe one day you will consider coming back on staff.

re#27

Only if they act without any hint of accountability whatsoever
jep
response 29 of 126: Mark Unseen   Jul 3 13:00 UTC 2008

re resp:25: Thanks for posting, Chuck.  It's unfortunate that you're the
cited target of a criminal, which is what cdalten is.  Rest assured that
there are few who give him any credibility.  You're doing nothing wrong.
 Please hang in there.
 0-5   5-29   30-54   55-79   80-104   105-126     
Response Not Possible: You are Not Logged In
 

- Backtalk version 1.3.30 - Copyright 1996-2006, Jan Wolter and Steve Weiss