Posts by Lanny

1. 2015-06-25 at 5:17 AM UTC in ATTN:OGbloodcomptonnigga
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage
   so let it be written so let it be done!
2. 2015-06-25 at 5:09 AM UTC in Welcome Faggots (rules and updates on site features)
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage

   Private property (this website) + anarchy = anarcho-capitalism. You're finally one of us. Embrace the spontaneous order rather than clinging to your desires to be a dictatorial central planner.

   
   
   There's a fundamental difference between denying authority in a special case (this one, based on historical evidence) and denying its legitimacy generally. More concretely, no one who's owned the webspace this community is housed in has had special access to truth in the realm of setting rules on a BBS and that includes me. Just because I don't have the expertise to make good super-legal restrictions on site content doesn't mean such restrictions don't exist, or if they don't exist it doesn't mean that more generally there doesn't exist better or worse restrictions on the populous at large that can justifiably be maintained by force. The point here is that justified authority comes in proportion to domain expertise. Whereof one has no expertise (forum administration) thereof one must not legislate.
3. 2015-06-25 at 4:50 AM UTC in Nice Job on the Site Lanny
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage
   I reduced the char requirement to 1 a little while ago, it wouldn't let me choose zero, presumably because shitty programming using falsy coercion but w/e, if you really want to make a fully blank post I'm sure you can find the keycode.
   
   

   Yep, nice job on getting it up so fast. Did you happen to have a vB license lying around?
   
   Also, I've been thinking this over today - what are the safeguards against this place disappearing?

   
   No vB license on hand, downloaded a cracked version. May throw the money at jelsoft at some point but we'll see.
   
   As for safeguards, that's a good question, I've been thinking about the same issue. So the first thing worth saying is that I'm happy to give the site to someone else, no matter how much of a clusterfuck it is, if I decide I can't take it anymore. That doesn't offer much protection in the case of blackmailing though. I don't think I've done anything that anyone knows about that can be used to blackmail me (I've made peace with the genderfaking thing coming to light, full DGAF mode) but it's something worth considering. I've thought about distributing copies of the database at regular intervals. Passwords should be hashed securely (but it wouldn't surprise me if it was some pussy ass crypto like SHA-1, need to dig into the code) but there doesn't seem to be a way to get around PMs being made public without a BIG code change and all the caveats that come with pbkdf. I'm totally open to ideas here though, I'm willing to do whatever it takes to make a clean transition feasible (ala deadmans triggers that won't let me back out in a blackmail situation) that doesn't compromise user security in the now.
   
   

   How's the site financially wise? It's probably cheap to run now and there's no point in thinking about future problems at the moment though.

   
   Hosting cost is $10 a month at the moment plus $7 a year for the domain or whatever. Will probably bump the hosting fairly soon but the cost is so low I have no need nor desire to defray costs via advertising or anything else.
   
   

   What about hosting security and your own security? Looks like site's hosted by ramnode in the US and there's some other info. Are we ok in this department? There's no questionable content and I sure as hell hope we won't get any, but I'm a bit spooked by how the last 3 sites were shutdown.

   
   Yeah, going with ramnode because they're the best of the low end that I've found but they are american and DMCA compliant. Might think about moving hosting offshore if it's necessary, we'll see how it goes. Latency to Romania is kind of a pain in the ass and I'm ultimately located in the US either way so no level of opsec I'm going to put out will make US-illegal content feasible but I'm willing fight a suit if I think it's possible (based on caselaw) to win and if it comes down to something like torrents where a host ignoring US LE complaints will make it go away then I'd be willing to make the move.
   
   Also my whois is a funny mix of actual info and made up stuff. Again, I'm not particularly worried about being doxxed, I assume what I post here will eventually be made public anyway.
4. 2015-06-25 at 4:16 AM UTC in Where the movie section at, homeslice?
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage
   no problem, it prolly hasn't been called moving pictures in ages so I can see how people could miss it.
5. 2015-06-25 at 4:07 AM UTC in The retarded thread: Fuck, §m£ÂgØL made one first edition
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage
   All that time out of BLTC and you remake the new TRT in HB... why blood, why?
   
   Also yeah, I assumed hydro accidentally killed you when you tried to rape her on RCs or something.
6. 2015-06-25 at 4 AM UTC in What typa domain is .space anyway?
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage
   Yeah, it's a pretty recent TLD. Gandi, the registrar I swear by, did a giveaway of domains on post-sunrise TLDs and everyone who had been a customer for more than like a year or something got to reg domains on a randomly selected set of the new TLDs.
   
   I could switch us over to lannysport.net but I figure fantasy novel X vanity domain would be a little too much for good taste.
7. 2015-06-25 at 3:39 AM UTC in y u use vBulletin 5?
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage

   Seriously. Just use 4 like normal people. :P

   
   5 was what I could find a cracked version of easily. Honestly vB3 will forever have a place in my heart but really every version is shitty PHP, 4/5 are just more pretentions and bureaucratic than 3.
   
   

   A better question is why haven't you killed yourself yet?

   
   A VALID QUESTION
8. 2015-06-25 at 3:36 AM UTC in So
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage

   How long you plan on keeping this place up?

   
   
   Until a clear "next place" after rdfrn emerges or until no one posts anymore if here ends up being that next place. If TB or riflow end up with a clearly larger active userbase then I'll shut this place down and redirect there, the side sites are kinda lame IMO. I don't expect to be doxed out of business (my PI is already out there, socal DGAF) and hosting costs are pocket change. If I ever don't want to host the site anymore I'm not going to wax poetic at the last moment and insist the ship go down with me (ala zok), if some nigga is fool enough to take on administration they'll have it.
   
   P.S. tits plox
9. 2015-06-25 at 3:18 AM UTC in I suggest the removal of the "comment" feature
   

   Lanny Bird of Courage
   Should be el-fixo'd
10. 2015-06-25 at 3:17 AM UTC in Welcome Faggots (rules and updates on site features)
    

    Lanny Bird of Courage

    This power disparity Lanny, i felt more of an equal when we were both lowly shitposters now you some typa admin. Hold me and comfort me, (fullhomo)

    
    
    Don't worry blood, I couldn't rise above my station as a chronic shitposter if I wanted.
    
    P.S. Your homoerotic advances are highly appreciated.
11. 2015-06-25 at 3:07 AM UTC in I suggest the removal of the "comment" feature
    

    Lanny Bird of Courage
    Good suggestion §m£ÂgØL, VB5 has faggy shit like that enabled by default.
12. 2015-06-25 at 2:57 AM UTC in Welcome Faggots (rules and updates on site features)
    

    Lanny Bird of Courage
    Mission statements are gay, so here's the quick and dirty of where we stand: rdfrn has apparently bit the big one (or soon will) and we need a place to shitpost. Hopefully we've learned something from the last three dead communities and this one will hang around for a little longer but every autist who has shat out some webspace has said the same thing, so you're rolling the dice here just like we all did on each site that came before. On the last three sites (rdfrn, sanc, zoklet) a lot of time and effort was spent on deciding what the rules were and how they were going to be enforced but so far no one has been hurt by overly permissive rules and three sites have died at the intersection of autism, admin burnout, and doxxing. In light of this fact I want to try something different, namely the minimal set of rules that are necessary for a forum to operate because I just don't have the energy to police a bunch of man-children on the internet. With that let's look at:
    
    [SIZE=26px]The Rules[/SIZE]
    1. No content which will get Lanny arrested. I'm not a fucking lawyer so I don't know what the fuck that really boils down to but we're going to play it by ear. When the cops show up at my door or I wake up with a C&D notice in my mail I'm going to be mad. When I see things which will obviously land me in jail (like child porn (the real kind)) I'll delete it.
    
    2. No intentionally disrupting discussion. This one is, admittedly, fuzzy. The site is here so people can have a place to talk about shit they want to talk about. If you spam incoherent shit in a thread about something technical or specific then allowing that would just be defeating the point of the site. If you call someone a faggot for making a dumb thread, well that's probably alright. Listen, it's not a clear line when shitposting in good faith becomes intentional disruption but my pledge to you, gentle posters, is that I really don't give a fuck and will alway err on the site of not doing shit.
    
    [SIZE=26px]FAQ[/SIZE]
    Isn't there a personal info rule?[SIZE=12px] No, there isn't. Reg an account under a different name or man the fuck up. Why in the fuck would I waste my free time cleaning up your fuckups in maintaining anonymity? Besides, niggers who see your PI posted on the open forums are the absolute least of your concerns if your info is out there.[/SIZE]
    
    What's up with the shitty layout and broken features.[SIZE=12px] Idio didn't exactly give us a ton of time to arrange alternatives. On the up side I'm a professional programmer and the first admin who's actually qualified to operate a site since Zok (and his coding skills were a bit shaky, you should look at the zb3 source some time). On the down side I'm a professional programmer and work, sometimes crazy hours. If something is fucked up open a thread about it in the support forum and it will go on the list (below) and I'll get around to it as soon as I can be fucked to burn some time.[/SIZE]
    
    Who are the mods/Can I be one? There are none and no. I am the only person who has elevated privileges and I have to log into a different account to get them. I was a mod on zoklet for a while and while doing that it occurred to me that the best mods didn't need to have additional privileges on the site to do well and the worst mods only abused the mod tools. You just read the rules, if enforcing them ever becomes more than a one-person job then it's obvious they've been stretched well beyond what's intended. I may appoint another admin at the point that I decide to stop participating in the site but I have no intention of having more than one person making moderator decisions at a time.
    
    [SIZE=26px]Site Features
    [SIZE=12px]This is really mostly just for me, to keep track of the technical things I need to do when I have time to. If you have an issue make a thread and make sure it ends up on this list. If I put it in bold (strikethrough once I get around to that...) and it still isn't fixed feel free to bitch at me.[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    

    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]Fix avatars[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]faggy "comment" feature (as distinct from replies) remove[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]add flora and fauna forum[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]back to top link at bottom of the page[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]add OI, DIY, and a money forum[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]add strikethrough[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]make new-topics show your own posts (read threads)[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]noscript compatible login[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]auto-subscriptions[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]add totse theme[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]thanks (likes are for fags)[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]add zoklet (newschool) theme[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]banlist (or figure out where the banlist is)[/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px][SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]remove photo uploading[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=12px]auto-links[/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=12px][SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]get rid of tags[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=12px][SIZE=26px][SIZE=12px]make sure move-to-top gets propagated to other themes[/SIZE][/SIZE][/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=12px]making a new thread subscribes you to the forum you make it in, which is dumb[/SIZE]
    • [SIZE=12px]Hot topics bar[/SIZE]
13. 2015-06-25 at 1:06 AM UTC in Anyone else having trouble staying logged in?
    

    Lanny Bird of Courage
    I bumped the session timeout to the max which I think it what would have done it, let me know if it's still an issue after your next logout/login.
14. 2015-06-24 at 4:23 PM UTC in Subforums that this site needs.
    

    Lanny Bird of Courage
    Do you mean like site news or a news forum with the second one?
    
    I added the other three, never been in DIY myself but I don't know how I missed OI, good catch.