Any way to hide those billbo..er..signatures?

[rogueusmc]

Speaking of sigs...last time I saw yours it had flames coming out of the cowl Terminus...[:D]

[Terminus]

Crudely applied by Nikademus, aka Buttdemus, aka the Nefarious SigTagger. Vengeance will be mine!

[bordric]

You are right terminus but that was not the point.

Really perhaps just deleting the guys post and leaving it at that would be the best thing.

Advertising the banning through sticky is like public execution and denouncement, then reading all the "lawyers" statements of legal action was just too much to take without commenting. Now I do not disagree with sticky and public discourse but then to be fair you have to listen to people like me too, those that don't pat such actions on the back and give it a "that-a-boy" and "kick him in the face while he is down".

Perhaps if people were not allowed to speak ill of people who are banned and can not defend themselves in the forum there would be no issue at all and no need for them too feel they need to cheat to get back on the forum to defend themselves.

[Terminus]

Well, yeah... The point was mostly that this guy had been banned not once, but something like six times, each time coming back under a slightly different handle, bragging about the fact that he could avoid IP address banning.

[Veldor]

What would those laws be Veldor? Can you name any of them?

You should not be giving out legal advice because much of what you wrote is very much incorrect and who knows maybe someone will hold you liable for giving false legal advice.

Yes you are correct. There are no laws in existence for internet usage, hacking, DOS, or any other computer crimes what-so-ever. Sometimes my imagination goes a bit wild and I have delusions about where and what I've done and the world that I live in.

The world is built and run on computers these days and you really think that there are no laws that protect anyone?

You may not be able to argue freedom of speech when you spraypaint someone's house, but that argument might just work in some other situation where it should in fact be just as equally worthless. Most computer-related laws are vaguely defined or end up dated in their specifics when vividly defined. This does not mean they do not exist or that they are not applicable. It is up to those involved in the process and/or the trial itself to make a case or not.

The fact is ISP's these days are getting so hammered with subpoena's to provide information related to these cases that they are willing to spend small fortunes to implement technology and solutions that allow them to more easily comply with such requests.

So profitable has this area become that even leading vendors, like Cisco Systems, are tailoring hardware and solutions aimed specifically at solving this massive problem...