For what it's worth, I can vouch for the fact that Dave and BoB are different people, 'cos to my knowledge they definitely are.
Didn't they do some radio thing together, btw? Or did I dream that.
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For what it's worth, I can vouch for the fact that Dave and BoB are different people, 'cos to my knowledge they definitely are.
Didn't they do some radio thing together, btw? Or did I dream that.
They did 1, then gepperrankins was made into "FST Radio Dude" and never did another show. :frusty:Quote:
Originally Posted by SnnY
If the rest of the team agree that ip will be unblocked soon.
This is totally pathetic.
If it was a mod/admin having trouble signing in, I bet the ip ban would be lifted without thought. Dave has been a helpful member of this board for years, I honestly dont see why there is such a problem here.
So others who have had their ip banned will be able to post again? And?
It's not worth losing one valuable member just to keep a few eejits banned, who will have probably have found a way around it anyway if they really wanted to.
If I were Dave, I would be mighty offended right now.
Cool. Thanks, Ross.
Edit: Well said, missie :D
FFs people!!
The Dave/Gepper Rankins is not banned, nor is he being penalised for any wrong doing or anything at all. Give us a break!!
We are sorting it out...have a little patience and stop being so bloody paranoid and uppity. Anyone would think that he had been actually banned for no reason and we mods/admins were being gits!
You lot know it aint the case and you are just trolling.
As for the Billy thing, I rather got the impression that people were enjoying the opportunity for a bit of a flame war. :lol:
I have the same thing. My Ip is the same as thousands of other people who are with NTL in the south east of England. It makes it impossible for me to use that Rapidshare upload website because it says you are already downloading another thing with the same ip :frusty:
My real ip is like 82.* but for forums and other stuff show as like 62.0.0.1 or something ghey like that.
Not me, I find his anti-semitism offensive.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sara
Sorry to go off topic.
Free The and so forth.
I'm with NTL as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by Peerzy
They use the proxy and huge big cache to speed stuff up. That way they store oft requested info and then send it direct when requested again. They update periodically, or you can also do it with ctl+F5 (I think) to do a proper refresh rather than from NTL.
:unsure: Sorry Sara.
So I presume a mod has already pm'd Dave to tell him exactly why he isn't able to access the forum, and the great ip debate involved then.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sara
WRT Billy, Can't say I mind attacking him the way he has attacked others, or that I don't enjoy making him angry, but I'd rather see him banned, 'cos fair is fair, and he has had his chances for redemption, and let them slip away too many times already.
WRT Dave, it's a shame that he can't get here over someone else's ban, and I'm very much hoping it gets resolved soon. And I really don't think he had anything to do with BoB's mess.
Agree'd, what happened to being banned means banned? I remember just after Sam was banned Mod's were saying how he could not come back. Yet you let some troll come back and leave him because it looks like the current members are having fun abusing him :blink:Quote:
Originally Posted by SnnY
@Jp - Yeah it's quite handy at times, it means i show up as thousands of other people within my area. It also makes me litterally untraceable unless you know my real ip (which isn't publically used anyway so i would have to tell you it) but other times its teh ghey. For example on some places i have accounts to ftp's and such linked with my ip (my real one) so i have to find that out every time and see if it's changed since my last login and shit :ermm:
Dave's problem seems slightly harsh. If the member had been a mod or forum star or whatever im sure everyone would have sorted it out super fast, just because Dave doesn't post news posts or spot NZB's means he's expenadable untill 3 weeks later when someone remembers.
seems I never pm'ed you at all Dan, If memory servers me right, I only accused you of using the same Proxy as SnnY, and he actually told me first that you might be, cause he " gave you some proxies, though he couldn't remember which one "Quote:
Originally Posted by DanB
In all fairness, you did make some fairly suspicious posts that seemed aimed at one or the both of us, and when you pmd me, it was fairly logical to think of that.
And I'm not sure, but I think you also mentioned that you had a match for another member.
Also, as far as I know dan has seen all the relevant pms I got from you, 'cos I put them up for him to look at :unsure:
EDit:Upon which you said you'd actually matched one IP to dan, but that it was another proxy.Quote:
Originally Posted by I
Clickity ClickQuote:
Originally Posted by Danb
The IP has been removed from the blocklist
Thats correct, and thats the exact Pm you sent to me. At that point I had not mentioned Dans name to you, though I did indeed have a match on his name for that IP. I never contacted Dan about that at all, only you SnnY.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnnY
Cheers, mate.Quote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
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Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
Cheers :01:
It did it again.Quote:
Originally Posted by SnnY
This is very odd, and each time it happens I can't get in for a bit.:blink:
Yes, I know that, and I told you then I was going to tell dan.Quote:
Originally Posted by RPerry
So he didn't try and use a banned proxy to get here.
Not attacking anyone here, just stating facts:unsure:
That is true, it was SnnY that told me of the aspersion being cast against my good characterQuote:
Originally Posted by SnnY
wow!
an entire thread about me and i just can't be arsed to read it.
thanks guys :01:
wb dave:D
Well done mods.:01:
That's exactly what I was talking about when I said it appeared he could change his IP. Otherwise there would be no way that TheDave (aka GepperRankins) and BoB!1! could have the same alternating IP address within such a short space of time.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
Anyway, I'm just glad he's back on the board.
Welcome back The Dave/Gepper.
Phew...one problem solved....a mod's work is never done... :sigh:
Now.... :shifty:
That just proves is IP is dynamically assigned - not that he can alter it at will. My point was that at the time, either Dave or BoB!1! rebooted and, by chance, reconnected to the same hub/proxy server that the other was connected to.Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
I also said that their IP could change every time they disconnected or not at all. He can't do it when he likes - it's down to chance (whether there is a free slot in the last hub they'd connected to).
He'd tried several times to alter his IP but it wasn't working. I'd already posted that too.
That's just bollocks.Quote:
Originally Posted by Sara
I'd explained the situation with his IP and shown that he and BoB!1! could have been using the same IP at that time. I'd explained that some ten hours before the ban was lifted.
To sort it out required a few clicks to remove his current IP from the block list but posts were made by members of the team which unequivocably stated that you lot thought either Dave was using BoB!1!'s account or that BoB!1! was using Dave's computer.
Implying that Dave either made or condoned the racist rubbish that BoB!1! posted.
Which would have offended me if I was Dave.
I completely stand by my posts.
Correct me if im wrong but can't you change your ip through CMD?
/ip release
/ip renew
Or something like that?
Do you seriously expect us to believe that for weeks on end Dave had the same IP, but by some miracle there was a half hour period when Dave lost that IP, Bob gained it, then lost that IP and Dave got it back again? And in between he just happened to make that offensive racist post. Please, go and take a reality pill.Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
It is quite obvious that the post in question must have been made from Dave's pc, and I'm certain that Dave knows it. But that doesn't imply that Dave made
or condoned Bob's post.
If that offends Dave, I'm sure he's capable of saying so, quite frankly I don't particularly care how it makes you feel since it doesn't involve you.
The reason for the delay in removing the IP block is that the blocked IP was not the same as the one he had been using for the previous month, which caused some confusion.
If you do that it gives you the same IP unless someone else has taken it, I think. But then I don't know squat about these things and just make stuff up as I go along.
manker pretty much hit the nail on the head. have you seen any log files where me and bob have exactly the same IPs as eachother, or are you just taking RPerrys word for it?Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
i reckon it could be possible that we had the same IPs on the same day even, but neither of us disconnected around the time he got banned. it's taken over a month for me to fall into the banned IP feild as well
Yes I do expect you to believe it. I believe it because I know Dave and trust him, he said that they were in different houses when the posts were made. Dave and BoB!1! were conversing on MSN at the time.Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
You've known Dave for longer than me so yes - I fully expect you to trust his word.
I said the post was bollocks because I wasn't trolling. In fact I'd been fairly polite. If you aren't bothered if how I feel then thats a matter for you but I'm a member who was politely expressing concern about how the moderating team goes about their business.No shit, so no IPs had been banned that night and the IP he'd been using for a month to post every day on this board wasn't blocked.Quote:
Originally Posted by lynx
Well done, Miss Marple. How did you come to that conclusion.
Obviously, you needed to know the IP with which he was trying to access the board. Something already provided by Cheese.
So which is it?
Either you took ten hours to figure out how to lift the block or you thought Dave was posting as BoB!1! and you thought he should be banned but then decided against it.
we found it strange that they used the same IP within 30 min. so we needed to check that out, because it was possible that Dave used the bob account.
Being a member here for over 2 years doesn't mean its not possible he would post such a reply.
edit: :dry: @ ike
yeah it is possible that i'd post such a reply but i'd have to kill myself, if not for missing my own point but for the terrible grammar. (for those that never saw a bob post, it's worse than one of mine. or should i say "mine")
Ah, so when lynx said that the reason for the delay was because it was a bit tricky to lift the IP ban - he was talking thro' his arse.Quote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
Thought so.
has anyone checked the log files yet?
I changed my post, it first said it was both. what lynx said and what I just posted. but I removed that line because it looked stupid with your quote (looked like I agreed with you that lynx is 'stupid').Quote:
Originally Posted by manker
There were some things that were confusing. but everything is fixed now...
:lol: :DQuote:
Originally Posted by {I}{K}{E}
Okay, mate.
Yes, I have seen logs of that, were you trying to imply that RPerry was lying? In actual fact there appears to have been a mistake in the IP that was blocked, it was the one you were using up until a few days before the offending post, which is why there was some confusion about how come it has taken a month to take effect. I could go back and tell you the exact dates, but to be honest I can't be arsed.Quote:
Originally Posted by GepperRankins
If neither of you disconnected, then how could the other get the same IP? Caught by your own statements.Quote:
Originally Posted by GepperRankins
Yeah, basically one of you would have had to have disconnected for you both to have the same IP if you hadn't previously. It's just the way it works.
Well self pwned, Dave - or should I say BoB!1! :dry: