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I need to apologize to the lbpc community. This morning when I logged on I had a notification from the mods that I had received an infraction and would be silenced for 45 days. I was heartbroken and extremely upset. I love this community too much to do anything to jeopardize it. "How could this happen," I thought. What did I do? Schm0 said that I had posted inappropriate content. What!? Me!? I went to the thread in question and remembered posting an image of Evel Knievel toys. Morgana had already removed the image (thank God, you'll see why in a minute). What's inappropriate about Evel Knievel toys, I asked Schm0. He informed me that it was the most vulgar thing he'd seen on the site. I...I...I...What!? I informed him that I did not post any vulgar images and that I had previewed my post beforehand and it was fine. It was a picture of toys. I gave him my sources where I found the image (google images) and what exactly the picture was. He said he'd investigate. Sorry for being long winded. wrapping up, I promise.

I waited all day, checking back periodically for any new messages from Schm0 and my status within the community. I received a message this evening that the infraction had been lifted. "Oh thank goodness" I thought. A huge weight had been lifted. Schmo investigated and let me know that by following the link all the way to the source, reveals a vulgar image. Now I have not seen the image myself, nor do I want to. He said that google's image cache originally pulled the evil kneival toy image, stored it, and it has since been modified using the same file name. I had no idea, as I had not followed the link to the source.

So, I want to apologize to anyone who saw the image. I in no way whatsoever meant any harm. Please don't think that that is who I am or how this site is. I also want to say another huge thanks to Schm0. You listened and investigated and that tells me a lot, and I can't thank you enough.

-Biorogue-
2011-07-29 03:54:00

Author:
biorogue
Posts: 8424


http://img841.imageshack.us/img841/4853/1301968909181s.jpg

Don't worry man, it's alright. Didn't see the picture myself, but doesn't matter: a picture does not reflect on someone's personality; it's the way they act and talk to you.

Glad to hear everything's been sorted out.
2011-07-29 04:31:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551


Oh, that's fine, didn't see it anyway

But, I'm glad you got it worked out I don't see you as a different person now, just a techy glitch
2011-07-29 05:43:00

Author:
Unknown User


Is it wrong that I desperately want to see this picture now?

And don't worry man, it wasn't your fault.
2011-07-29 14:15:00

Author:
talbot-trembler
Posts: 1114


Is it wrong that I desperately want to see this picture now?

And don't worry man, it wasn't your fault.

Probably not wrong seeing the state of our country. I suppose it will be no harm to go hating on someone else for a change.

2011-07-29 15:12:00

Author:
Tecnoguy1
Posts: 206


Don't worry about it!


It's quite reassuring to see (although we already knew it!) that our site has such friendly mods that are willing to investigate your case, I'd imagine most other sites' mods would simply ban you then forget about you, even if it wasn't your fault at all, as was the case here.

We love you mods! <3
2011-07-29 15:34:00

Author:
Plasmavore
Posts: 1913


i saw it, and unfortunately can't unsee it, but I was sure that it was a misunderstanding.
"No, Biorogue wouldn't post this!"

Brb, gotta see 2 hours of Nyan Cat straight.
2011-07-29 17:26:00

Author:
gdn001
Posts: 5891


Not your fault. Shi... I mean, vulgarity happens 2011-07-29 18:34:00

Author:
SnipySev
Posts: 2452


One of the many reasons why hotlinking is a bad idea.2011-07-29 18:35:00

Author:
Ayneh
Posts: 2454


1. Thanks for the apology.
2. I didn't see the picture.
3. Now I really want to.
4. I'm guessing it was related to sex/private parts?
5. Now I don't want to.
2011-07-29 22:36:00

Author:
abyssalassassin
Posts: 717


i saw it, and unfortunately can't unsee it, but I was sure that it was a misunderstanding.
"No, Biorogue wouldn't post this!"

Brb, gotta see 2 hours of Nyan Cat straight.

it must've been pretty bad for you to want to watch 2 hrs of the Nyan Cat.
I don't want to see it. I learned my lesson on curiosity with the 2 girls 1 cup fiasco. I still wake up in the middle of the night with trembles over that one.
2011-07-29 23:53:00

Author:
biorogue
Posts: 8424


Oh, man. If I had a nickel for every time I accidentally showed somebody a winkie on the internet... Oh man... Or For every time I purposefully showed someone a winkie on the internet... Jeezbus. So many winkies... SO many nickels....2011-07-29 23:59:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806


Well, I suppose this'll be something to laugh about in a few days.

Apology accepted.

Glad I didn't see it myself, though. Hehe.
2011-07-30 00:00:00

Author:
Frinklebumper
Posts: 941


Ok, so how vulgar are we talking here?2011-07-30 01:20:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970


Ouch But seriously... Eew2011-07-30 01:37:00

Author:
poorjack
Posts: 1806


Search for any of those terms at your own risk!

Don't say I didn't warn you
2011-07-30 01:40:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970


I've no idea what your talking about, but I doubt anyone here would intentionally do such a thing, so apology accepted.

And kids, I highly don't recommend searching anything in Macnme's post. Seriously, don't
2011-07-30 16:01:00

Author:
kirbyman62
Posts: 1893


Yeah, dont search any of Macnme's posts, in fact dont even look at him. . Apology accepted, I didnt see the image but I know you wouldnt do such a thing. There is only one guy on this site who would do that and its.................someone called nobody.2011-07-30 16:34:00

Author:
craigmond
Posts: 2426


"It's all right, you are forgiven."

I wanna see it now...
Or do I?...... (/o.o)
2011-07-30 16:48:00

Author:
Maxi
Posts: 1176


Good mother of God, Macnme! Delete those horrible references now before some poor child searches it!

EDIT: Done. (schm0)
2011-07-30 16:54:00

Author:
CyberSora
Posts: 5551


I saw it. I was the one that reported the post. It was absolutely disgusting. It's up there with the posts Macnme gave. Fortunately for me, (if you can call it that) I had already seen the picture 6-7 years ago so the shock wasn't there. It is quite disturbing and I wouldn't want anyone to have to see it. It's gross. Like real gross.

Oh and kudos to the mods. I knew you wouldn't post such a thing and by the looks of your post in question, you had no idea that picture was posted.
2011-07-30 19:27:00

Author:
Whalio Cappuccino
Posts: 5250


Thanks, Biorogue... to tell you all a bit of backstory, I initially came across this at work of all places, and imagine my surprise when I'm scrolling through the reported posts at 8 AM and up pops the aforementioned image. Let's just say I lost my breath for a bit. That's the type of image that'd get you fired faster than you could finish the letter "f".

I had to infract initially, as everything was immediately suspicious: an otherwise upstanding member posting vulgar images in a post about childrens toys? If someone had hacked his account, I didn't want them to be able to post further. Being at work, I was unable to continue the investigation. What to do?

Fortunately, everything worked out in the end. I'll share some technical gibberish here that Aya posted that some of you may find interesting:


Every time your browser requests an image, it passes on the URL of the page the image is used in, and this site returns a different image if the referring site isn't on an approved list of sites.

I tested it with a Unix program called "wget" which lets you fake the referring URL.

When sending a referrer from the same site, it returns the correct 22K image...but with a referring URL from almost anywhere else, it returns a different 121K image...

It's quite common for websites to do this sort of thing to prevent other sites stealing their bandwidth, but they'd more likely just return a 404.

The reason biorogue wouldn't have noticed is that the server isn't sending the correct "Vary" header to the browser, so he would've seen the correct version served from his browser cache until he did a hard refresh on the page.

Everyone else, of course, would've seen the incorrect version immediately, unless they had already visited the site it came from, which seems pretty unlikely.

Oddly enough, www.google.com (http://www.google.com/) seems to be on the authorized site list, so they might not see it.
So in other words, the lesson learned should be this: if posting images here, host them yourself. If you can't or don't know how to do that, make sure they're from a reputable source.

And Bio, no need to apologize. If anyone, that should be me. Sorry for not being able to investigate or act quicker!

Edit: Also, thanks should be due to Morgana for catching the image and deleting it from the post, and Aya for doing the technical investigation!
2011-07-30 21:18:00

Author:
schm0
Posts: 1239


& I'll apologise for my eye-soap inducing post aswell 2011-07-30 21:28:00

Author:
Macnme
Posts: 1970


No need to apologise, I needed a new desktop background!




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I'm just kidding, I don't even know what the picture was, nor do I want to know.
2011-07-30 23:38:00

Author:
Doopz
Posts: 5592


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