A user from 194.242.66.134 registered over a dozen extremely profane names, none of which with valid email addresses.
The IP is French. Please do not draw conclusions.
I have suspended registration and banned the user's class C address. In a few minutes, I am going to run another IP search. If anyone previously registered matches that IP or the traceroute, they will be banned from Flare for the forseeable future.
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Posted by Gepta001 (Member # 231) on January 14, 2000 10:26 AM:
"This is Heavy"
wow!!
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Posted by First of Two (Member # 16) on January 14, 2000 11:27 AM:
*mutters* never liked that country anyway...
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Posted by Gepta001 (Member # 231) on January 14, 2000 11:36 AM:
lol!!!! why don't you like France?
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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on January 14, 2000 12:48 PM:
It's a long story which we won't get into right now.
I don't think it's related to SFA...
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Posted by Gepta001 (Member # 231) on January 14, 2000 06:21 PM:
SFA? the only thing I can think of is Star Fleet Academy, and I can't figure out what Star Fleet academy would have to do with you not liking France? I'm totally confused and intrigued, somebody please tell me.
-FTM
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Posted by Montgomery (Member # 23) on January 14, 2000 11:44 PM:
Well, the French were nice to me when i went there on holiday, so 'nuff respect. It's also the most accessible foreign tongue, IMHO. (OooH, that sounded a bit, RUDE didn't it?! )
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on January 15, 2000 12:23 AM:
CC: I agree with what you are doing, and would have done exactly the same if I were in your position. But my provider (Casema) is part of a French company (Wanadoo). Please take into account that it is possible that my 'route' comes from France.
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Posted by Fabrux (Member # 71) on January 15, 2000 02:04 AM:
SFA=SciFi-Art. 'Nuff said.
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Posted by Gepta001 (Member # 231) on January 15, 2000 09:53 PM:
how is french the most accessible language?
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Posted by Vacuum robot lady from Spaceballs (Member # 239) on January 16, 2000 05:47 AM:
It was a pun. Re-read his post again, carefully, and you'll catch it.
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Posted by TSN (Member # 31) on January 16, 2000 04:31 PM:
In case you still don't get it, note that he called it a "foreign tongue", not a "language".
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Posted by Michael Dracon (Member # 4) on January 16, 2000 07:09 PM:
CC: I had some trouble getting onto the Flare Forums just now, I hope that hasn't got anything to do with this...
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Posted by Charles Capps (Member # 9) on January 16, 2000 08:54 PM:
Nope, that was a routine reboot...
Server DOWNTIME is never caused by anything I do. When I'm doing things and don't want people mucking around, I set things up so you get an error message.
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