25-12-2010, 09:49 AM
I'd like to follow up on a fundamental point in Ed Jewett's post #9 above. It is dealt with in the group "We're back" statement but bears emphasis:
That point is about the site and it's contents being effectively held in trust for others - a sort of Commons Repository of discussion on the issues implied by its title. I agreed to become involved on that basis. The necessary documentation will be drawn up and actioned as soon as reasonably practicable. The technical steps are already well in hand.
It is intended that trust (or lack of it) in any individual will have no bearing on that individuals ability to do the sort of technical damage that was done by a previous administrator. To Hijack an entire server, database and domain name unilaterally and deceitfully, using trust to acquire the necessary technical credentials before altering them, is just about the grossest betrayal of trust imaginable in the world of internet services and communications. In my opinion, anyone shown to have behaved in such a fashion has forfeited any claim on such trust ever again.
DPF is a cooperative venture and - unlike in a recent case on another ostensibly serious forum, where over a thousand posts representing hundreds of hours work by one individual, were summarily deleted by vindictive admins - once passed any initial moderation, posts to DPF will remain so long as the site itself exists.
That point is about the site and it's contents being effectively held in trust for others - a sort of Commons Repository of discussion on the issues implied by its title. I agreed to become involved on that basis. The necessary documentation will be drawn up and actioned as soon as reasonably practicable. The technical steps are already well in hand.
It is intended that trust (or lack of it) in any individual will have no bearing on that individuals ability to do the sort of technical damage that was done by a previous administrator. To Hijack an entire server, database and domain name unilaterally and deceitfully, using trust to acquire the necessary technical credentials before altering them, is just about the grossest betrayal of trust imaginable in the world of internet services and communications. In my opinion, anyone shown to have behaved in such a fashion has forfeited any claim on such trust ever again.
DPF is a cooperative venture and - unlike in a recent case on another ostensibly serious forum, where over a thousand posts representing hundreds of hours work by one individual, were summarily deleted by vindictive admins - once passed any initial moderation, posts to DPF will remain so long as the site itself exists.
Peter Presland
".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
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"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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".....there is something far worse than Nazism, and that is the hubris of the Anglo-American fraternities, whose routine is to incite indigenous monsters to war, and steer the pandemonium to further their imperial aims"
Guido Preparata. Preface to 'Conjuring Hitler'[size=12][size=12]
"Never believe anything until it has been officially denied"
Claud Cockburn
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