saturn Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 1:09 PM, Larsongs said: Read the 1st amendment(those able to) carefully, and you'll notice the wording... First Amendment Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. Looks to me like it reads that CONGRESS shall make no law abridging the freedom of speech. Says NOTHING about disallowing anybody else from doing so. People have been misreading and misinterpreting the first amendment to suit their own purpose just as others have been doing the same with the second amendment. Whitefang It's the very first one I'm most concerned with lately. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 (edited) 8 hours ago, ghost_of_fl said: We are talking about the "banned" message appearing while both moderators have confirmed they didn't ban the user. I haven't seen any other threads with that same problem. Want to annoy an IT administrator? Compare their network/database/bb/whatever to those hosted by other organizations. I used to be a member of the Fender forum when it existed. They had their own issues. The Fender Forum appears to be alive & well.. Just went there… Interestingly enough they have a Gibson Section.. That ”banned” isn’t the only mention of banned on this forum…. I’m just saying I don’t see this even come up on most other forums.. Edited June 22, 2022 by Larsongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/17/2022 at 5:42 AM, ghost_of_fl said: Reminds me of a mistake made at a company I worked for. I was in the IT dept and one of my co-workers blocked the keyword "Viagra" to stop some SPAM emails. And as an afterthought, the added the word "Cialis". Immediately after the change, our web programmer stopped being able to send emails internally. I looked into it and figured out, he had his job title in his email signature. "Web SpeCIALISt" 🤦♂️ When I worked, it was for companies that built heavy-duty diesel vehicles....and when we got a new server and IT Department, they blocked out certain words....and suddenly we couldn't include our major engine manufacturer....CUMMINS in any email! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 On 6/18/2022 at 12:17 PM, ksdaddy said: I can see all the ISP's used by him and the dates involved. I'm sure ISPs can be blocked by those with that specific permission but I don't have it. However I am curious about the following dates: 3/1/22, 3/22/22, 3/23/22, 5/5/22. Any chance you tried to log onto the forum on those dates and got the banned message? I guess I shouldn't complain that I'm not listed as "All Access"....I'm just "Members" category...and I don't have the option to "Like" anything! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 23 hours ago, ghost_of_fl said: Sounds like you found a non official fender forum - see: Fender Forums Closure Statement Whatever.. It’s a Forum about Fenders called the Fender Forum. It covers all things Fender & I haven’t see any Threads about banning.. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 THIS, perhaps? https://www.thefenderforum.com/ I didn't check it out seeing as I don't own and play any Fenders. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 25 minutes ago, ghost_of_fl said: After HOURS of digging, I was able to find this: "The Fender Forum is a privately owned and operated site.The Fender Forum is in no way affiliated with Fender Musical Instrument Corporation." So what? Who cares if it is or isn’t? As long as it’s a good Forum! Have a great day! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Larsongs Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 (edited) 6 hours ago, ghost_of_fl said: I had said the official fender forum was shut down and you had said "The Fender Forum appears to be alive & well". I was responding to that. Ok… Got it.. Thanks Edited June 24, 2022 by Larsongs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 One would think artificially intelligent beings would only censor words they deem unacceptable on their platforms when they are standalone - preceded and followed by a space - and not in the middle of what one would assume might be a legitimate word. I read somewhere that somewhere down the road, computers will become 'independent' and protect themselves from being controlled by humans. Five years ago - I would have laughed it off as Science Fiction, no longer. I guess we're setting ourselves up to that 'takeover' when we say "it's a computer glitch" and just accept it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 24, 2022 Share Posted June 24, 2022 1 hour ago, fortyearspickn said: One would think artificially intelligent beings would only censor words they deem unacceptable on their platforms when they are standalone - preceded and followed by a space - and not in the middle of what one would assume might be a legitimate word. I read somewhere that somewhere down the road, computers will become 'independent' and protect themselves from being controlled by humans. Five years ago - I would have laughed it off as Science Fiction, no longer. I guess we're setting ourselves up to that 'takeover' when we say "it's a computer glitch" and just accept it. Or at the beginning. Like shitake quartz. But your wind up last few sentences remind me of a joke from the late '60's All the greatest electronics experts got together on a project to create the world's largest and most powerful computer. It eventually grew to a height of five stories, and took up the space of a city block. Into it was fed all the information found in all the world's encyclopedias, text books and spiritual scripture, with all the world's liturature, texts on math and all scientific data known to man. Finally the day came when it would be tested. And after the decision was made as to what it was to be asked, the leader of the project sat at it's keyboard and typed the question; "Is there a God?" All the lights on it started furiously blinking and frantic whirring sounds and clicking could be heard for a few minutes. And then the computer began teletyping it's answer. and on the sheet of teletype was this answer; "There is NOW!" Whitefang 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whitefang Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 And why not? Most of the lawyers I've dealt with(handling my divorce) seemed artificial enough. Whitefang Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fortyearspickn Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 5 minutes ago, Whitefang said: And why not? Most of the lawyers I've dealt with(handling my divorce) seemed artificial enough. Whitefang Yep. With all do respect to any officers of the court here - I think we have twice as many lawyers as any other country in the world. We use to be "A Nation of Laws", now we're just "A Nation of Lawyers." , Ever notice, when there's an ambulance racing down the street, there's always a car racing right behind it ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DanvillRob Posted June 25, 2022 Share Posted June 25, 2022 23 minutes ago, fortyearspickn said: Yep. With all do respect to any officers of the court here - I think we have twice as many lawyers as any other country in the world. We use to be "A Nation of Laws", now we're just "A Nation of Lawyers." , Ever notice, when there's an ambulance racing down the street, there's always a car racing right behind it ? Ain't it odd that we (in America) have "a nation of lawyers" and yet our justice system is hopelessly broken? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sparquelito Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 .......AAAAaaand, Brucebubs is banned again. I just got an email from him this morning. 🤔 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ksdaddy Posted July 13, 2022 Share Posted July 13, 2022 If I were him, I’d create a new profile/account. I know that’s not the answer everyone is looking for. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt. Pepper Posted July 14, 2022 Share Posted July 14, 2022 We all love technology until it beats us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucebubs Posted July 16, 2022 Author Share Posted July 16, 2022 ... and suddenly I'm back again! Only banned for 2 days this time. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saturn Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Welcome back. Hope you can stick around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveFord Posted July 16, 2022 Share Posted July 16, 2022 Banned if you do, banned if you don't. What the hell? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jdgm Posted July 22, 2022 Share Posted July 22, 2022 Bruce are you with us? Best excuse ever on this forum to BUMP a thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brucebubs Posted July 22, 2022 Author Share Posted July 22, 2022 27 minutes ago, jdgm said: Bruce are you with us? Best excuse ever on this forum to BUMP a thread. Still here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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