Comments on: Pledge This! Or, you know, not http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/ Thu, 09 Feb 2012 20:38:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Riven http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51642 Riven Wed, 12 Mar 2008 07:42:31 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51642 site seems to be down at the moment... site seems to be down at the moment…

]]> By: commenter 34 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51576 commenter 34 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 18:53:00 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51576 My point is that people are quick to argue that freedom of speech should be upheld when it's a dubious claim at best that freedom of speech applies to a site like this. The reason I brought up "web 2.0 cheerleaders" is that many internet users are loathe to part with anonymity, claiming they have a "right" to post whatever they want anonymously, under some battle cry resembling "I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend with my blog comments your right to say it." I won't even defend myself against your question regarding whether or not i had a rational point with respect to my grievance toward the disgusting slander existing on juicycampus because, quite frankly, your opposition to my opinion on this matter doesn't warrant further argument. It is obvious on its face that such vitriol is indefensible. My point is that people are quick to argue that freedom of speech should be upheld when it’s a dubious claim at best that freedom of speech applies to a site like this. The reason I brought up “web 2.0 cheerleaders” is that many internet users are loathe to part with anonymity, claiming they have a “right” to post whatever they want anonymously, under some battle cry resembling “I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend with my blog comments your right to say it.” I won’t even defend myself against your question regarding whether or not i had a rational point with respect to my grievance toward the disgusting slander existing on juicycampus because, quite frankly, your opposition to my opinion on this matter doesn’t warrant further argument. It is obvious on its face that such vitriol is indefensible.

]]> By: Hmph. http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51550 Hmph. Tue, 11 Mar 2008 16:07:23 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51550 Says you. Says you.

]]> By: 400 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51530 400 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:38:47 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51530 complaints. And you seem like a tool! complaints. And you seem like a tool!

]]> By: CCSC: FYI http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51521 CCSC: FYI Tue, 11 Mar 2008 14:23:14 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51521 DHCP is not a date-rape drug. DHCP is not a date-rape drug.

]]> By: sorry http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51506 sorry Tue, 11 Mar 2008 13:11:33 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51506 i never meant to say columbia has a speech code (i'm pretty sure we don't) also, any person who wants to make the next tech related comment must know what dns is and what a mirror is i never meant to say columbia has a speech code (i’m pretty sure we don’t)

also, any person who wants to make the next tech related comment must know what dns is and what a mirror is

]]> By: hmm http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51479 hmm Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:47:06 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51479 even if they succeed in getting rid of the website, we'll still be stuck with all the trashy losers who write on it. it's like curing the symptom without hitting the root of the problem-- which is, how do such stupid people get into columbia in the first place? even if they succeed in getting rid of the website, we’ll still be stuck with all the trashy losers who write on it.
it’s like curing the symptom without hitting the root of the problem– which is, how do such stupid people get into columbia in the first place?

]]> By: just saw juicycampus http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51478 just saw juicycampus Tue, 11 Mar 2008 10:42:03 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51478 this website is absolutely appalling... there has to be some way to protect people from being placed on "slut" lists, and having the alleged odors of their private parts or whether or not they're sleeping with their friends' boyfriends discussed online for everyone to see. it's completely unfair. everyone who is defending the website would be singing if a different tune if there was something personal and embarrassing about them up there. freedom of speech is not an issue- you can get sued for slander. and for all the idiots who are posting on juicycampus, it looks to me like if things got really serious cops would have no problem tracing the IP addresses of posters. and otherwise, it's disturbing to me that anyone i see on campus could be one of the morons writing disgusting things. where do these people get off? i hope they all get caught and their names get attached to what they wrote so that if they apply for a job and someone googles them it's the first thing that comes up. that'd serve 'em right. this website is absolutely appalling… there has to be some way to protect people from being placed on “slut” lists, and having the alleged odors of their private parts or whether or not they’re sleeping with their friends’ boyfriends discussed online for everyone to see. it’s completely unfair. everyone who is defending the website would be singing if a different tune if there was something personal and embarrassing about them up there. freedom of speech is not an issue- you can get sued for slander.

and for all the idiots who are posting on juicycampus, it looks to me like if things got really serious cops would have no problem tracing the IP addresses of posters.

and otherwise, it’s disturbing to me that anyone i see on campus could be one of the morons writing disgusting things. where do these people get off? i hope they all get caught and their names get attached to what they wrote so that if they apply for a job and someone googles them it’s the first thing that comes up. that’d serve ‘em right.

]]> By: SEAS Graduate http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51470 SEAS Graduate Tue, 11 Mar 2008 08:44:10 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51470 Mark another SEASer laughing uproariously at people who know so little that they think that Columbia internet access has something to do with mysterious "Columbia Servers". There must be an "Internet for Liberal Arts Majors" book out there you can read that will explain things for you, please find it. Mark another SEASer laughing uproariously at people who know so little that they think that Columbia internet access has something to do with mysterious “Columbia Servers”. There must be an “Internet for Liberal Arts Majors” book out there you can read that will explain things for you, please find it.

]]> By: SEAS Student #2 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51465 SEAS Student #2 Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:39:12 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51465 You know, being in SEAS doesn't grant you immediate authority. It just decreases the probability that you're an idiot. My problem isn't with the concept, it's with the blatantly incorrect terminology. You can block access to a server, or to a website being hosted on a server, or even to a range of IP addresses, corresponding to server(s) hosting websites. The phrase "block a site from a server" makes no technical sense. On top of that, to block a site that is clearly not hosted by Columbia, "from Columbia servers" makes so little sense as to have only originated from the brilliant minds of the CCSC. I'm not asking for much, just the usage of correct terminology when trying to explain your idiotic ideas. Also, when *I* was in HS, we didn't have Facebook, so I am clearly in the right when I pull rank on you based solely on my seniority. You know, being in SEAS doesn’t grant you immediate authority. It just decreases the probability that you’re an idiot. My problem isn’t with the concept, it’s with the blatantly incorrect terminology. You can block access to a server, or to a website being hosted on a server, or even to a range of IP addresses, corresponding to server(s) hosting websites. The phrase “block a site from a server” makes no technical sense. On top of that, to block a site that is clearly not hosted by Columbia, “from Columbia servers” makes so little sense as to have only originated from the brilliant minds of the CCSC. I’m not asking for much, just the usage of correct terminology when trying to explain your idiotic ideas. Also, when *I* was in HS, we didn’t have Facebook, so I am clearly in the right when I pull rank on you based solely on my seniority.

]]> By: SEAS Student http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51461 SEAS Student Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:12:28 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51461 ...Now, whether you can do it LEGALLY or with permission is a whole other issue... …Now, whether you can do it LEGALLY or with permission is a whole other issue…

]]> By: Listen http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51460 Listen Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:11:57 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51460 my friend, you don't understand. The internets is a series of tubes. It's in the Bible, you know. my friend, you don’t understand. The internets is a series of tubes. It’s in the Bible, you know.

]]> By: SEAS Student http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51459 SEAS Student Tue, 11 Mar 2008 06:11:00 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51459 Actually.... you CAN block a website from a server. They do it all the time. Communist governments do it. Grade schools do it (remember those BLOCKED pages you would get if you tried to get on facebook in high school? Or at least at my high school...) And where I work yesterday they accidentally did it and the IT peeps had to come and undo whatever they did. It depends on what you're using to run the server. Actually…. you CAN block a website from a server. They do it all the time. Communist governments do it. Grade schools do it (remember those BLOCKED pages you would get if you tried to get on facebook in high school? Or at least at my high school…) And where I work yesterday they accidentally did it and the IT peeps had to come and undo whatever they did. It depends on what you’re using to run the server.

]]> By: technically http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51456 technically Tue, 11 Mar 2008 05:08:46 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51456 it is correct. but columbia doesn't have a speech code that i am aware of. it is correct. but columbia doesn’t have a speech code that i am aware of.

]]> By: The King of Spain http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not/#comment-51448 The King of Spain Tue, 11 Mar 2008 02:37:57 +0000 http://bwog.com/2008/03/10/pledge-this-or-you-know-not#comment-51448 From Gothamist: "the bigger offense is the use of comic sans." UNDENIABLE From Gothamist:
“the bigger offense is the use of comic sans.”

UNDENIABLE

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