# Banned? **URL:** \ **Category:** About This Message Board\ **Created:** [August 12, 2001, 5:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883 "2001-08-12T05:33:33Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:14am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/22 "2001-08-14T10:14:10Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by preëmpted by an adverb \* > **Au contraire, mon petit.** Sheesh. If you don’t speak French very well, don’t try to impress people with it. Lynn would be referred to as _“ma petite”_. Of course, it would be the very last thing you ever said, but it WOULD be conjugated correctly. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 12:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/23 "2001-08-14T12:06:05Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by preëmpted by an adverb \* > **Au contraire, mon petit.** Another Anita Blake fan? Do you see yourself as Jean-Claude? 😕 ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 12:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/24 "2001-08-14T12:14:27Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Coldfire \* > \*\*Of course, it would be the very last thing you ever said, but it WOULD be conjugated correctly. \*\* Au contraire, mon grand. Nous conjuguons un verbe, mais nous déclinons un nom, un pronom ou un adjectif. ---
**Author:** ![Coldfire](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/a587f6/32.png) [@Coldfire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coldfire)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 4:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/25 "2001-08-14T16:31:39Z")
Yeah, I know. I couldn’t even think of the _English_ word, let alone the French. But I don’t suppose the Dutch one would have made much sense to the most of you. ---
**Author:** ![imthjckaz](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/imthjckaz/32/3223_2.png) [@imthjckaz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/imthjckaz)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 7:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/26 "2001-08-14T19:14:56Z")
WOW! Somebody gets **Banned** in the Banned thread. Nobody saw that coming. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 8:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/27 "2001-08-14T20:46:05Z")
It’s also possible for members to be un-banned. Or is that dis-banned? Whatever it’s called, it involves: [ul] [li]Email apologies to the mods.[/li][li]Behaving oneself/not reverting to the behavior that resulted in being banned.[/li][li]Sending Lynn and Tuba enormous quantaties of chocolate.[/li][/ul] That last one isn’t really a requirement, but it would help! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 14, 2001, 10:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/28 "2001-08-14T22:09:54Z")
**tavalla** said: > [@](#): > > Are you sure you really want her? Not enough to go to Antarctica in the middle of winter. Lonely is one thing; crazy is another. **Lynn Bodoni** said: > [@](#): > > About 4:25 AM, CDT. My cut of any pools you’ve won is 15%. I only had a mental bet with myself…and I lost. But good job getting him before he posted again. **Jeff Olsen** said: > [@](#): > > It’s also possible for members to be un-banned. I have no idea what **Lynn’s** and **Tuba’s** policy on this is, but I myself wouldn’t think someone who started pulling this shit within four posts\* would get much sympathy. \*Assuming these are this individual’s _first_four posts, which I don’t think I’d bet on. And the alternative is such that he would probably be even less likely to get a reprieve. ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/29 "2001-08-15T00:37:17Z")
(sitting in the corner, Peter Sellers-esque, acting like I didn’t start this thread) ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 1:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/30 "2001-08-15T01:58:37Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by warmgun \* > \*\*(sitting in the corner, Peter Sellers-esque, acting like I didn’t start this thread) \*\* You like to watch? ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 4:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/31 "2001-08-15T04:35:47Z")
Morgyn, Morgyn, Morgyn…that’s bad. I was thinking more along the lines of the movie 'The Party", silly goose! ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 4:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/32 "2001-08-15T04:51:28Z")
…but, yeah. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 12:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/33 "2001-08-15T12:23:49Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by MysterEcks \* > **Jeff Olsen** said: > > > [@](#): > > > > It’s also possible for members to be un-banned. > > I have no idea what **Lynn’s** and **Tuba’s** policy on this is, but I myself wouldn’t think someone who started pulling this shit within four posts\* would get much sympathy. > > \*Assuming these are this individual’s _first_four posts, which I don’t think I’d bet on. And the alternative is such that he would probably be even less likely to get a reprieve. Correct, the odds of this particular troll being able to post again is about a googol to one. There have been very few instances when a banned member was able to become a productive member of the SDMB. In fact, I can only think of one at the moment. It is possible, using the method I desribed above, but not bloody likely. ---
**Author:** ![Una\_Persson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/una_persson/32/346_2.png) [@Una\_Persson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Una_Persson)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2001, 2:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/34 "2001-08-15T14:11:46Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Jeff Olsen \* > \*\*In fact, I can only think of one at the moment. It is possible, using the method I desribed above, but not bloody likely. \*\* Hey, I don’t count. I wasn’t really banned. 😉 ---
**Author:** ![warmgun](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ecccb3/32.png) [@warmgun](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/warmgun)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/35 "2001-08-16T03:57:19Z")
I mostly cruise GQ so I haven’t seen much of your work, Lynn, beyond this thread, but I just saw [this](http://boards.straightdope.com/sdmb/showthread.php?threadid=82080) and I gotta say, I admire your work! Imthjckaz, that’s funny. And if I haven’t made myself look like a complete nincompoop yet… From the name, I get the general idea, what exactly is an anonymizer, and what would be it’s legitimate function? ---
**Author:** ![MysterEcks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f475e1/32.png) [@MysterEcks](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MysterEcks)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/36 "2001-08-16T05:38:01Z")
I would like to take this opportunity to say that the SDMB desperately needs an administrator called **Paul McCartney and Wings**. And a troll named **On The Run**. Because then it could happen that **Paul McCartney and Wings** banned **On The Run**. ---
**Author:** ![Redboss](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/8baadc/32.png) [@Redboss](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Redboss)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 6:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/37 "2001-08-16T06:51:54Z")
Um, I use an anonymizer, but it’s a small expensive jar of cream I massage into the bags under my eyes before I go to bed. Is that okay? It’s made by Estee Lauder. Can I at least just finish off this jar and then stop? Redboss - because I’m worth it! ---
**Author:** ![Gary\_Kumquat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/4491bb/32.png) [@Gary\_Kumquat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gary_Kumquat)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 10:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/38 "2001-08-16T10:43:26Z")
> [@](#): > > \*Originally posted by Lynn Bodoni \* > Gary, anonymizers are something we DON’T like. I’m going to have to take this up with the folks upstairs. \*\* Till you advise otherwise I’ll just access through my office connection. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 5:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/39 "2001-08-16T17:25:07Z")
An anonymizer is a proxy server that a person uses to conceal what their true IP address is: To any other website they visit, all that’s visible is the proxy’s IP. They’re used in situations where a person doesn’t want to let anyone know who they are. I’ll leave the various situations (legitimate or not) where this might be desirable up to your imagination. Here, though, they’re primarily (almost exclusively) used by exiles trying to sneak back in unnoticed, hence our stance on them. ---
**Author:** ![Running\_with\_Scissors](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a183cd/32.png) [@Running\_with\_Scissors](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Running_with_Scissors)\ **Post date:** [August 16, 2001, 9:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/40 "2001-08-16T21:05:08Z")
Question: if you have users using an ISP (or working at a large company) with a proxy server or NAT firewall, aren’t all users with that service going to have the same IP? So if a user got banned, then created a new ID, you wouldn’t really be able to tell if it was that user or a completely new one, right? ---
**Author:** ![Arnold\_Winkelried](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Arnold\_Winkelried](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Arnold_Winkelried)\ **Post date:** [August 17, 2001, 2:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883/41 "2001-08-17T02:11:08Z")
frogstein, I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you. Are you sure you want to know (before you die)? [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/banned/75883.md?page=3)