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10170620 Arsenault Love to All
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12This is a copy of a letter that was sent today to John Arsenault.
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14Mr. Arsenault is acting as General Counsel for LTM, the company which owns PIA, which may or may not be a company that owns, or has merged with, Freenode. The relationships between the three entities need to be sorted out.
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16Full paragraphs in italics are annotations. However, short quotes in italics, mixed with regular text, are part of the letter.
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18I've dropped one word, “remotely”, from this copy of the letter, as it might be perceived as unnecessarily sarcastic.
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20This post will be moved to an LTM-PIA-Freenode page at some point.
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22ATTN: John Arsenault
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24Thank you for writing.
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26You seem to be dodging most of the points raised in the initial letter to you. Or you've simply glanced at the letter and haven't actually reviewed it.
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28You asked for “any evidence you have of any actual crimes against children”. Unless you didn't actually review the initial letter, this is misdirection on your part.
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30I don't need to prove or disprove anything in this context because I haven't asked you to acknowledge that “actual crimes against children” occurred.
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32I didn't bring up the child sexual harassment issue, Mr. Arsenault. I considered the matter to be settled.
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34However, your direct or indirect client felt the need, not simply to bring up child sexual harassment, but to attempt to impose a gag order in connection with the subject.
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36A gag order that was to apply to websites that were entirely outside of Freenode's jurisdiction.
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38From legal, public relations, and practical perspectives, all three of these contexts, it's possible that this step was inadvisable.
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40The specific actions that I've commented on, and that you have little choice but to acknowledge occurred, were highly public and were logged by a dozen people.
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42Including the administrator at the heart of the matter.
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44The administrator is Fuchs, possible IRL name Christian Looslier, possible sexual orientation of gay, resident of Europe, involved with Ubuntu, unfamiliar with U.S. laws, and a tedious hard-ass, but only the first and last points are confirmed.
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46If the administrator claims that he's lost his logs, feel free to ask him if he contests the factual nature of anything that has been referred to or alluded to in past letters or website postings.
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48It might be fun. He and you would need to decide whether or not to gamble on logs from up to a dozen other people not surfacing as events proceeded.
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50If you didn't review the initial letter to you, it's suggested that you do so at this time.
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52The question to be addressed presently is as follows:
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54Does LTM support, or disavow, the highly-public — and logged — statements and decisions of the Freenode administrator at the heart of the matter? Respond unambiguously, please.
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56Additionally, if possible, respond regarding other points that you've passed over.
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58Felony DDoS, to the tune of 150 GB of router logs alone in a few hours, is a separate issue. But let's focus, for now, on the requests made in the preceding paragraphs.
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60The final DDoS resulted in 150 GB, as in gigabytes, not megabytes, of router logs alone. I didn't even know that that was possible. But apparently, with rising bandwidth, it's common these days.
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62A few pieces of evidence suggest that Red-###, aka Iosif, aka “Daniel”, coordinated, or was involved in, that DDoS.
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64However, analysis of a letter that Red sent to Cloudflare management combined with other factors suggests that he might be just 14 years old.
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66Where does a kid, even these days, get that kind of firepower?
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68We have Red's POP, a Vodafone node in Dublin, Ireland, but the best we'll be able to do, in his case, is get a letter forwarded to his parents, assuming that he is, in fact, a minor.
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70There is no chance, surely, that Red or his friends will reveal something to IRC or in-game associates who aren't what they appear to be.
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72This reminds me. Readers who are interested in networks are invited to scroll down and review the 1-line socat script that was posted on May 28.
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74The test is to explain what socat is and what the script can be used for. If you're able to pass the test, and would like a Summer job, feel free to look me up.
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76I can be found on Freenode and other IRC networks though my Freenode nick is no longer OldCoder. Which is an issue, actually, that I plan to address with LTM, PIA, and Freenode.
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78I consider VPS and VPN to be educational. Would you like access to one of each?
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80The job is simply to play a game, to establish an identity, and to gather information. You'll need to learn IRC and Minetest.
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82PIA will approve, I'm sure, as they're a VPN firm. Perhaps we'll rent VPNs from them.
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84If you don't wish to answer the key question, that is your prerogative. I will, of course, communicate with other parties involved, in this event, to offer them the opportunity to do so.
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86Such communications with other parties will be, naturally, documented and may be posted online or distributed in hard-copy form to third parties who may be able to provide relevant information or for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are protected, unambiguously, under U.S. laws.
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88170620 Freenode Fun, Son, under the Sun
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90This is a copy of a letter that was sent today to John Arsenault of LTM, Jayson Quayle of PIA, staff at Freenode, and other parties.
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92Full paragraphs in italics are annotations. However, short quotes in italics, mixed with regular text, are part of the letter.
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94This post will be moved to an LTM-PIA-Freenode page at some point.
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96Arsenault's response to the first part below was reasonable. I haven't reviewed it closely, but he seems to be legitimate in this context.
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98To provide context, a surprising number of attorneys are casual about State Bar standards and State laws.
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100Mr. Arsenault is one of relatively few attorneys I've dealt with who is, or seems to be, in compliance with the type of law that is referred to here.
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1021. John Arsenault, have you committed a prosecutable crime in California?
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104This depends partly on the difference between General Counsel and In- House Counsel. I'm a simple, easily befuddled, Old Coder and don't understand such things. However, you don't seem to be licensed in California.
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106Isn't LTM a California-based company? Or, at least, a California Foreign Corporation incorporated in Los Angeles?
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108If so, are you licensed in the State? And, if the answer is no, have you committed a prosecutable crime, as opposed to administrative violation, by listing yourself as General Counsel for LTM? Or does the issue in question apply only to In-House Counsel? Is there a difference?
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110The California State Bar tells me that Out of State attorneys who act as In-House Counsel are, in fact, in violation of the law, unless they've both filed the paperwork and submitted the fees needed to operate legally in the State. They've been kind enough to express interest in the details of possible crimes.
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112My assumption is that General Counsel may be different, or that you're properly licensed, or that you have, in fact, filed the paperwork and submitted the fees.
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114If it is all right with you, though, may I confirm that this is the case?
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116Arsenault is apparently in the clear, in this context, but other attorneys that I pull this on sometimes evaporate instantly.
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118Last Fall, one of them, Rebecca, left a vapor trail. She was, whoosh, I'm out of here. I phoned her to make sure that she was all right. She was O.K. but she seemed focused on how I'd be able to use pretty much anything that she said.
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120Rebecca was replaced by an attorney, David, who boasted of arguing in front of State Supreme Courts.
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122David didn't have the State legal problem. But he didn't last long, either.
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124I caught him in a few slips. They were minor, but he was surprised that a civilian was able to spot them at all.
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126The real problem, for David, was that I didn't follow the script that he had in mind. I'm not really a script person. Not since 2012.
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128Eventually, I communicated with the heads of David's firm, one with about 30 offices nation-wide, and offered a few observations. They didn't seem inclined to contradict my points.
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130David disappeared at about that time. I missed him, though, so I called him on Christmas Day just to say Hello.
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1322. Addressing Jayson Quayle at PIA, a component of LTM, PIA has not acknowledged receipt of a letter sent, days ago, to address, in detail, concerns expressed by PIA. Nor has PIA responded to requests for confirmation of receipt.
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134There is, therefore, either a technical issue on PIA's side or an administrative one. Accordingly, it is appropriate to proceed to a new stage.
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136Legitimate and reasonable communication may now take place in other contexts, modes, or venues, including but not limited to communication at, to, or involving non-business street addresses and/or third parties of different types.
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138The process may not be rapid. However, the turtle in the proverbial race did have a point. And PIA is, after all, a business. The Old Turtle says, “follow the money”.
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140It's important, in situations involving multiple people, to get a feeling for where all of the pieces, so to speak, are located on the board.
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142LTM-PIA-Freenode is no exception. Additionally, I don't know the LTM story, yet, but it's starting to seem interesting.
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144Jayson Quayle — I don't know if that's his IRL name — strikes me as a Salt of the Earth type. Jayson, if you like, I'll link you to an updated resume when it's ready. Obviously, I know what you do, professionally. The resume will serve to introduce me in this context.
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1463. I see that parties involved with LTM and/or PIA in the past or present include:
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148* Jon Roudier, Los Angeles CA, principal of LTM (more below)
149* Roger Ver of Bitcoin
150* Ted Kim of LTM
151* Rick Falvinge of PIA
152* Jayson Quayle, Head of Support for PIA
153* Isaac Elbhar, Manager of Operations, not clear at which level
154* Andrew Lee, apparently the founder of PIA (more below)
155* Sung Park, connected to both LTM and PIA
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157Jon Roudier's business address, as of 1st Quarter 2017, was listed in public records as 1700 Queens Road, Los Angeles, CA 90069. The address in question, though, is not an office building but a mansion valued at $5M to $8M. The connection to Jon Roudier and/or LTM is unconfirmed.
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159Kaitlyn Lee, possibly Andrew Lee's wife or sister, seems to be involved with LTM and/or PIA directly or indirectly but this is unconfirmed.
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161The Lees seem to be strongly connected to the Los Angeles area, but there is an Indiana address to be checked. The address in question may be unrelated.
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163You'd be surprised at the things that people will talk about, sometimes, to total strangers.
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165There seems to have been some sort of litigation between Andrew Lee and Sung Park. It's not clear yet if this is current. At least one of the two parties, though, or possibly some of their past or present associates, might be willing to comment on LTM and/or PIA matters.
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167These are preliminary notes assembled, of course, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that will be documented, formally or informally, should the need arise.
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1694. I see that John Arsenault does something that he refers to as “content removal”. This sounds a bit like gag orders and takedown attempts.
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171I'd like to invite John, as a positive and productive gesture, to speak with some of the attorneys who have tried to implement such steps in connection with me.
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173If it will be helpful to John in the context of communication, research, or improved understanding, I'll be pleased to provide full names of attorneys, residence addresses, cell-phone numbers, dates of birth, and, to the extent that it is legal and appropriate, Social Security Numbers.
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175John Arsenault will need to certify, in writing, that he will use Social Security Numbers only in accordance with U.S. laws and for legitimate and reasonable purposes.
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177I like to be transparent and to promote positive social goals. As matters proceed, it should be understood, therefore, that I'll be pleased to post, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are arguably protected under U.S. laws, on websites and domestic and international hosts numbering in the dozens, documentation related to every communication, step, person, occurrence, sneeze, or twitch of a finger involved.
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179I tend to snail-mail documents, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are arguably protected under U.S. laws, to third parties as well. Or to have them hand-delivered, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are arguably protected under U.S. laws, to entire neighborhoods.
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181For more information on that part, see the explanation that I offered recently on the Minetest site.
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183170616 LETTER TO FRIENDS HAS BEEN SENDS
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185Gang, Thomas Monroe asked a question last night and I've posted a response online for him.
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187Note: To read the response to Thomas Monroe, scroll down to the next section.
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189To those of you who have been reasonable or supportive, or who haven't taken a position as of yet, take the online response as FYI.
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191The rest of you, feel free to read it between the kicks that you aim at pets, the time that you set aside for spitting on women wearing hijabs, and the intervals when you go to Donald Trump rallies.
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193P.S. Loic Blot's email is bouncing and Cryin' Ryan has talked about technical issues. But we'll look into sensible steps.
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195Vanessa, I hope that you're well. But note that I've been kind, for 5 years, by choice. I'm not a punching bag, not since 2012, and this sh*t has gone on long enough.
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197Addressing the trolls, wish to mock and jeer and fling feces like monkeys? Sure y not. But monkeys end up on display in the zoo. Shall I demonstrate?
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199The full set of letters to LTM Corporate Counsel and PIA management will go online in due course. You might find them interesting.
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201LTM, if you're not familiar with it, is the company that owns PIA, which is the company that owns Freenode, which is the entity that is presently involved with the Minetest group in the context of multiple felony DDoSes and, on a fully documented basis, an attempted gag order related to child sexual harassment.
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203170616 THOMAS MONROE HERE YOU GOE
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205I've written about 15 pages of text tonight to respond to an inquiry from Thomas Monroe.
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207Most of the text isn't ready and won't be ready for a while. But I'll post this part since it's largely completed.
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209Thomas Monroe asked me what I'm fighting for. The answer is that I'm fighting for, or in connection with, six things.
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211F1. The murder of the OldCoder identity as the conclusion of the last in a series of escalating dogpiles.
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213Special thanks go to Craig Robbins, Perttu Ahola, and sfan5 for the dogpile in question.
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215The OldCoder identity was kind and helpful and had tried, for 5 years, to be useful and to earn tolerance or even acceptance.
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217Acceptance of things as small as differences in how one types.
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219But I'm talking to the people who burned old women because they must be witches, who disappeared the Armenians, who put the Jews in the ovens, who hanged the Blacks.
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221“He types differently. Burn the witch.”
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223Yeah, sure, you're modern. No similarities at all. God smiles upon you.
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225Did you ever read the anecdote about the father, mother, and child who made it over the mountains in one of the lesser European countries about 700 years ago?
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227I don't remember why they were traveling, but it was an accomplishment.
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229They wandered into a town and tried to introduce themselves. They were understandable but their speech was different.
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231The good folke pondered and decided that they must be witches.
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233The father and mother went into the flames first. The child, a boy the same age as our younger players, didn't quite understand. “Take them out of the fire”, he said.
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235The adults standing next to him weren't sure how to respond. So, like good Minetest folke, they put the boy into the flames as well.
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237I'm an idiot. 5 years invested by somebody who had perhaps 15 left to live. Smashed to pieces by trolls who mocked and jeered as they did it.
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239Easy come, easy go. Except that I'll be dead before I get back what's been stolen. Oh, well :-)
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241The new identity has a different name. In a legitimate and reasonable sense, one that is consistent with, and arguably protected under, U.S. laws, it isn't kind or helpful. It is, however, an identity that is committed to goals.
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243Commitment is good
244Let me share it with you
245Let love and humor ensue
246No need to be blue
247With you I'll be true
248Love and caring
249God is staring
250At the sight of your love so bright
251There is no plight
252Let me share it with you
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254F2. The destroyed channel, #minetest-project, that was my concept and proposal, that did some good, and that I deserved thanks for as opposed to dogpiles, shunning, multiple shutdown attempts, and three separate DDoSes.
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256The MT trolls were so full of hate for the different that they couldn't help themselves. They couldn't let it be.
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258F3. The position of op in #minetest that was part of a deal. It wasn't a gift.
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260The deal was broken without notice or discussion when I tried simply to transmit a message to the ugliest little troll that the Minetest group has encountered since the start of the project.
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262Red Iosif “Daniel”.
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264Red was trolling. In fact, I was told later that this was the second time he'd trolled that day.
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266He'd /ignored me. I had no way to tell him to stop. So I proposed to /kick him and to put a warning message into the /kick.
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268sfan5 /kicked me instead for no reason that is apparent. I /kicked him and his bot in return. Subsequently, I found that my op had been deleted.
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270No explanation was ever offered to me. Gee, that was nice of you, Perttu.
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272The position belonged to me. I'm due recompense per the terms of the deal between Perttu and me in 2012. I'm not requesting recompense. I'm going to take it.
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274Ever wonder why I was so careful with Landmine? No, of course not. Most of you who were there are animals. Not sentient.
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276You don't think. If challenged, you don't respond with facts or logic. You fling feces. Such creative.
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278But I have the gestalt thing. It manifested at age 6. I could see Landmine. And I can see Red.
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280Landmine had a soul.
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282He did what was in his nature. But his nature evolved. I'd like to believe that he became the tree of possibilities that I once sang to him about.
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284For those who are curious, the song, which was extemporaneous, is at this link.
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286Red is something that Landmine never was: genuinely self-righteous. Fortunately, he's also over-confident.
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288The cash offered for full identity information related to Red is hereby upped to $3,000.00 USD. Information will be used for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and arguably protected under, U.S. laws.
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290Red himself is invited to apply for this offer. Surely the light of his brilliance will wash away any legitimate and reasonable risk to him.
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2923 grand seems reasonable. This matter has cost me 15 grand. The plans that I'd had for the next few years are gone.
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294I don't get to go to Germany to meet Metacognician. Possibly not even to Utah to meet Blue Dream. My book will take years longer. The physical pain and the exhaustion will need to hang around for now.
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2963 grand is only 20% more. And I do so look forward to the legitimate and reasonable purposes that are involved.
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298F4. To demonstrate that attempted gag orders can have the opposite effect. The irony is pleasing.
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300For what it's worth, folks, I have 5 years experience with what I refer to as:
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302“gag order *this*, b*tch”
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304Did you think that the stories I've told over the past 5 years were senile soapbox? Geez. I've commented further on this issue some sections further down.
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306F5. To respond to Perttu Ahola's and Nathanael Courant's characterization of autism as something to be ashamed of.
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308I'd like to demonstrate what a “too detailed” autistic person with gestalt perception is able to do.
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310Pro Tip: Sometimes it's best to understand what you're mocking.
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312F6. To respond to mockery related to DDoSes and so-called “conspiracy theories” connected to Maciek Kasatkin.
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314It's simply a matter of good, clean, fun, of course. If the Minetest group enjoys a bit of laughter, it must be healthy. Perhaps I should seek to do the same.
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316I look forward to opportunities, in the months and years to come, to demonstrate that I have a sense of humor and that it's creative.
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318Gentle Ben Now and Then
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320I promise to handle things, moving forward, as gently and respectfully as I have with my own beloved mother. I assume that this is reassuring.
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322BTW I'll be posting updated information about the whore in question on Haggis Hell this Fall. I'll pay $1,500 for information that I'm missing.
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324Red, you're more important to me than my mother :D
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326The information will be used, of course, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and arguably protected under, U.S. laws.
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328Box Full of Dox
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330Regarding the gag-order irony issue:
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332When somebody tries to hit me with a gag order, which happens surprisingly often, there is a procedure that I follow.
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334The first step is to establish legitimate and reasonable purposes. For an example of that type of list, click here.
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336Then I hire detectives.
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338I conduct legitimate and reasonable research, including phone calls to third parties who may wish to offer their thoughts on issues.
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340It isn't possible to get communications with third parties barred, by the way. Not broadly and on an “a priori” basis.
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342In the most important legal cases where people tried to do that to me, they spent $100,000 USD and got a document from me in exchange, not even a formal settlement, in which I promised to f*ck them for the rest of their lives.
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344Those cases cost me my home of 25 years. But, when I need a boost, I imagine their faces as they read the document, as they learned what their attorneys had managed to do for them, what their money had bought them, as they understood, at last, the concept of legitimate and reasonable consequences.
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346:D
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348I snail-mail, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and arguably protected under, U.S. laws, documents to neighborhoods.
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350In the 2012 to 2013 gag-order litigation, I was asked exactly how many households I'd communicated with in this manner. I didn't know the number. But it was a boatload :-)
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352In some cases, I hire process servers or couriers to do something that is referred to as “neighborhood drop-off” in person.
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354There are subtleties involved. For example, sometimes I use a criss-cross pattern to increase the coverage area. The idea is that communication between local parties might help to fill in some of the gaps.
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356I do websites as well, of course, and email campaigns. I know how to set up DKIM to create new email servers that pass muster with the majors. Actually, I've written How-To guides on the subject.
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358Legitimate and reasonable communications with Churches and associated groups are part of the picture. Such parties are interested, sensibly enough, in questions that fall into their areas of expertise and responsibility.
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360In the case of Minetest, new avenues for legitimate and reasonable communications exist.
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362I can ask kids in IRC or in-game to let me speak with their parents regarding the Minetest child sexual harassment part of the situation.
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364Whether or not they agree to do so, legitimate and reasonable goals, consistent with, and arguably protected by, U.S. laws, will be accomplished.
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366BTW I posted a socat script on May 28 which any bright kid could use to enter Minetest worlds with random IPV4 addresses. Feel free to scroll down and check it out. It's only one line long. Linux is good.
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368So, see you, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and arguably protected under, U.S. laws in perhaps 75% of the existing Minetest worlds in the coming quarters.
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370In short, friends, if I decide to get a message out, or to conduct legitimate and reasonable research, I'm not shy about doing so :-)
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372Shyness was burned out of me when I met the actual Angel of Death.
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374Didn't any of you, even one of you, listen to what I tried to explain over the last 5 years? I thought that I was being open and honest. But apparently I was talking to rocks.
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376Note to Vanessa
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378Yes, the 1st DDoS isn't known to be connected to the MT group. Remember, I've offered to apologize for insisting that this must be the case.
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380However, the 2nd and 3rd DDoSes certainly were conducted by Minetest trolls. In fact, the evidence suggests that our boisterous young friend, Red Iosif “Daniel”, was involved in the last one.
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382Which, by the way, Vanessa, was no lightweight attempt for you to mock. It generated 150 GB (not MB) of router logs alone in just a few hours.
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384Would you like to talk to the host, a genuinely kind man? I've known him for 5 years online. I met him in person in February. He said that it was a profound experience.
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386He doesn't think that I should be ashamed of typing differently. He's more the type who, when he struck a deer with his car once, stopped and stayed with it, attempting to comfort it, as it died.
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388But I believe him to be genetically similar to a Risen Christ. The Minetest trolls can't make that claim. They're more the mocking, jeering crowd.
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390A few weeks ago, I took the host in question to meet Red in IRC. The little troll seemed oddly reluctant to spout sh*t. It was unusual for him.
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392Servers are the life's greatest pleasures
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394Folks, if somebody has, in fact, been f*cking with servers, step back, to the extent that monkeys are able to do so, and examine your assumptions.
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396Pro Tip: I'm honest and forthright. Even the most mentally ill among you — Craig, I'm talking to you — should acknowledge this privately.
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398In short, I spell out legitimate and reasonable steps that I'm going to take as though I'm talking to the slow-witted. Which, of course, is the case.
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400For current issues, look to your own ranks.
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402As a related note, it appears that Craig is, in fact, mentally ill in real life. It's not clear how I'm supposed to react to this. Well, actually, it is.
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404Craig, let's play.
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406170529 ON THE PATH
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408<OldCoder> But what was it, really?
409<Kappelin> I have no clue
410<Kappelin> the dreams that I've been having lately, if I remember them, further confuse me
411<OldCoder> You can remember them... Decide to write them down and you'll wake up to do so
412<OldCoder> Or dream of doing this :-)
413<OldCoder> That happens
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415<Kappelin> for example, if some problem arises in real life, and I find a solution in real life, the dream might have 5 what-if scenarios of other related problems which go unsolved
416<OldCoder> Oh, yes
417<Kappelin> even though real-life problem was solved
418<OldCoder> When I passed out earlier, I dreamed of fitting a curve to data based on current issues
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420<Kappelin> the point I am trying to make is that lately my dreams have been entirely unfulfilling and unhelpful
421<Kappelin> to the point where it just clogs my mind
422<Kappelin> and so today I feel I'm starting to get some of that clarity back
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424<OldCoder> Do you feel that weeks ago was related to a buildup of a physical illness?
425<Kappelin> definitely not physical illness
426<Kappelin> I just felt distracted and severely misguided
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428<OldCoder> Do you have a path in sight now?
429<OldCoder> Oh, it feels so good not to be groggy
430<Kappelin> not as concretely as I'd like but I've put off the dread/lost feelings for now
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432<OldCoder> Dread...
433<OldCoder> Feel no dread
434<OldCoder> There is no whirlpool
435<OldCoder> You're not at the bottom
436<OldCoder> Looking up at the surface
437<OldCoder> You walk a path
438<OldCoder> Destination unclear
439<OldCoder> But you're on the path
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441<Kappelin> I need to surround myself with more/different people, not just colleagues and occasional friends here/there
442<Kappelin> meeting new people might be useful
443<OldCoder> In real life, you mean?
444<OldCoder> Yes
445<Kappelin> yes
446<OldCoder> Are you involved with volunteer groups?
447<Kappelin> not presently
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449<OldCoder> Will this mean much less time online? It hasn't been much as it is.
450<OldCoder> But yes
451<OldCoder> Seek direct communication with people
452<OldCoder> But do not forget
453<OldCoder> People of all types who are friends
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455170529 FUCHS REDUCHS
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457Grandolf says:
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459“if u dont make enemies ur a cowerd or worse”
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461Fuchs, let's talk about the “misunderstanding” that you had with Grandolf.
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463As a related note, you understand, I'm sure, that if PIA doesn't respond to requests for Corporate Counsel contact information, it'll be reasonable for me to phone PIA management at any number where management can be reached.
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465This may include residential phone numbers.
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467You understand, as well, that I operate on a transparent basis. Which means that I'll need to disclose steps taken, and information involved, as things proceed.
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469Two points of information just for you. Well, just for you and for PIA management :-)
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4711. The phrase “child sex harassment” carries more weight in the U.S. than most trite phrases PIA might try to use.
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4732. In the U.S., the rights of private establishments are limited both by statute and by case law.
474
475Fuchs, you told Grandolf:
476
477“the original k-line (on your other connection) was set for the ##minetest-project spam in #minetest, however, it seems that this one here was set by a misunderstanding. I thus removed it and you should be able to reconnect.”
478
479What was the “misunderstanding”, Christian? :-)
480
481Did the “misunderstanding”, have something to do with the fact that you said, in public, that you personally will block people from Freenode if they list, on websites unrelated to Freenode, the real names of people who sexually harass children in game worlds that are also unrelated to Freenode?
482
483Christian - is the name correct? - that's interesting. So is the fact that you made this statement in public.
484
485170528 FREENODE FOLLIES ARE MORE FUN THAN DOLLIES
486
487You know, I'm sort of busy. The recent nonsense has cost me actual cash through lost time.
488
489It would be nice to have 72 hours straight without DDoSes, dogpiles, trolling, and childish attacks over here. But I gather that the expectation is unreasonable.
490
491All right. I like to be accommodating.
492
493Grandolf is a decent kid who's been in Minetest for 1 to 2 years. He's mentioned this little #freenode event:
494
495<Grandolf> any mods on?
496<Grandolf> HOW DO I GET A CLOAK?
497<Grandolf> oops
498<Grandolf> srry hit caps lock XD
499<Grandolf> how do i get a cloak tho?
500<gry> you would like it for your nickserv account as unaffiliated/grandolf, and you are aware a project may offer you an affiliated cloak afterwards and you can switch to that, yes?
501<Grandolf> ok
502<gry> just asking, as this is commonly needed information; a staff member would help you shortly
503<Grandolf> ok
504* Grandolf has quit (K-Lined)
505
506Um, #freenode, insane much?
507
508Grandolf adds that Red-Iosif-Daniel, the DDoSer, is following him around different networks and channels.
509
510My guess is that Red told #freenode that Grandolf was me. Which leads to an interesting question, one that I think we'll explore this Summer and Fall.
511
512BTW, #freenode, DDoS is a felony violation, in the U.S, where both PIA and you have legal exposure, of CFAA.
513Minetest Ponder
514
515If people are that trigger happy when I haven't even *started* to use, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with U.S. laws, data brokers and VPNs to address the advocacy by #freenode of child sex harassment...
516
517... advocacy that #freenode has documented, itself, and has publicly boasted of, itself ... that's the best part, from a martial arts legal perspective ...
518
519How much disruption are #freenode people and Minetest trolls likely to bring upon themselves by themselves?
520
521Ever see The Monsters are Due on Maple Street? The link is:
522
523https://youtu.be/N2fFyIuMSwk
524
525This little occurrence brings a positive and productive thought, one related to legitimate and reasonable goals, to mind.
526
527I try to be useful. If kids or adults want to learn skills, I teach them skills.
528
529Let's find out if there's interest out there, among the different generations, in techniques used, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with U.S. laws, related to VPNs, data brokers, Tor, Whon*x, and a special friend, low-end box set up on the other side of a Tor connection but not using Tor itself.
530Freenode Class
531
532Maybe the steps needed to set up low-end boxes as inbound mail servers should be included.
533
534To put it another way, Freenode blocks Mailinator, but it should be easy for a bright kid or college student to create an endless supply of Otherinators.
535
536Too easy. Freenode must have meta-rules in place to guard against this. We'll need to look into it for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with U.S. laws.
537
538As a technical note, if I included DKIM and SPF basics, and if the low-end box IPV4s weren't DNSBL'd, the servers would work in the outbound direction.
539
540But they'd only need to work in the inbound direction for Freenode validation and/or validation at typical websites.
541
542Modern stuff is fun :-)
543
544For those interested in legitimate and reasonable purposes related to Minetest, classes should cover UDP proxies.
545
546Folks, as a point of information, I started to test UDP proxies months ago. Somebody wanted me to review their world and I didn't usually do that. But I tried socat and it worked pretty well. Naturally, I didn't use the usual nick.
547
548So, which of the in-game nicks around you has been there for less than, say, six months?
549
550As a note to the kids:
551
552socat is nice
553and cheap at the price
554socat is free, see
555for you, Snowden, and me
556from socat, gee,
557there is no need to flee
558
559socat UDP-LISTEN:30010,fork UDP:11.22.33.44:30012
560
561The homework assignment is as follows:
562
563* study the socat man page or online tutorials
564* explain what to substitute for port 30010, for port 30012, and for the IPV4 address
565Freenode Friend
566
567Remember, remember
568What's good enough for Snowden
569good enough for Snowden
570good enough for Snowden
571Oh Lord, Lord
572It's good enough for me
573
574Before you start looking down
575Look up your family tree
576Know you've been related to Coders
577Just like me
578Freenode Friend
579
580Patience trumps abuse of process
581Q*bes and Whon*x are free
582No point in sighs, give yourself
583A legitimate and reasonable chance to see
584
585Remember, remember
586What's good enough for Snowden
587good enough for Snowden
588good enough for Snowden
589Oh Lord, Lord
590It's good enough for me
591
592:D
593
594170527 RED HAS U FLED
595Boy on crutches
596
597This is the first day since the night of the most significant DDoS that Red-Iosif-Daniel hasn't been lurking in Codernet, logging, mocking, and laughing.
598
599Red, I thought that you wanted to meet another one of my friends, an autistic priest, and mock him?
600
601To be clear, my priest friend is autistic as I am.
602
603When he was about 13 years old, kids like you beat up him and broke his bones. He had to leave school for a while. When he returned, he says, I was his only friend.
604
605Say, if you mock a priest and then go to Confession to talk about it, how does that work? Do you mock the Confession priest when you're face to face with him?
606
607Vanessa Ezekowitz, you seem just a mite persnickety. Does it have something to do with the fact that Freenode miscalculated, from a legal perspective, and I have the upper hand in legal contexts?
608
609By the way, say Hello to Abe. I seem to recall chatting with him once. I don't know if it was in IRC or on the phone.
610
611170527 RED HEAD IS CRUNCHIER THAN BREAD
612
613A young man who uses the nicknames Red, Iosif, and Daniel is at the heart of recent Minetest events.
614
615Red now claims that his real name is Daniel. This means that it probably isn't Daniel.
616
617The other day, Red DDoSed the server that hosts my IRC network and Minetest worlds. Then he joked about the DDoS in #minetest-hub. After that, he filed an anonymous complaint with Cloudflare.
618Red of Minetest
619
620Red now admits to being the person who filed the complaint. Which was worded as though it was written by a 12-year-old.
621
622I don't mean the complaint was sloppy. But it was written by somebody who was pretending to be an adult.
623
624A normal 18 to 22 year old wouldn't have bothered to pretend to be more adult than he was. I doubt that most 16 or 17 years would do so, either.
625
626This is either a mentally different college student or somebody in the 12 to 15 age range.
627
628The complaint has been mocked and shredded.
629Minetest laughter
630
631A few weeks back, Red trolled #minetest twice in one day. I threatened to /kick him. sfan5 /kicked me for that. Perttu deopped me over the incident.
632
633In short, Red is a likable lad. If we're able to de-anonymize him, we'll all share hearty laughter over the goings-on.
634
635Vodafone Minetest
636
637Red is located in the Dublin, Ireland area. Or he's been bouncing through there faithfully. He or his parents are Vodafone, Ireland customers.
638
639We have enough to initiate discussions with Vodafone.
640
641They won't reveal Red's identity. But enough has happened that we might be able to get a letter forwarded to Red's parents.
642
643This chat session has been edited for length and readability. If you'd like the unedited version, Red has it and will be happy to share it.
644
645<OldCoder> So, is Daniel your name? Or made-up?
646<OldCoder> The host is nice
647<OldCoder> Surely he doesn't know things that I haven't even started to learn
648<OldCoder> Come and learn from him
649<OldCoder> He's about old enough to be your father and my son. The timeless age.
650
651<OldCoder> I think of him as a Zen Master of this sort of thing. I never claimed to be anything in this context myself, Son. That was a reputation that others put on me.
652
653<OldCoder> Daniel?
654<Iosif> stop using my real name
655
656<OldCoder> I don't have it. Unless you are, in fact, Daniel.
657<OldCoder> Wait, a friend is coming here, Iosif
658<OldCoder> He is harmless
659
660* Warhol (~me@harmless.person) has joined
661
662<OldCoder> Warhol, Hi! :D
663<Warhol> howdy
664
665<OldCoder> Meet somebody who has just implied that his name is Daniel
666<OldCoder> He seems to be near Dublin, Ireland
667<OldCoder> He is very very skilled
668<OldCoder> Iosif, say Hi to Warhol. Be polite, he is very kind.
669
670<Warhol> Iosif: hi; nice to “meet” you
671<OldCoder> Iosif is an Irish name, Warhol
672<OldCoder> As is Daniel, I think
673
674<OldCoder> Iosif, Warhol had to handle a DDoS that you told #minetest-hub was “made up”
675<OldCoder> How would you know if the DDoS was or wasn't “made up” ?
676<OldCoder> And why would you feel the need to say such a thing?
677
678<OldCoder> If you like, you can go sometime to one of Warhol's networks
679<OldCoder> One of the ones that was DDoSed
680<OldCoder> Perhaps he'll show you around if you ask politely
681Coder trip
682
683<OldCoder> Iosif, I've rarely met anybody as kind as Warhol
684<OldCoder> I've met him IRL now. It was an odd experience.
685
686<Warhol> OldCoder: “odd experience” you mean because I had just driven thousands of miles in a white van?
687
688<OldCoder> Warhol, wasn't it polka dotted?
689<OldCoder> And no, I mean that...
690<OldCoder> Conflating one's mental picture of somebody that you know online with their physical presence requires readjustment
691
692<OldCoder> The color of your hair, your demeanor, I had it all correct. You were younger than I'd imagined, but by not so very much.
693
694<Warhol> You could have gotten my hair color from my last name
695<Warhol> :P
696
697<OldCoder> You'll grow into exactly the person I'd imagined and... The opposite. My mental picture went against the stereotype.
698
699<OldCoder> It's interesting to imagine. How the picture that I have of Iosif or Daniel might be correct or incorrect.
700
701Red of Minetest <OldCoder> I'm physically very tired
702<OldCoder> Let us lurk and allow Iosif to relax and perhaps talk to somebody that I'm sure
703<OldCoder> He'll be confident to speak to
704<OldCoder> As he is mighty indeed in his skills and his intentions
705
706<Warhol> Iosif: not sure exactly the context of this meeting but OldCoder suggested that we speak since we're both apparently interesting and intellectual people
707
708<OldCoder> That is sufficient context, Warhol, yes
709<OldCoder> You're both educated as well. Perhaps Iosif will teach you things.
710
711<OldCoder> We'll discuss the matrix issue later, perhaps tonight
712<OldCoder> I don't need to move the new VPS that is behind Cloudflare, I think, and it doesn't need to come back
713
714<Warhol> OldCoder: I'm probably out tonight until later but depends on how much I get done in the next hour here at work
715
716<OldCoder> Warhol, that is just fine :-)
717<OldCoder> I hope to chat later; your time is valued
718<OldCoder> Ping me and we'll discuss both the next technical issue and the matrix code
719
720<Warhol> thanks; text me if Iosif comes around and I'm AFK. Looking forward to meeting.
721<OldCoder> o/
722
723<Warhol> btw such a beautiful day but stuck in office :(
724<Warhol> could send picture but it's just an empty parking lot due to upcoming holiday
725Minetest Priest
726
727<OldCoder> Thanks for reminding me, Warhol
728<OldCoder> I need to visit John the Autistic Priest
729<OldCoder> He goes to Catholic and S.F. conventions at this time of year
730
731<OldCoder> Iosif, are you Catholic?
732<OldCoder> I have a friend of 45 years standing who is about 5 levels down from the Pope
733<OldCoder> Would you like to meet an elderly priest and to instruct him on ethics and behavior?
734
735<Iosif>
736https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Narcissistic_rage_and_narcissistic_injury
737* Iosif (~nemo@minetest.ddos.troll) has left (Leaving)
738
739<OldCoder> Heh
740
741170526 TROLLS TOO BAD SO SAD
742
7431. The VPS host located behind Cloudflare has closed Red's complaint. Too bad, so sad. I've posted advice below which explains how the Minetest trolls can do better next time.
744
7452. Red has now met the previous VPS host, the one that Red DDoSed. Then mocked in #minetest-hub. A real person, and a good one, not a faceless corporation. The conversation will be posted later.
746
747170525 MINETEST SEX HARASSMENT
748
749Somebody whose writing reads a lot like Red's filed an anonymous complaint today with Cloudflare.
750
751Cloudflare disclaims responsibility for most website issues. In other words, they don't usually do takedowns. Instead, they forward complaints to other companies.
752
753They did so in this case. The VPS host on the other side got a copy, sent it to me, and said, basically, “'Sup”.
754
755The writer seems to be 17 years old. That would be about right for Red, though I'm starting to wonder if he's actually age 13 to 15.
756
757The writer signed his complaint, “Daniel”. That could be an Irish name, but it isn't proof of anything.
758
759I responded to the VPS host. Basically, I laughed at the complaint. Daniel, Pro Tip: Learn the basics.
760
761Addressing Daniel:
762
7631. Domain names are a trademark issue. Not a copyright issue.
764
765Even if Perttu had a trademark — which, as I understand it, he doesn't, just yet — he'd need to file a complaint himself, he'd need to demonstrate ownership of intellectual property, and he'd need to go through a trademark action.
766
767A trademark action in Court, not a l33t kid's scrawled anonymous letter.
768
769A Court action would be a problem. Because I intend to hold the trademark in at least one country around the world.
770
771Perttu could appoint you formally as a legal representative. But you'd need to de-anonymize. To me as well as to the Court and the companies involved.
772
773How about it, Daniel? Wish to state your full name and address?
774
7752. Once again, posting names from *public profiles* isn't “doxing”. Nor is it “harassment”. Nor is it any other magic word that will get a site taken down without you needing to identify yourself.
776
777“doxing” isn't even a real word. Not in the real world. You might as well have said “Pokemon Disgruntling.”
778
779When I say identify yourself, BTW, I mean to me as well as to the VPS host. I get copies of complaints. I study them carefully for anything that might be useful.
780
781Regarding magic, there's no such thing.
782
783There is something in genuine consciousness that is close. It's the only quality that I know of in the Universe which might be metaphysical in nature.
784
785Mindless trolls don't have it. You and the others don't have it. You're not real.
786
787The fact that I've been playing with paper dolls for 5 years is somewhat difficult for me. But, that's all right. I'll adjust my perspective.
788
789Paper dolls can be useful.
790
7913. I don't even know what “badmail” is. Are you referring to my promise to contact your parents if I'm able to identify you?
792
793What are you, anyway, a l33t 13-year-old as opposed to the 17-year-old troll that I'd imagined?
794
795I'm not trying to deprecate you, right now. I'm just saying that corporations don't take kewl buzzwords, buzzwords that no non-IRC adult has heard of, submitted by anonymous DDoSers, all that seriously.
796
7974. More importantly, kids who make anonymous complaints less than 24 hours after they've committed a prosecutable felony aren't in a strong position.
798
799I've offered to let the VPS host look at the previous VPS host's router logs. 150 GB of DDoS. If you de-anonymize, your goose is cooked.
800
801I can't get you hauled into Court from overseas, not without spending real money, but I can certainly phone your parents.
802
8035. Regarding the claim of false claims of child abuse, get real. You have no idea what you're talking about.
804
805For starters, the issue is harassment of children as opposed to abuse per se.
806
807The harassment in question wasn't committed by you (Daniel) though you're certainly harassing me.
808
809It was committed by the mid-30s mentally ill guy who I believe that you know about.
810
811And by his mid-20s lover, or pseudo-lover, who he seems to have fallen in love with when that one was a teenager.
812Minetest sex harassment
813
814For what it's worth, they bonded over Sonic. The younger one used to draw himself as a Sonic Kid. That's one of his actual drawings to the right or below.
815
816They were unusually “into” the character. I think that these Sonic Kid drawings may have been what interested the older man, who was in his 20s at the time, in the younger man when he was in his teens.
817
818I need to think about the right way to word things. But I can say that I don't want them speaking sexually to 9-year-olds in my worlds.
819
820It's a nice story that you, Fuchs, and the Minetest trolls have involved yourself with.
821
822One odd part, if the preceding isn't odd enough, is that the younger man is a British rock star and TV star now. No, he isn't the 14th Doctor :P
823
824I won't post their IRL names here now if they're comfortable with leaving things in a quiet state. However, I did post the names elsewhere at the time.
825
826It had nothing to do with Freenode, but these two men filed a complaint of “doxing” with Freenode.
827
828Christian Fuchs, if his first name is actually Christian, cited that complaint as valid and counted it against me a few days ago. He flatly refused to a review an attorney-vetted document on the subject.
829
830When I protested that this was unfair, he k-lined me.
831
832In short, Fuchs of Freenode covered up child sex harassment and abused his privileges to the point that any legal actions which Freenode attempts against me in the future are likely to go up the entity's collective *ss.
833
834Due to Fuch's actions, the principle of “legitimate and reasonable purposes” has kicked in. This is a gift to me.
835
836The issue is discussed in the Minetest book draft presented further down.
837
838The consequences are as follows:
839
840If Freenode staff located state-side doesn't respond to email, I pretty much have a legal right to “dox” them to the point where I can not simply gather, but post, certain types of personal information with decreased legal risks. I need primarily to document the legitimate and reasonable purposes involved.
841
842We'll see how that part goes this Summer. Watch this site or, perhaps it should be other sites, for Freenode residence phone numbers, snail-mail addresses, etc. If they can't be obtained, this will be announced.
843
844So, yes, I assert publicly that Christian Fuchs of Freenode supports, and is therefore involved with, child sex harassment.
845
846Fuchs acted on behalf of the Minetest trolls. The trolls are fine with this. They're using child sex harassment to their advantage.
847
848It's appropriate for me to return the favor.
849
850The word “harassment” by itself isn't magic. But the phrase “child sex harassment” is one that I can, and will, use in every possible context.
851
852Each member of the MT trolls group who accepts Fuchs' support of child sex harassment is a supporter of child sex harassment.
853
8546. So, nice try with the complaint, but no dice.
855
856If I do end up needing to move the box, though this isn't expected, I'll take it to one of the Free Speech hosts.
857
858See the next post below for details about what's coming.
859
860170525 WOLF WOLF
861
862I spoke with a P.I. this afternoon. He can get me standard background reports on Auke Kok and Vanessa Ezekowitz the day after I place an order.
863
864I haven't looked at Matt Gregory. I don't know if the name is real. But I'll place an order for him if he's in the U.S. and there's a match that looks close. I'll need to check to see if I have other friends among the trolls who happen to be in the U.S.
865
866I don't plan to place the first order until June. This has cost me too much time as it is.
867
868If I post parts of the background reports online, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and protected under, U.S. laws, I'll probably move the front page, or the page involved, from behind Cloudflare to a disposable VPS.
869
870So, you won't have grounds to complain to Cloudflare or to a host that I care about.
871
872And, because of what Craig engineered the other day, you can't complain to Freenode, can you? :-)
873
874Wasn't that foolish? I'd have agreed to all sorts of things.
875
876You'd have needed to stop beating me up. And to stop saying that it wasn't happening when I'd listed everything that had happened.
877
878Other concessions would have been minor compared to these two things that you couldn't bring yourself to do.
879
880You'll be able to DDoS the disposable VPS or to seek a takedown from that host. But I'll know that the DDoS is coming. I'll also put up perhaps a dozen copies on pastebins or $2 low-end boxes.
881
882“Oh No. They haz taken down a $2 Box. What Ever Shall I Do.” O_O
883
884I guess that I might use Free Speech hosts. They host things like Nazi sites. I'm not happy to share hardware with those people. However, those hosts don't fold easy. There is also some synergy with your behavior.
885
886For every hour that the DDoS is running, I'll set up more copies for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and protected under, U.S. laws. Have fun playing Whack-a-Mole.
887
888Standard reports are simple to obtain. You can do this yourself. Not through a website. Those are bottom of the barrel quality.
889
890You'll need to talk to a P.I. and spend from $75 to $250 to get a decent report. One reason has to do with a conundrum that I've written about at Haggis Hell.
891
892In the U.S., the police don't want the major data brokers shut down. They use the services provided themselves.
893
894So, the data brokers are allowed to operate, but they try to limit public access to P.I.s. P.I.s then assume responsibility for deciding who they're going to work with.
895
896The difficult part is what comes after you have a standard report. Deep background research. I've written more about the subject of deep background research in the Minetest Book draft that follows this post.
897
898My own standard report, incidentally, will have incorrect information on it.
899
900I'm not presently located near geographic points that show up on it. Or in geolocation results. I've been using VPS tunnels and other options since before I went homeless.
901
902I'll give you accurate reports for my father, my mother, and my brothers, though, if that will help.
903
904The people in the U.K. and in Europe are going to be expensive. As Andrew Ward has pointed out, the laws are different there and P.I.'s need to follow them. But I've been through this before.
905
906Patience is requested as things proceed.
907
908Remind me to tell you the lost version of the story of The Boy Who Cried Wolf someday.
909
910170524 YOU WANT DOX FOX YOU GOT BOX OF DOX
911
912Craig Robbins and sfan5 have repeatedly dared me to “do” something about two months of harassment and DDoSes that have been directed at the #-project channel, at this website, and at me.
913
914The only thing that I wanted to “do”, initially, was fork the MT community as opposed to the MT software. I wanted to give the community a voice.
915
916However, recent events have changed the situation. So, friends, as you wish.
917
918This is a rough draft of the start of a book.
919
920I figure I'll be able to get it to 150 pages once I start filling in the technical details and the information that I collect.
921
922Think of it as the outline for a book. The working title of the book is: Minetest.
923
924The fun part is that you're the characters. As a note for attorneys, the context is, of course, legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and protected by, U.S. laws.
925
926The draft was written in just one sitting. I haven't even gotten up to piss.
927
928You folks call it “weird out” to be detailed. But, tell me, whether or not this is still rough, are you able to write this much, this well, in one sitting?
929
930Craig and sfan5, does the draft meet with your approval?
931
932I'll refine the different parts. This thing will stay here temporarily and then move to its own tab. Notes related to individual people will go into this document, into separate tabs, or both.
933
934Andrew Ward, I've responded a few sections further down to something that you've said.
935
936Let Me Greet You
937
938Did you know that there is more than one version of the story Boy Who Cried Wolf ? There is a version, not often told these days, where the villagers accuse the boy of being a wolf.
939
940I'd like to share the story with you sometime. The story and the twist ending.
941
942I'm not like Jordach. I don't get to erase the tape and edit it until it's perfect. I do experience different levels of integration between the two hemispheres of the brain.
943
944It has to do with terror and violent abuse, both at home and at school, that occurred concurrently for years.
945
946It was probably inadvisable for you to work quite so hard at waking up all of that. Especially after the things that happened in 2012.
947
948But it's all right. I'm glad to be here. I'm happy to have friends and goals to work towards.
949
950I'm in a good mood presently. The mood actually has a name.
951
952Let's say, just for fun, that I grabbed the kitchen sink on April Fool's Eve 2008. That I grabbed the sink and shook and shook for most of the night. That I was alive again after that after 30 years. That I knew my name.
953
954I'm a mood and I have a name. My name is The Homework Boy.
955
956I can say that I'm patient when there's a legitimate and reasonable project to work on, one that is consistent with, and protected by, U.S. laws.
957
958I'm pleased to meet you
959I'm pleased to greet you
960Let me show you what I can do
961
962I'm not supposed to be old. That isn't good.
963
964In the world where we live
965Time does not give
966Improvements
967Time costs a dime
968
969A leg and an arm
970Time it does harm
971A leg and an arm
972I have lost
973That is the cost
974Of time
975
976To the General Public
977
978If you're a member of the general public, this document discusses my experience in the area of “doxing”.
979
980The word, in real-life contexts, means skip tracing and deep background checks. Deep as in, you can't get the information from a conventional P.I.
981
982Conventional P.I.s will tell you that they have “sources”. The truth is that they mostly use cheap feeds to the major data brokers.
983
984I go deeper than that.
985
986As long as I'm writing to my friends, I might as well advertise. Review the experience discussed below. Feel free to send me requests for quotes.
987
988I can't do anything that legally requires a State license. I haven't applied for one.
989
990I also don't hack cellphones to look for photos of naked ladies to find out if a man is cheating on his wife.
991
992One woman actually asked me to do that. I told her to call a marriage counselor or a divorce lawyer, one or the other, not somebody like me.
993
994Speaking to the kids
995
996Some of you have known me for years. You know me as I am and as I'd like to be. Well, you know part of me. The rest is different but tries to be kind.
997
998When time permits, I'll post a discussion that I had the other day with Grandolf. We talked about learning to be a Coder. That type of thing is one reason that I've stayed with the project for 5 years.
999
1000I'm still with the project, by the way. The trolls are the ones who have left it.
1001
1002Regarding what comes now, imagine that people who you'd helped, who'd seemed human and even nice, turned into incomprehensible figures.
1003
1004Figures who raved at you, shunned you, tried to chase you away, said that you “weird out” people, called you childish obscenities, and DDoSed you.
1005
1006How would you feel?
1007
1008Andrew Ward messaged me the other night. He tried to explain himself. He said something similar to this:
1009
1010“We were just trying to keep you from taking over our channels.”
1011
1012What, exactly, is that supposed to mean? For two months, the trolls have been focused on nothing but shutting down the #-project channel. I did nothing but try to save the channel.
1013
1014Better still, the head of the project, Perttu Ahola, said that it was because I communicated differently and that I “weird out” people.
1015
1016It's difficult to accept that.
1017
1018Let's Talks Dox
1019
1020Let's talk about a word that MT people have used recently. The word is “doxing”.
1021
1022MT people have said that I've “doxed” them.
1023
1024Actually, I've done nothing but post IRL names from public profiles and other sources that are right there in Google.
1025
1026That isn't even kindergarten level “doxing”.
1027
1028I'm going to demonstrate, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and protected under, U.S. laws, how “doxing” actually works.
1029
1030Future drafts will go into key principles and will build on them. I'll include examples from my experience. This might evolve into a nice “doxing” textbook.
1031
1032SSN MisconceptioN
1033
1034We'll start with Social Security Numbers. Just one key issue to begin with.
1035
1036I'd like to clear up a common misconception. The misconception is that it's illegal to possess or distribute Social Security Numbers assigned to other people.
1037
1038In fact, it is legal, or sufficiently legal, for somebody both to collect and to distribute Social Security Numbers. However, the T's need to be crossed and the I's need to be dotted.
1039
1040There are all sorts of issues involved. For example, ISPs have Terms and Conditions that might prohibit this. Civil litigation can be used to demand takedowns of some types of personal information.
1041
1042Most importantly, disclosure of SSNs is, in fact, highly illegal under some conditions. There are State and Federal laws related to this issue. The laws have teeth.
1043
1044However, there are gaps in the teeth. If the rules are followed, you can do this. Allow me to spell things out.
1045
1046I do do this, for legitimate and reasonable purposes. I'll be doing it, for legitimate and reasonable purposes, in Minetest.
1047
1048See my essay on the subject at the following link:
1049
1050http://christfollower.me/page066.html#D151108SSN
1051
1052Secrets
1053
1054Over the past five years, starting in June 2012, I've learned how to collect data on subjects, what to use it for, and the importance of the fact that the purposes involved need to be legitimate and reasonable.
1055
1056I gather Social Security Numbers, the names and phone numbers of the parents, siblings, and adult children of subjects, the grammar schools that they attended, the Churches that they belong to, the legal trusts that they hide behind, where they garage their cars, the truth behind deaths (well, one death, it was a drug overdose), the false names that they hide behind online, their movements in real-time as they travel across a State, and medical conditions that they've hidden.
1057
1058The purpose of the grammar schools is, of course, to identify old friends who'd like to chat about their memories.
1059
1060I dealt with one teenage troll, years ago, by identifying his actual school *and* his identity from a YouTube video. I obtained email addresses for most of his class. I sent him the addresses and said:
1061
1062“Shall I write to these people and ask them if you ever pissed your pants in public when you were younger?”
1063
1064I thought that it was nice of me to include the email addresses with my letter. He didn't need to wonder if I had the goods or not.
1065
1066Apparently, the young man had, in fact, had a regrettable mishap of this type. He was more polite subsequent to this interaction.
1067
1068That, trolls, is “doxing” :-)
1069
1070Post a name from your profile? Grow up. “Doxing” is about finding out secrets. For legitimate and reasonable purposes that are protected under U.S. laws, of course.
1071
1072My Ballpark
1073
1074Folks, when you dog-pile somebody for two months, and then chase him or her away, do you actually expect him or her not to move to a venue where he or she can win?
1075
1076All that we needed to do was talk without the vituperation.
1077
1078red-###, you're a smug little troll. But you probably believe that you gave me a chance to address your concerns. You didn't do so. Instead, you said something similar to, “Why are you stealing?”
1079
1080Good grief. How to Win Friends and Influence People.
1081
1082Andrew Ward, you did the same thing. You could have said, in proper British tones, “Here now, what's all this about, then? Instead, you said “dick” and dropped carrier.
1083
1084The other night, both Andrew and Craig seemed interested in amicable discussions. So did others behind the scenes.
1085
1086Craig proved to be full of sh*t, malicious, the worst of what I've encountered this Spring. At the same time that he was talking positively in PM, he was typing “have you stopped beating your wife” scenarios in public chat. In front of a Freenode admin.
1087
1088However, the others struck me as sincere. We could have settled this.
1089
1090After the events of the other day, this isn't possible. And I have no incentive now to comply with Freenode rules, do I?
1091
1092In fact, I'm free to look for Fuchs' friends in the online gay communities and to find out how completely he's “out” IRL.
1093
1094Why in the world would I *not* use the gestalt thing, the primary gift that God has given me?
1095
1096The Past is a Blast
1097
1098I can't do magic. It might take years. But I'm good at catching small things.
1099
1100Yes, there will be 2 to 4 of me at a time in most significant public channels for years. And in MT worlds through UDP proxies from random IP addresses.
1101
1102MT UDP proxies are trivial, by the way. It's surprising that we haven't seen them more often, though perhaps you have and simply haven't mentioned it.
1103
1104Don't count on registration dates to be useful. I have a few alternate identities tucked away.
1105
1106I learned that lesson years ago. There was a troublesome website and I *didn't* have alternate identities. But I managed to get the website shut down by stirring things up with local Churches.
1107
1108It was a surprise. I'd never tried that before. But I sent letters that were technically true but calculated to be disruptive to perhaps a dozen Churches. About a week later, the website was gone. 10,000 people. Poof.
1109
1110Now I'm thinking about Internet Issues past.
1111
1112I'd forgotten how online worked. But somehow, when there was trouble, part of me knew what to do.
1113
1114Debts
1115
1116I'm concerned about Mr. Business and M.M. CodeLicker, Rainb, Pomifera, and others as well.
1117
1118You people are ****s. I'm not devastated over what's happened at Freenode. But there are people there who I can't allow to feel abandoned. It's going to be tricky to find them now on my own.
1119
1120You have debts to pay. But I'm helpful. Let me help you, in the months and years to come, to address the debts.
1121
1122Mr. Business
1123
1124I once managed to slip into an IRC channel disguised as a registered member. This was probably a decade ago in a prior online existence.
1125
1126I sat there and listened to the secrets until the real person tried to get into the channel. When they realized what was happening and who I was, it was great.
1127
1128This was in the IRC network that Mr. Business, who some of you have met, is from.
1129
1130Mr. Business and I share a birthday. Not the same year. I'm old enough to be his father.
1131
1132Mr. Business is mentally different and needs help. I've tried to be a friend to him. In 2014, he fell into a feedback loop that was dangerous. I phoned him in real life and talked to him until it was over. I've tried to steer him away from the feedback loop since then.
1133
1134In other words, I mixed IRC and IRL to help somebody.
1135
1136If you'd like to read a poem that Mr. Business and I wrote together, the link is as follows:
1137
1138http://haggishell.com/rhymes.html#D160916RHYME
1139
1140The link may not work correctly due to the page being large. Look for the poem on that page titled Black Wings Statue Sings.
1141
1142Minetest TG
1143
1144Another person that I'm concerned about is M.M. I'm referring to the younger of the two transgender Minetest people. He/she is close to making a final decision about the surgery and has asked me to comment on the matter.
1145
1146That's an IRL issue in IRC, b*tches.
1147
1148Moin Bitcoin Part 1
1149
1150The story that I'm proudest of is relevant to Paul's case and red-###'s case.
1151
1152There was somebody in Freenode #startups who was troublesome. I looked into his identity. He was like Paul and red-###. There was no way to trace him directly.
1153
1154That was just the start. I noticed something else immediately. This was somebody who drew others into conversations and got them to tell him everything. But he never said anything specific about himself.
1155
1156He'd been there for months or longer. But somehow nobody had ever noticed this. I went through the logs. The pattern held steady. There was nothing specific. He was a tabula rasa.
1157
1158He implied that he was some sort of important person who needed to be respected. He suggested that he was wealthy. The channel ate it up. But boasts of being rich are hardly useful information.
1159
1160Moin Bitcoin Part 2
1161
1162It took man-weeks of work to get him. What finally happened was something that you'd miss but that was like a siren going off to me.
1163
1164Wish to mock, trolls? Feel free. How I got the S.O.B. is that he used the first names of some people who are important in the Bitcoin world. In other words, he implied that he was one of their associates.
1165
1166It could have been an affectation. But these weren't really famous people. It struck me as a slip-up.
1167
1168I politely asked my friend if the first names were a clue. He left #startups immediately and, as far as I know, he never returned.
1169
1170Keegan
1171
1172I located Keegan, a mentally ill kid in MT who I've talked about before, without difficulties. He showed up, I think, in a newspaper article about hunting.
1173
1174It was more difficult to get phone numbers for his uncle and his school principal, but I did so. I talked to both people IRL, for about half an hour each, and had the boy pulled out of IRC.
1175
1176People in MT criticized me for that. Why? I did it to potentially save his life.
1177
1178The notion that IRC and IRL are separate and that this is a line not to be crossed is rubbish. Let me break the line into little pieces for you.
1179
1180I'm not giving you a choice, of course. In a legitimate and reasonable sense that is consistent with, and protected by, U.S. laws, you're my property now.
1181
1182I went public myself with everything, out of necessity, in 2012. It changed me and it freed me. Life is short. Stop being anonymous *ssholes. You'll be real instead.
1183
1184Real *ssholes, of course. But real. And accountable.
1185
1186Hm. Is there a chance that this project might catch the interest of kids who might like to help? Perhaps a Hacker Kids Brigade will rise again.
1187
1188Hacker Kids Studied PIDs
1189
1190For Haggis Hell readers, by the way, this is what happened to the original Hacker Kids. They're adults now, of course.
1191
1192* Mr. Meow: He's thinking of going into the Navy.
1193
1194* Shiing Shen: Disappeared. He had medical issues, so this is a matter of concern.
1195
1196* QuadCore: He told his parents, at about age 17, that he was bisexual. They were typical U.S. Fundamentalists. So, naturally, they disowned him and threw him out of the house. But he's doing O.K. presently.
1197
1198* Evan aka Bacos: He did something similar to what Jordach does. But he was open about it. At age 15 he made a conscious decision to delete his online persona both in effect and in his head.
1199
1200The last part is what reminds me of Jordach.
1201
1202* Skittles: Learned Python. Managed to land contract work without going to college. Concerned about how to keep work coming.
1203
1204* I remember that members of some forum decided to hide from me. How I got them was funny.
1205
1206There was no clue until one of them changed the nickname associated with one of his links. Or he deleted the link. I don't recall, but it was something like that.
1207
1208The idea was to hide the link from me. But, gestalt. The change stood out like a beacon. I had him and then the rest of them in minutes.
1209
1210I don't remember what this was about. I remember that people seemed more polite after they were no longer anonymous. One of them posted an apology for his behavior on a different forum.
1211
1212* There was the teenager who was worried about stories from the past. I talked about him further up.
1213
1214I don't think that I had his IRL name or even his geographic area. I think that I solved the case by matching account names on YouTube with account names on other websites. Something like that.
1215
1216* I've matched identities, at least once, by comparing artwork that people have posted to different sites under different names.
1217
1218Busy Little Troll is Droll
1219
1220red-### is a busy little troll. He knows about a couple of sites that I created to shoo away troublemakers. Don't you, red-### ? Or was it somebody else who liked to use the same small ISP in Dublin?
1221
1222Feel free to share the sites with the others. But one of them is down due to the May 24 DDoS. It wasn't on the servers that were affected. I broke it accidentally while trying to move things around.
1223
1224I think that red-### only has about 2 out of 5 such sites from the past year. He certainly has the one about the 30s mentally ill developer and the 20s rock star and TV star.
1225
1226Geez. Those two were foul-mouthed. It was tedious.
1227
1228That was the case that Fuchs cited. And the case that is going up Fuchs' *ss.
1229
1230I'm more proud of the work I've done on attorneys. I've made Super Attorneys metaphorically sh*t themselves. red-### did you find any of those sites?
1231
1232Minor Puzzle for Andrew
1233
1234Andrew, you removed your LinkedIn photo recently, didn't you? I'm not certain. It was gone, anyway. Did you figure out how I got a copy?
1235
1236No, it wasn't as simple as Google Image Cache for LinkedIn. Google had already updated. But I'm quite patient. I try to work problems out.
1237
1238Wherever you go professionally, you know, and regardless of the number of years that pass, legitimate and reasonable purposes that are protected under U.S. laws will continue to apply.
1239
1240Patience is a general principle with me.
1241
1242I'm working towards a book. Which is one of the legitimate and reasonable purposes. It's an iterative process. If I die prematurely, something should be ready.
1243
1244Until then, I'll be working on it. This means that research will continue til the end.
1245
1246So Long Daeken
1247
1248What I did with Cody Brocious, aka Daeken, in 2012 was pretty good. The part about guessing where his secrets were.
1249
1250Daeken is the hacker who had his 15 minutes of fame some years ago.
1251
1252Daeken conflated his father Dean, who was normal, with my father, Jim, who broke my mother's nose and terrorized me.
1253
1254My father, Jim, took me to Court to try to force me sign a gag order. Daeken considered this to be my fault and taunted me. So, I located and phoned his father, Dean, and had a nice chat with the man.
1255
1256Daeken threated me with “harassment” charges. So trite. When people use the word, usually all that they know about the laws involved is from TV. I like to take advantage of their ignorance. I usually end up shoving the word up their *ss.
1257
1258In this case, I asked Daeken what his friends from school would tell me about his past. Understand that there actually was something there. It was obvious.
1259
1260Daeken grew very quiet. He tip-toed out of my corner of Freenode shortly afterward.
1261
1262IRC people disapproved of these steps. I asked them what I was supposed to do instead. They didn't have an answer.
1263
1264Why should I sit there and let people treat me and others as punching bags when I can do something about it?
1265
1266Daeken Forsaken
1267
1268One funny part is that Daeken once challenged me to an extemporaneous rap battle. Here is what I wrote:
1269
1270Daeken, since you ask
1271Take me to task
1272So bluntly and rudely
1273I hear a rhythm with appeal
1274When I write I feel
1275I'm singing out loud to you
1276
1277The lines I write
1278In my sight
1279Are a song
1280If you can't accept that
1281Right off the bat
1282/IGNORE is where I belong
1283
1284So chill. Whitebread Hacker
1285Not a Slacker
1286I'll admit
1287But a drag is sort of
1288What you are
1289Go decode an abode API sub-par
1290
1291Senior hackers will understand the last line.
1292
1293Anyway
1294
1295Do some of you belong to forums elsewhere, do you visit alternative IRC networks, etc. ? I'll need to know about those venues.
1296
1297Don't post at Wikipedia or in forums unless you're a registered member. Your IPV4 is logged and that shows up in Google. I've actually managed to identify people in the past by matching up IPV4s that way.
1298
1299It didn't give me anything new for red-### and Paul. But they did, in fact, show up this way.
1300
1301Some of the kids have wanted me to try my hand at better AI for chat. I might just do that. Anything that will improve the rate of data collection will be useful.
1302
1303Sooner or later you'll slip up. What do you say? This will be fun, won't it?
1304
1305Detective Story
1306
1307As I said, I'm no magician. However, a police detective who'd investigated my sister-in-law — Virginia Chang Kiraly, feel free to Google her — once told me that I'd be good as a forensics specialist.
1308
1309It's a funny story. I'd followed clues that led me to phone the detective at home at midnight. The trail was valid, but I missed the fact that he'd moved. The person that I was really looking for had moved into his old house.
1310
1311The full story is at this link:
1312
1313http://christfollower.me/page050.html#D140201VIRGINIA
1314
1315Gossip is Good
1316
1317Regarding medical issues, I don't violate HIPAA. Instead, friends and neighbors of subjects tell me things. HIPAA has no jurisdiction over gossip.
1318
1319If somebody does something odd when they go to get the mail, a neighbor will see it through the window. If I phone and express concern, the neighbor spills the beans about whatever it is that is going on.
1320
1321This actually works. But, to make this work, you've got to use the right tone of voice.
1322
1323Closer associates talk about the romantic lives of subjects. And about troubles of different types.
1324
1325Shoving Things Up Things
1326
1327Gathering and disclosure of information is 100% legal under U.S. laws provided that legitimate and reasonable purposes are involved and that rules are followed.
1328
1329It may or may not be legal under U.K. laws. Andrew Ward, respectfully, so what? :-)
1330
1331Subjects can, and do, try to get restraining orders to prevent me from talking to their neighbors, family members, Church associates, and so on.
1332
1333However, they can't actually do this. There are fundamental principles in U.S. law that prevent this. The magic word is “consensual”.
1334
1335U.S. Courts are unlikely to issue Orders related to consensual communications with third parties. Minor children and other special cases would be the primary exceptions. Employers are a grey area. It depends on exactly what Plaintiffs allege and can demonstrate.
1336
1337So, Plaintiffs try to force people to sign gag orders as part of a settlement agreement. But I've never signed one and I never will.
1338
1339I spent a year in Court over this issue once. But, in that case, I forced the Plaintiffs to sign a document acknowledging that I was going to talk about them for the rest of their lives. They paid $100,000 to get that :-)
1340
1341Pro Tip: These days, I tend to shove vague allegations right up *sses. Actually, that's what I'm going to do with Minetest.
1342
1343DDoS is BoSS
1344
1345We come now to a key point.
1346
1347red-###, regarding the remark that you made earlier in #-hub about “making up another DDoS attack”...
1348
1349...and regarding your kind remarks after that in Codernet...
1350
1351My host, or one of them, and I spent two evenings dealing with three DDoSes.
1352
1353There were two DDoSes on May 23 and one on May 24. The May 24 DDoS generated 150 GB (not MB but GB) of logs for the router involved.
1354
1355We had a total of 3 IPV4 addresses for IRC in two days. I believe that you knew this.
1356
1357I've moved the website to Cloudflare. The IPV4 for the site has changed. And if you use your l33t Kiddie Toolkit, you'll be able to confirm that the router-level firewall has changed.
1358
1359If you were one of the DDoSers, you knew everything to begin with, of course.
1360
1361The nice part, for me, is that the multiple DDoSes combined with tactical mistakes that Freenode has made on the legal side give me something that I'll refer to as “legitimate and reasonable purposes”.
1362
1363Legitimate and Reasonable Purposes
1364
1365“Legitimate and Reasonable Purposes” is a principle that strengthens my hand in legal contexts.
1366
1367It works like martial arts. Do you know the part where you're not supposed to attack? You're supposed to wait for the other party to do so?
1368
1369My legal options for dealing with individuals who commit white-collar of crimes are limited.
1370
1371However, if those individuals attempt legal actions against me, I'm usually able to use “legitimate and reasonable purposes” related to the crimes to my advantage.
1372
1373If you'd like to see examples of legitimate and reasonable purposes in other contexts, visit the following page:
1374
1375http://haggishell.com/topics/legal/information_purposes.html
1376
1377I'll prepare a Minetest page of this type in due course.
1378
1379I Like Attorneys
1380
1381The skill of an attorney factors into results.
1382
1383However, in the past few years, I only recall meeting one attorney that I didn't think I could handle, as long as it was in my own ballpark.
1384
1385That was Harmeet Dhillon, my sister-in-law's attorney. She's pretty good and seems to have character as well. Feel free to Google her.
1386
1387She doesn't count because we weren't in a formal dispute. But I do respect her.
1388
1389Every attorney who's tried to frighten me since 2013 has ended up running away fast. Some of them had damp spots on the fronts of their trousers.
1390
1391If you'd like to get a serious assessment of me, feel free to phone the last attorney who tried to frighten me. This is a Super Attorney named David.
1392
1393I'll be happy to provide David's full name, business phone number, cell phone number, residence phone number, business snail-mail address, and residence snail-mail address.
1394
1395I might throw in, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are protected under U.S. laws, David's birth-date, Social Security Number, and what his neighbors think of him.
1396
1397It's a serious offer. If you're interested, email me or see me in Codernet.
1398
1399If you do take me up on this offer, tell David I hope that he's doing well. I haven't talked to him since I phoned him at home on Christmas Day just to say Hi.
1400
1401Dox in the Box
1402
1403The next steps, on my side, include the “doxing”, for legitimate and reasonable purposes, of MT subjects whose IRL identities can be established and confirmed.
1404
1405This includes, for example, Auke and Vanessa. Who are, if I recall correctly, both presently in the U.S. I might be mistaken about Auke.
1406
1407Andrew, Nathanael, and Perttu have identities that are believed to be genuine. However, they're located outside the U.S. We'll come back to non-U.S. residents shortly.
1408
1409Craig and Matt give out their IRL names. However, their IRL names are unconfirmed. In other words, the names that they use might be made-up. These two subjects are cases for the longer term.
1410
1411I haven't looked at sfan5 yet.
1412
1413Paul and red-### are the two in the troll group who have gone to some trouble to conceal their identities.
1414
1415Paul is too tough a nut to crack. Even the March 5, 1966 birthday is probably fake.
1416
1417So, Paul, relax and speak freely in Freenode channels. Don't be concerned if new people try to get to know you. For the rest of your tenure in Minetest, you can certainly trust the new people around you.
1418
1419You could be suspicious of new people. That would be a shame, though, wouldn't it?
1420
1421red-### is overconfident. If he remains in Minetest and in Freenode, he'll slip up.
1422
1423Crazy like a Fuchs
1424
1425Christian Fuchs of Freenode and #freenode is an interesting case. But research will probably turn up the fact that the name is false.
1426
1427I'm not sure that the first name, Christian, is correct. And the last name, Fuchs, might be simply a Nordic word, or a play on a Nordic word, for Fox.
1428
1429To complicate this part, I'm going to need to pretend to be a gay man who needs advice from Fuchs or who wants to get to know him.
1430
1431I'll feel silly if he isn't actually the Fuchs who's associated with gay groups.
1432
1433The nice part, though, is that Fuchs is obsessed with “doxing”.
1434
1435If I'm able to obtain, for legitimate and reasonable purposes, personal information about him — more than the fact that he's apparently gay — he'll make additional mistakes.
1436
1437Non-U.S. Trolls
1438
1439Residency outside the U.S. has only limited implications as far as the legal side of things goes.
1440
1441The U.K. laws that Andrew Ward is aware of, for example, are largely irrelevant. They do have implications. However, the implications are minor and beyond the scope of this document.
1442
1443Non-U.S. residency does raise the cost of legitimate and reasonable research significantly. It'll cost a good deal more to deal with subjects who are located overseas.
1444
1445So, U.S. research is most cost-effective and therefore takes priority.
1446
1447Disclosure Disclosure
1448
1449I try to be transparency and to offer full disclosure. This isn't simply ethical. It helps to frustrate certain types of legal attacks.
1450
1451So, I'd like to disclose that I disclose information such as U.S. Social Security Numbers, within the bounds of both U.S. State and U.S. Federal laws, for legitimate and reasonable purposes, with people who are willing to assist with legitimate and reasonable research.
1452
1453To put it simply, I give out in Social Security Numbers in a manner that is legal and that most likely can't be stopped in Court.
1454
1455People are invited to read the SSN essay at Haggis Hell that I linked previously.
1456
1457Everybody Likes Gifts
1458
1459I disclose, and I solicit, other types of information more directly.
1460
1461I like to do mass snail-mailings. It's simple, cost-effective, and produces results.
1462
1463People ignore junk snail-mail. Ordinary envelopes, sent bulk rate. But they don't ignore big, fat documents mailed flat in sturdy 9"x12" business-class manilla envelopes.
1464
1465When people open the large envelopes and see the names of friends, neighbors, or family members, they're interested. They read the documents and sometimes they respond and provide useful information.
1466
1467Church Mail Holy Grail
1468
1469My favorite snail-mail story is about a Church. It happened to be a Church that two subjects belonged to.
1470
1471I visited the Church to speak with the office about joining the congregation. The person on duty was busy. So, naturally, I went to the waiting room.
1472
1473This was in 2014. I had to travel to get to the Church. It was a 2- or 3- day trip. The story is at Haggis Hell along with photos.
1474
1475I took a photo of the waiting room because it was artistically arranged.
1476
1477By coincidence, there was a mailing list tacked to a wall. The mailing list happened to end up in a photo that I took of the wall.
1478
1479I felt that it was legal to use snail-mail addresses which turned up in a photo that I'd taken of a wall.
1480
1481There were a lot of addresses. About 75. Too many to transcribe by hand. However, I was able to OCR all 75 snail-mail addresses using standard tools in my Linux distro.
1482
1483Digital cameras and Linux are two great tastes that taste great together.
1484
1485I added 25 snail-mail addresses that I'd obtained by other means. Then I snail-mailed 100 total 20-page informational documents.
1486
1487I was able to track the results through the use of a simple technical trick.
1488
1489I can say this much. 100 copies of a 20-page physical document in real-life mailboxes has more of an effect than 100 emails.
1490
1491Neighborhood Drop-Off
1492
1493I also hire process servers to deliver documents directly to third parties.
1494
1495There's an in-between approach that I use sometimes. I hire either a process server or a courier to do neighborhood drop-off.
1496
1497Neighborhood drop-off means that they leave printed documents on the doorsteps of perhaps two dozen households at a time.
1498
1499Attorneys should note that, of course, that distribution of documents using such approaches is done for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and protected under, U.S. laws.
1500
1501Clap-On Clap-Off
1502
1503My favorite story about couriers takes place in Texas. I hired a nice guy to deliver a document and a bottle of wine to my brother Tom Kiraly.
1504
1505Tom had purchased a new house in Austin that he'd hoped to hide from me through the use of a trust. But a detective that I hired was able to identify the person behind the trust. I have no idea of how he managed to do that.
1506
1507To be clear, I'd never ask a detective to get records by illegal means. But I trust their judgment about what is legal if they seem to be honest.
1508
1509I can only assume that the detective in this case worked hard and used proper channels.
1510
1511My courier went to a store for me and bought a bottle of wine that met my specifications. Now, he just had to get through the gate. Tom had chosen a gated community.
1512
1513I asked the courier how he was going to do this. He said:
1514
1515“Well, these gates have a secret. If you clap the right way, they'll open for you. It's like Clap-On Clap-Off.”
1516
1517He was teasing me, of course, but I believed him.
1518
1519I *am* autistic, you know. You b*tches have been beating up somebody, for two months, who tries to help, quite faithfully, and is kind, but is also naive when he's dealing with people who he trusts.
1520
1521It's an odd combination of characteristics.
1522
1523My IQ is 1.75 times yours. You've suggested that I need to demonstrate this and you seem to wish the demonstration to be interesting. So, I must accommodate you.
1524
1525At the same time still it's difficult, at times, even after I woke up 9 years ago, to navigate in your world.
1526
1527The courier realized, abruptly, that I was naive and explained that he was, in fact, teasing me. I wasn't offended and I still tell this story.
1528
1529Clap-On Clap-Off :-)
1530
1531The courier got through the gate multiple times but Tom was either traveling or unenthusiastic about answering the door. I told the courier never-mind and gave the wine to him.
1532
1533There are some nice photos of the bottle of wine and of Tom's house at Haggis Hell.
1534
1535In Closing
1536
1537So, Craig and sfan5, I don't intend to “do” anything.
1538
1539Well, actually, I'll both gather and distribute information for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are consistent with, and protected under, U.S. laws.
1540
1541I'll do this, probably, for 3 to 7 years. Think my attention span isn't that long? I've been dealing with a few cases for 5 years now. I haven't even started on some of the attorneys and I expect to spend 10 years on them.
1542
1543I trust that concerns are now relieved and that everybody is pleased.
1544
1545All is well. Puppies and kittens frolic.
1546
1547Fun and Friendly
1548
1549I'm not irritated by any of the following:
1550
1551* Being told by Perttu Ahola that I needed to leave #-project because I “weird out” people.
1552
1553* Being told by multiple people that the fact that I type differently makes me bad, that it's a choice, and that it's all right to treat me as an object.
1554
1555* Having Paul dump a PM into public chat that might have hurt somebody who mattered.
1556
1557* Mockery behind my back over the Maciek Kasatkin issue. Not fair discussion or honest debate. Just things behind my back.
1558
1559Jordach, I've been patient and helpful to you and others for 5 years. Are you willing to tell people the part about the edited tapes? I think that that was the metaphor that you used.
1560
1561It was difficult for you to talk about that part. However, the people who matter will be fine with it.
1562
1563* Being told by Nathanael Courant that it's all right to *be* autistic but that I must not allow autism to *show* because letting it *show* is a choice and autism is bad.
1564
1565* Nathanael Courant's refusal to address the preceding point. Nathanael, you're a coward.
1566
1567* Watching a new channel, #-hub, be created solely because I refused to leave #-project.
1568
1569* Seeing Shara go to run #-hub when she was the one who asked me to moderate the “sneak” fight that started all of this.
1570
1571* Shara's denial, to herself, of the reason that #-hub was created. The new channel must have meant a lot to her.
1572
1573* Being ordered by Matt Gregory to shut down #-project.
1574
1575* Being told by Perttu Ahola that I'd “ordered” Jack Coe to “harass” Paul.
1576
1577* Being told by Perttu Ahola that he was taking Paul's word for that story and, no, he didn't wish to hear what had actually happened.
1578
1579* Learning that people in #-project had been told to leave the channel because it was “shutting down”.
1580
1581* Being /kicked by sfan5 because I said that might /kick red-###. Who was trolling at the time and who actually trolled twice that day.
1582
1583* Being deopped in #minetest over that incident after 5 years. Op wasn't a favor to me. Perttu Ahola and I had a deal.
1584
1585* The silent treatment. Being shunned by people who lacked the cojones to explain what they were doing.
1586
1587* Not 1, not 2, but 3 DDoSes.
1588
1589* Being called a “dick” by Andrew Ward. Who is supposed to be the 2nd-nicest person in MT.
1590
1591* Having Andrew Ward explain two months of harassment with the following statement:
1592
1593“We were just trying to stop you from taking over our channels”.
1594
1595Andrew, once again, what is that supposed to mean? For two months, you and the others focused on trying to shut down my channel.
1596
1597* Being told by Craig Robbins and Vanessa Ezekowitz that I “lie”.
1598
1599* Craig Robbins' repeated statements to the effect that I should simply leave #-project if people didn't like me. And that whatever people did, no matter how inappropriate it was, was my fault if I didn't leave.
1600
1601* Craig Robbins' refusal to answer this question:
1602
1603If Black People are ordered not to use the White People drinking fountain, or if they are ordered to sit in back of the bus, do you hold them responsible for being beaten up or killed when they disobey those orders?
1604
1605Yes or No, Craig? Coward.
1606
1607* Craig Robbins' flat-out lie claiming that I'd said there was “danger” in #-project.
1608
1609* Perttu Ahola feeling free to tell me what to do, even now, while refusing to clarify what he says.
1610
1611* The recent events in Freenode.
1612
1613* red-###'s remarks on May 24 to the effect that the DDoSes were imaginary.
1614
1615red-### knows what happened. He fancies himself a kiddie hacker. He'd have tracked the changes in the IPV4s and he'd be aware of some of the other changes. He may have been involved in the final DDoS himself.
1616
1617red-###'s remarks confirm that he's a troll. But I was deopped simply for saying that I *might* /kick him.
1618
1619My Promise to You
1620
1621Surely I'm pleased by all of this. So, here is my commitment to each of the trolls:
1622
1623I will not use personal information related to your past, present, or future in any manner that I deem to be inappropriate.
1624
1625If I communicate with your parents, spouses, romantic partners, siblings, or adult children, past or present associates, Churches, organizations, social media venues, employers, the general public, or government agencies, either to solicit information or to distribute it, I promise to say only what I deem to be appropriate.
1626
1627This is my legitimate and reasonable promise to you.
1628
1629170524 FUCHS FELONIES TASTE LIKE MELONIES
1630
1631We're back again.
1632
1633The Minetest and Freenode DDoSers tried it again. 2nd DDoS in 2 days and the 3rd total. They're busy little beavers :-)
1634
1635They weren't able to touch the website. Sorry, guys :-(
1636
1637The firewall has been upgraded. IRC and the MT worlds have also been moved to a high-bandwidth network.
1638
1639The host says, “It's a good thing on my end since now I'll have higher performance software. This new system is so much better.”
1640
1641If he's happy, that's good. I like to make people happy. Perttu, Andrew, Craig, Auke, Paul, Matt, maybe someday I'll find a way to make each of you happy, personally and professionally, as well.
1642
1643170523 CLOUDFLARE THIS B*TCHES
1644
1645We're back.
1646
1647The Minetest child sex people hit us tonight with a multi-level DDoS.
1648
1649Christian Fuchs, the gay Freenode worker who is protecting child sex harassers, is now involved with felony DDoS as well.
1650
1651The 1st level of the attack was a conventional “thousands of connections” DDoS that originated, oddly, with just three IPV4 addresses:
1652
165347.17.74.92 50.245.47.101 50.248.176.226
1654
1655One or two of those addresses might have been at Comcast. This implies residential, but residential wouldn't support the level of DDoS that was achieved.
1656
1657If these are compromised PCs sold through a botnet dealer, I can't do much about it. But if these belong to the DDoSers, the Feds might be willing to take a look.
1658
1659The 2nd level of the attack involved VPSes at Amazon and other companies. It sought, apparently, to drive up CPU load through an exploit related to IRC.
1660
1661The website has been moved behind Cloudflare. It's safe for the time being.
1662
1663To protect IRC and the worlds, we'll probably block most VPS companies and, if necessary, any part of Russia or Asia that attempts a DDoS.
1664
1665Kids, feel free to ask Celeron55 (Perttu Ahola), Rubenwardy (Andrew Ward), Zeno` (Craig Robbins), VanessaE (Vanessa Ezekowitz), sfan5 (IRL name unknown), and nore (Nathanael Courant) why they needed to break your worlds.
1666
1667We're just asking, no particular reason, hey, sh*t, did anything happen to happen to one of your boxes? You never know, hard-working DDoS boxes might pick up something from touching the Internet :-)
1668
1669170523 CHRISTIAN FUCHS
1670
1671Wait wait wait... Fuchs of Freenode uses his real name? *And* he's queer?
1672
1673(No offense, gay pride people use the word. One of my friends turned out to be one of the early gay activists. And I was offering emotional support to two TGs in Minetest, or trying to do so, when this happened. Somebody please make sure that they are all right. Serious request. I'm concerned about M.M.)
1674
1675Actually, Fuchs might just be a Swiss or something word for Fox. I'm too tired to check.
1676
1677But, whether or not the name is real, is this Christian Fuchs, the Freenode-associated gay support group person?
1678
1679Gays don't molest kids any more than others do. But the public perception still leans that way.
1680
1681And Fuchs klined me because I protested his bias in favor of two child sex harassers.
1682
1683One of whom fell in love with the other one, about 6 years younger, when the younger one was just a boy.
1684
1685Um. If that's your real name, Christian Fuchs, brilliant move :P
1686
1687I told Fuchs that I'd submitted a report on the matter to attorneys who reviewed it and took my word over that of the two child sex harassers. I asked him to show me the courtesy of reviewing the document that the attorneys had accepted.
1688
1689Fuchs refused. He said that the report must be “baseless” and “made-up”. How would he know? He'd already made up his mind to give the child sex harassers a pass.
1690
1691Fuchs, you aren't important. My friends in Minetest are. But thank you for the gift.
1692
1693I've written to PIA, of course. PIA seems to be responsible for Freenode now. I've asked to talk to the attorneys there. They might ignore the letter. If so, we'll find out who's on the Board of Directors.
1694
1695A phone call or two to people at that level noting that child sex allegations are being mishandled ought to produce results.
1696
1697Not quickly. It can take a year to get this sort of thing done. But it'll be fun.
1698
1699I'll give PIA about a week to respond before I take the next step at that level.
1700
1701170523 STATUS REPORT
1702
1703It appears that Fuchs of Freenode has kicked me out of Freenode.
1704
1705This leaves me free to take appropriate steps. The trolls belong to me now.
1706
1707Andrew, our arrangement is now suspended unless you wish to speak with me at: irc.oldcoder.org
1708
1709Will somebody please speak with kline (a person, not an action) in #freenode and notify him that the matter is now moot? Or he can look into it.
1710
1711But kline is unlikely to be sympathetic as I'm PMg Fuchs and telling him that I'll speak with his mother. Assuming that she hasn't passed away; I don't know Fuchs's age.
1712
1713The subject will be the child-sex issue that I can truthfully state Fuchs is involved in.
1714
1715If I speak with Churches about the child-sex part, Freenode won't feel much pressure. But Fuchs might feel some pressure, personally.
1716
1717This assumes that Fuchs can be identified. He isn't important, though, right now. My friends in Minetest are the ones who matter to me.
1718
1719Regarding the “dox” issue: There has been no such thing yet. But this is likely to change in the months and the years to come.
1720
1721I'm not a kid who says that idly. Visit Haggis Hell. I hire detectives, for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are protected under U.S. laws, and I've done so for 5 years now.
1722
1723Andrew, sfan5, Craig, Perttu, Vanessa, Paul, red-###, the rest of those who have deprecated, bullied, or attacked...
1724
1725I proceed in strict accordance with the laws of the U.S. I do not respect, Andrew, the laws of the U.K. in this context.
1726
1727Within the limits of the law, I do what is necessary. The limits are broader than you might imagine. In the months and years to come, perhaps we'll have the opportunity to discuss this.
1728
1729Kindly note that upcoming promises to speak with your family members, where they can be identified, are not (a) a bluff (I've been doing this for 5 years), (b) “threats” of any type — say that and I can file for defamation, or (c) inappropriate or unethical.
1730
1731Did I mention that I've dealt with numerous attorneys over this issue? And that not one of them is enthusiastic about speaking with me again? :-)
1732
1733Naturally, I'll be back at Freenode by VPN. All of you are too dear to my heart for it to be otherwise. If Freenode wishes to falsely position this as a violation of CFAA, they're free to attempt to do so. But, really, it'll go up the *ss of whosever name is on the papers.
1734
1735The part about Freenode's support for child sex harassment will help with that.
1736
1737Regrettably, the idea of a settlement now seems to be impractical. It's too bad. But think positive. We'll find ways to work it out :-)
1738
1739Andrew, did you grow up near Bristol or did you move there from a distance?
1740
1741Auke, we were supposed to talk, a while back. You don't mind if I phone you at work or at home, do you?
1742
1743170521 THEY SAY ESCALATE IS GREAT MATE HOORAY
1744
1745The Minetest core devs have escalated things yet again.
1746
1747After the next step, they'll be out of options. They'll be playing in my ballpark.
1748
1749The latest attack is disheartening. I'd like to ask that the attacks on the community side of Minetest stop.
1750
1751These are the undoubtedly foolish expectations:
1752
1753    No more attacks on #minetest-project.
1754
1755    No more lying to people and telling them that the channel is shutting down. No more peremptory orders from core devs telling me to shut it down.
1756
1757    I'm proud of the channel. I said that it would work and it did. For over a year until the trolls came.
1758
1759    sfan5, I'm sorry, but I'm talking about you. Why did you and the others need so badly to murder something that was good?
1760
1761    And why did you need to attack me, after that, in #minetest ? That is what brought things to this new stage. I'd have been right to /kick red-###. Demonstrate integrity and admit this to Perttu.
1762
1763    People need to be told that it is all right to go to #minetest-project. I want some of the people who were chased away returned.
1764
1765    No further DDoS of minetest.org
1766
1767    I earned op status in #minetest. Perttu Ahola and I had a deal. I expect what I earned to be returned to me.
1768
1769    The deal cost me, Perttu. It was Fall 2012 and the legal cases were still in progress. I didn't have time to do as you asked. But I did it anyway. I served you and I served the community. You have an obligation to me. Honor the debt or I'll collect interest.
1770
1771    I expect Nathanael Courant to answer the question that I asked him. Or I'll find his parents — in France or not — and ask them why he isn't able to respond.
1772    image
1773
1774    Andrew Ward used an obscenity and broke off communication without discussion. This after he said that I'd helped him when he arrived. I expect closure with him.
1775
1776    Andrew, you owe this to me. Or you need to admit that you're shallow, selfish, and ungrateful.
1777
1778    People need to accept that I'm detailed and that I type differently.
1779
1780    I don't like being told — by Perttu, of all people — that I “weird out” people by being too detailed. How would you feel?
1781
1782    I'd like the nonsense related to my remarks about Maciek Kasatkin's being alive as opposed to dead to stop.
1783
1784    Discuss facts. Agree or disagree with positions. That part is fine. Talk behind my back and we're going to talk face to face.
1785
1786    I might add that Maciek has *told* me what happened. Are you able to read English? T-o-l-d. He has an explanation. It's a good one. But, as Vanessa likes to say, “*shrug*”.
1787
1788If these expectations aren't met, there will be consequences for some of the aggressors in real life.
1789
1790I'm explicitly promising, as opposed to threatening, to take legitimate and reasonable steps that, to be clear, are protected under U.S. and other laws.
1791image
1792
1793One step is simple.
1794
1795I'm going to phone, snail-mail, or email parents, siblings, or business associates of the trolls in this situation. There will be multiple legitimate and reasonable purposes involved.
1796
1797I don't advise making threats against me in connection with this point. For what it's worth, one b*tch spent $100,000 USD trying to stop me in Court. I made him eat sh*t.
1798
1799Don't mind the negative tone related to that person. It was my father and my abuser. I'm entitled.
1800
1801The point is, ever since he tried to shut me up and I made him eat excrementum meum sapidum et salubri, others have tried to shut me up. They've all ended up on the same diet. Perhaps you'd like to join them.
1802
1803I'll come back to this subject at the end of this post.
1804
1805On my side, I'm prepared to apologize for losing my patience with #minetest-dev. And to acknowledge I have no proof that it was one of the core devs per se who DDoSed me.
1806
1807I don't know what else is expected of me. I've been subjected to childish insults, cowardly attacks, every possible manner of deprecation. But nobody is making a genuine attempt to talk.
1808Minetest Happy Dance
1809
1810Attack without thought or fright
1811just because it seems right
1812Son, your flame will burn bright
1813Like Jesus, a soldier child
1814He was not meek or mild
1815
1816Hate and torture and kill
1817I'm sure it will give you a thrill
1818What you must do, you see
1819Is be all that you can be
1820Minetest Anger
1821
1822There seems to be violent rage, especially, on the subject of trademarks. Addressing the rage people, you didn't talk to me or get the facts before you fell into rage. So, to Hell with you.
1823
1824Andrew and red-###, that includes both of you. One of you said “dick” and the other said “stealing”. Neither of you allowed me a moment even to understand what you might be concerned about.
1825Minetest behavior
1826
1827You aren't the heroes of the story. You're young trolls. You've pissed on somebody when it wasn't called for.
1828
1829I have a message for Craig Robbins aka Zeno-.
1830
1831Craig is a sensible older Minetest person. Or he seemed sensible until all of this started.
1832
1833Craig, I don't want to think of you as a coward. So why do you say things, including PMs to me, and then refuse to discuss them?
1834
1835That is cowardly.
1836
1837Today, you said:
1838
1839<Zeno-> OldCoder, stop lying to Fuchs
1840<Zeno-> Shara is, of course, valued but to suggest that she has spent more time on the project than any of us core devs and other long-term contributors is just plain lies
1841<Zeno-> and “her role” is what any other person's role is
1842
1843You didn't read what I said. Don't make a fool of yourself. Read before speaking.
1844
1845Oh, too late. You quoted it, though you didn't read it.
1846
1847I said, “If something that I suspect related to her role is true...”
1848
1849I said *If*. Read, much? I guess not. It's easier just to be lazy and insulting, isn't it?
1850
1851I promised Shara that I wouldn't look into this. But if she is Octupus, she has sure as Hell as put in more hours, over 5 years, than most of the others put together.
1852
1853That makes two people I'd thought of as friends, Vanessa and you, who used the word “lying” today. Two in one day.
1854
1855Last night, I couldn't sleep. Scream in pain all night and all day. Actually, I muffled it.
1856
1857It's better tonight. I was able to get water and food just now.
1858
1859Last night, I learned that the Minetest core devs had summoned a Freenode admin, Fuchs, for... actually, the reasons weren't clear.
1860
1861As in the 2012 legal cases, there were allegations, but they weren't really stated. Things were mostly implied.
1862
1863I don't do vague. Try that and you belong to me.
1864
1865Fuchs and I were on different schedules, so we didn't talk directly. But he messaged that there were complaints about “doxing”.
1866
1867Which means the use of IRL names on this website. Which isn't a Freenode matter.
1868
1869But let's talks dox
1870Dox isn't ad hocs
1871It's a word
1872Don't be merde
1873Know what it means before you use it
1874
1875I've used IRL names that developers have posted themselves or that are in public news stories. With three exceptions, I haven't even *started* to “dox”.
1876
1877Two exceptions, Shivajiva and red-###, were anonymous trolls. The initial attempts to identify them IRL failed.
1878image
1879
1880The third exception, Octupus, is a special case.
1881
1882Octupus is a window into the space between normals and those who can perceive reality.
1883
1884He's right there. He's been with Minetest longer than I have. He writes Minetest mods. You've played with them. You chat with him in IRC.
1885
1886But, somehow, nobody but the neurodiverse can see him.
1887
1888CoRNeRNoTe could see him. In the years that followed, two neuro-diverse people perceived him as a flashing red alert. Metacognician, from Haggis Hell, and I often discussed what he might be.
1889
1890Most of you, the normals, are blind, though. Or color-blind in part of the spectrum of reality. It's fascinating.
1891
1892No, I make no apologies for talking about this part. What difference does it make to him or to you? You're reading this and can't understand what you're reading.
1893
1894In short: “Dox” ? Get a clue. If I “dox” you — for legitimate and reasonable purposes that are protected under U.S. and other laws — you're going to *know* it. BTW I usually post “dox” at Haggis Hell.
1895image
1896
1897Got dox, fox?
1898Don't balks
1899Walks the walks
1900Visit Haggis Hell
1901Where dox rings a bell
1902All day and all night
1903
1904This begs the question, though, of what, exactly, the core devs think that they're doing.
1905
1906In 2012, I was hit out of the blue with civil actions intended to do one thing, and one thing only: force me to sign a gag order.
1907
1908I never signed the gag order. I *did* co-write an agreement which stated, in effect, “You belong to me now, b*tches” and forced the other side to sign that.
1909
1910I've spent the last 4 years (litigation lasted 1 year) shoving the other side's actions up their collective *sses.
1911
1912I stood up for myself. It cost me my home. But I never gave up. Do you think that *you* can pressure me into agreeing to a gag order? Agreeing not to talk about what you're doing?
1913
1914Let's play.
1915
1916Vanessa was less together today than usual. It was like talking to somebody who was mumbling.
1917
1918To be clear, I'm concerned about Vanessa. This doesn't mean that it's been pleasant to talk to her recently.
1919
1920She said that I was “lieing” (her spelling) because I was claiming to have an “official” edition of Minetest.
1921
1922I didn't appreciate Vanessa's use of the word “lie”. I demanded that she justify herself.
1923
1924Vanessa cited the fact that git shows only a small amount of code contributed to the core server code by me.
1925
1926The amount that git reports is incorrect. I've contributed code through others. But this isn't the part that matters.
1927
1928The part that matters is that nobody has put continuous hours into the project for more years than I have except for Vanessa and Maciek-Landmine.
1929
1930I've earned better treatment than I've received this Spring.
1931
1932When this subject is discussed, Andrew Ward (Rubenwardy) comes to mind. He's been here since 2012 and has made a number of contributions. But he arrived six months after I did and hasn't put in nearly as many hours.
1933
1934I asked Vanessa if she was able to contradict this. She couldn't name anybody else. Instead, she said that I'd be “klined”. This is a term that means kicked out of Freenode.
1935
1936Vanessa wasn't able to justify, or even to explain, this threat.
1937
1938The discussion was one of the more pointless hours that I've spent.
1939
1940After hearing the threat from Vanessa, I asked a Freenode admin named, ironically, kline, to speak with me. kline agreed and this is what I told him. The text is lightly edited for length.
1941
1942This was extemporaneous. I thought it was good for off the cuff.
1943
1944Two months ago, I was asked to help moderate a fight in Minetest project channels. I tried to do so. In the end, I was told that I was too detailed. And that a channel I was running should be shut down.
1945
1946The channel was #minetest-project. It was authorized by the head of the project, registered nick celeron55.
1947
1948I refused to step down. Channel members were PMd. They were ordered to leave the channel.
1949
1950The core devs ordered me to shut it down. I was DDoSed. First time for my Minetest website.
1951
1952I was vilified. Freenode staff doesn't get into that, but it ties into allegations against me.
1953
1954I responded by posting the story online. It's going into an actual book.
1955
1956I included the IRL names of the core developers. Who had posted those names themselves as part of their profiles.
1957
1958I added that I'd had enough. I wasn't going to “fork” the project. Instead, I asserted ownership of the community side.
1959
1960I mean ownership in every sense, including senses that would count at Freenode. I have put more hours into the project for longer than anybody but two people.
1961
1962Last night, Fuchs showed up. Our hours don't coincide, so we didn't talk directly.
1963
1964He messaged that there were allegations against me. Ordered me to cease and desist things. He talked as though he believed the allegations. He didn't seek my side at all
1965
1966The allegations were vague. I don't like vague allegations. It comes down to disclosing IRL information about developers.
1967
1968This is on a website. It isn't a Freenode matter. I've been through this before, in Court, in other contexts...
1969
1970And I've won. It cost me 200 grand. What matters to me right now, though, is Freenode.
1971
1972I'm asking for fair treatment. Not, “Oh, 3 people hate him, he must be a troll”.
1973
1974I'm nearly 60. I've poured 5 years of effort into this project. I'm in the right ethically, legally, and, I think, under Freenode guidelines.
1975
1976I ask that no decisions be made based on innuendo and, TBH, blunt lies.
1977
1978They talk about how *I'm* “lying”. One of the heads told me an hour ago that this means the part where I claim to have an “official” community edition.
1979
1980That isn't a lie and isn't Freenode business.
1981
1982They also talk about how I'm “doxing”.
1983
1984Multiple parties have harassed me anonymously. I will, in fact, document IRL identities and actions — possibly for legal actions, which is no kid bluff, I've been dealing with this stuff for 5 years — and this is, again, not Freenode business.
1985
1986I've outlined the situation as simply as possible. You hear this sort of thing every day and it must be tedious.
1987
1988But I *am* old, sane most of the time, respectful of the structure of Freenode. I *have* tried to help people again and again here for 5 years. I'm asking for fairness.
1989
1990Everything I'm saying seems sensible to me. Not overblown, overwrought, TL:DR, or “drama”.
1991
1992Fuchs isn't available to talk due to time-zone difference. And he seems already to have made up his mind. I want the boundaries between Freenode and not-Freenode to be respected as far as administration goes.
1993
1994You don't care, at all — and this is fine — about project issues off of Freenode. Especially if they're nebulous.
1995
1996So, please help with a fair request. Could Freenode stay out of levels that don't concern it? I'll listen and respond respectfully to remarks about levels that do concern it.
1997
1998It makes no difference, possibly, but, again, I have 5 years invested in the current matter. I'll be dead in perhaps 3 times that. You and most of the people involved have decades left.
1999
2000Can you comment or help? I've spoken off the cuff and will fill in any gaps.
2001
2002kline responded as follows. I've omitted the personal note that he mentions.
2003
2004Well, firstly, thank you for an eloquent and complete recounting of your side of events, it has already raised and then answered questions i wanted to know
2005
2006ill briefly cover my answer in two points from a staff point of view, and one point from a personal one
2007
20081) for tonight, im not going to be doing anything other than making sure that your concerns are discussed by the staff team, with the aims of being fair to both sides and getting the complete picture
2009
20102) we do stay out of internal politics of other groups in matters like these, but sometimes we're asked to make decisions where those groups overlap with ours, such as where there's discussion over who should hold what rights to a channel.
2011
2012when this happens, we'll often ask to find out more about the project, all sides of the issue, and also find out a little about what the community feels as a whole.
2013
2014i hope with this in mind it may be clear that if we've been asking questions, it's only to increase our understanding, not to inject ourselves into not-freenode matters
2015
2016I'm busy, in physical pain, tired, and I need to work. But the core devs continue to attack.
2017
2018It isn't clear what they expect to happen.
2019
2020If this is about #minetest-project, and they succeed in having the channel shut down, they must know that it'll be a new debt accrued. A debt that they'll be held accountable for. Each on an individual basis.
2021
2022If this is about pressuring me to take IRL names off of a website, I became homeless a few years ago rather than agree to do that. I never submit to extortion.
2023
2024If they engineer things so as to block me from Freenode, what comes next is simple.
2025
2026In short, I have the right, protected under U.S. and other laws, to communicate, for legitimate and reasonable purposes, with real-life business associates or family members of these people to inquire as to why they'd behave like this.
2027image
2028
2029There are other steps to take that I've learned about. Learned the hard way. In real life, my life hasn't been like yours.
2030
2031I used to be shy. But I know the truth now. What you're supposed to do. Machiavelli figured it out centuries ago.
2032
2033You should have read your Machiavelli before you came after me. But that's all right. I've read it for you. And I understand the lessons.
2034
2035I've worked hard at this project, I've tried to help people, and I'm old. I've put 5 years into this project when I've only got about 15 more to live. I'm not going to write off that much time.
2036
2037Wish to keep pissing on me? Sure y not. But there is something to keep in mind.
2038
2039I'm not some pretend Internet figure. Unlike some of our friends, I'm here in the world, physically. And I've drunk enough piss.
2040
2041If you'd like to escalate, that will be just fine. What was your IRL name, again?
2042
2043170517 NEWS ONE CANNOT REFEWS
2044
2045It wasn't Brackston's world that the trolls shut down. I've been informed that it belonged to somebody named “unk”.
2046
2047red-### asked me today if I was the one who did this.
2048
2049There was some irony in the fact that he'd ask. He was the one who'd triggered the current stage of events.
2050image
2051
2052A few weeks ago, red-### attempted to start a fight in #minetest. Since he'd /ignored me, I had no way to caution him. I proposed to /kick him, since a text message could be passed that way.
2053
2054When I said that this was what I planned, I was speaking literally. But most of you aren't able to understand that. You don't want to understand it. You're normals, full of hate for the different.
2055
2056Or, more accurately, full of indifference. If somebody isn't real to you, things that you do to them aren't real.
2057
2058sfan5, for reasons that I can't begin to understand, objected to the proposed /kick and /kicked me. So I /kicked him and his bot.
2059
2060Later, I found that I'd been deopped without notice or explanation. sfan5 wasn't deopped. Perttu Ahola didn't respond to requests for explanations.
2061
2062This came after 5 years of service. And after 2 months of harassment and escalating attacks directed at me and at this site.
2063
2064I never should have tried to help with the fight about the Minetest sneak issue. But I did. This is the price that one pays for arrogance.
2065
2066I was asked to help. Shara asked me to step in. Shara, all debts are cleared. If you are what I suspect that you are, I had debts to you. You made a difference.
2067
2068But the debts are paid.
2069image
2070
2071I was asked to help. I owed the person, Shara, who asked me to do so. So I tried to do my best.
2072
2073But it was arrogant of me to assume that I, of all people, somebody who'd hidden from the world for decades, could deal with normals who were in the animal state. The state of rage.
2074
2075Dominus mihi ignoscat. Mea culpa.
2076
2077image
2078
2079Perttu, like Nathanael Courant (Attn Google: Nore of Minetest), is a coward. People of this type speak or proceed as they please and will not justify their actions because they must be right.
2080
2081It is how a nebulously imagined God has ordained things.
2082
2083The apparent hack of “unk's” world was done by people in that camp. The camp of the cowards who strike and hide.
2084
2085I indicated to red-### today that his question bordered on offensive. I didn't go into detail, but the reasons for my feelings should have been clear enough.
2086
2087I'm about three times red-###'s age. I'm a decade older than Perttu and Nathanael put together. I've worked hard for decades, hard enough that it should have killed me.
2088
2089I've worked hard on this project for five years. During a period when I should have focused elsewhere. The stories that I've told aren't just stories. There was a price to be paid for my involvement.
2090
2091What age are you, most of you, 16 to 24 ? You have no idea of what can happen. How bad it can get.
2092
2093I paid the price.
2094
2095I proceed as I deem appropriate. In this context and in the broader fight that I'm in. A fight that a few of you know about. But I don't handle things the way that these people do.
2096image
2097
2098As a separate note, my guess at red-###'s age has dropped from college to High School. If this is correct, though, he's well-read for his age.
2099
2100Most High School students aren't familiar with Everett-Wheeler. Though, of course, he might have Googled the names.
2101
2102One piece of advice to red-### has been, and remains, to read Howard Bloom's book, “The Lucifer Principle”. Web searches will turn up books with very similar names. So, to be clear, I'm referring to this one:
2103
2104https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lucifer_Principle
2105
2106The book explains the behavior of these people. The ones who look in the mirror and say, “There stands a hero”.
2107
2108170515 TECH UPDATE RIGHT HERE MATE
2109
21101. The Minetest Modding Book is now mirrored here.
2111
21122. Andrew Ward can't be troubled to check his assumptions before beating up somebody who's tried to be useful. But he has plenty of time, it appears, to set up VPS folders dedicated to yours truly.
2113
2114The relevant VPS IPV4 is presently 95.132.133.8. Location is the Ukraine. The associated hostname is:
2115
2116vps.rubenwardy.com
2117
2118The folder that caught my attention is named: oc_20170515
2119
2120The oc part could mean “Oxen Cart” as opposed to “OldCoder”. If this is the case, I regret jumping to conclusions :P
2121
2122Andrew's been working on smartphone apps, both Android and iOS, at GWS Media since March [2017]. He's doing so while pursuing a Master of Engineering at the University of Bristol. We wish him luck in these endeavours.
2123
21243. Somebody has patched a world at minetesthosting.com to make it say:
2125
2126“Access denied. Reason: you are using an unofficial client. Use the official client from minetest.org”
2127
2128Players are locked out.
2129
2130I thought that this was Brackston's world, but Brackston says he's just a player there. I'll need to double check what I was told originally.
2131
2132This is a typical step, regardless, by the haters in the Minetest group.
2133
21344. The last two months have been like this, day after day.
2135
2136Folks who like to mock people for typing differently. Dogpiles. DDoS. A channel created specifically to deprecate me. People who I've tried to help for 5 years behaving like monkeys with the feces-throwing habit.
2137image
2138
2139But a new broom sweeps clean.
2140
2141One approach might be to talk to Microsoft. This would take months to set up. I don't have time to spare for this right now.
2142
2143However, the Minetest situation could be positioned multiple ways. There's room to maneuver in this context.
2144
2145If I managed to get Microsoft's attention, the outcome, whatever it might be, wouldn't be likely to leave the status quo in place.
2146
21475. The long document below will be moved to its own page. It'll be expanded to provide more details related to Minetest's past, present, and future.
2148
2149BY HOOK OR BY BOOK:
2150
2151This is an evolving letter to Julian aka Lord Fingle, a Coder in Australia; Brett aka CoRNeRNoTe, another Down Under Debugger; and Octupus, somebody who is difficult to explain.
2152
2153This document will probably become a section of the book that a few people know about.
2154People are invited to email me at oldcoder@yahoo.com with thoughts on the following subjects. I can also be reached in Freenode or Codernet (irc.oldcoder.org) under the nick OldCoder.
2155
2156    Minetest
2157
2158    FOSS projects or group projects that you've been involved in
2159
2160    Were you committed and/or emotionally involved with projects?
2161
2162    Were individual contributions to projects recognized or were they taken for granted?
2163
2164    Was one part of the group favored? Did it have disproportionate control over decisions?
2165
2166    How do FOSS projects below critical mass in size manage to survive?
2167
2168    Are normals more likely than the neurodiverse to fall into rages over minor issues?
2169
2170    Autism
2171
2172    Hatred of the different: nature or nurture?
2173
2174    Evolutionary Psychiatry. See Howard Bloom's book, The Lucifer Principle.
2175
2176Letters or remarks in them, or in IRC, may be quoted or otherwise used.
2177
2178Mellow Hello
2179
2180Electrical banana
2181Is gonna be a sudden craze
2182Electrical banana
2183Is bound to be the very next phase
2184
2185This is a mellow hello
2186(Quite rightly)
2187This is a mellow hello
2188(Quite rightly)
2189This is a mellow hello
2190
2191Lord Fingle, good day.
2192
2193I'm Cc'g this to CoRNeRNoTe. He's the one who's located in your country. He's been supportive and has offered assistance. This letter is going to others as well. I can't say that all of them have been helpful.
2194
2195This is a business letter as well as a personal one. Let's call it 1/4 business and 3/4 personal. At any rate, I'll be offering you and others formal proposals in the future. It's best if I go over everything up front.
2196
2197The parts that analyze people aren't intended to be cold. I care about some of them. However, things have gone awry and changes need to be made.
2198
2199The Minetest core devs and their sympathizers, as a group, are harsh and arrogant. The word for it, these days, is “haters”.
2200
2201Everybody, including Celeron55 (Perttu Ahola), has been aware of the issue. In 2015, Perttu asked me what to do about the situation. We'll come back to my response in section 6.
2202
2203The arrogance was directed, most recently, towards autism. These people are focused on the fact that I, personally, type differently. They say that I “weird out” people by being “too detailed” and by “typing differently”.
2204
2205I'm not going to accept that. Not after 5 years of contributions.
2206
22071. Introduction.
2208
2209Julian: I deferred the answer to your question, “How are you” or similar. The answer is as follows:
2210
2211Physically, I can't walk well, at times, and my hands don't always work. This is an issue tonight. However, this side of things has improved since 2014.
2212
2213I'm classified as “disabled”, enough so to get a parking placard, but not enough to qualify for state funds. To qualify for state funds, a disability needs to be continuous.
2214
2215I lost 75 pounds in one year, 2012 to 2013, due to stress related to a family legal matter. I regained most of the weight, but I'm trying to repeat the accomplishment now in a healthy manner.
2216
2217I'm behind on real-life work, but I'm catching up. I remain a transient, but I've accepted that. I'm working, as a side project, on legal steps related to the family matter.
2218
2219I travel periodically to visit real-life friends who have stood by me. Last night, I attended somebody's 39th birthday party. We talked about the importance of time. In a week or two, I'll go to see other people.
2220
2221In short, I'm proceeding sensibly. Minetest is one of the few threads where things are out of order. I'm going to need to do something about that.
2222
22232. Minetest and Eidy.
2224
2225It's time to assess the Minetest situation and to make plans. I'm referring to the Minetest project per se. However, some of this will be relevant to the Eidy project as well.
2226
2227In short, I'm not going to “fork” Minetest. I propose to transform it into a project that is under the control of a formal non-profit business venture.
2228
2229I'd like Eidy and other edutech or gamedev projects to be part of this.
2230
2231Due to multiple factors, which are discussed in the next two sections, my plans have a high probability of success.
2232
2233Financial success is unlikely, but it isn't ruled out. For example, if things are handled properly, a buyout by Microsoft may be possible. However, to be clear, this isn't the primary goal.
2234
22353. Factors that increase the odds of success.
2236
2237Minetest is low-hanging fruit. It's just sitting there, waiting to be useful. Nothing is there to prevent this except for one wildcard. I'll discuss the wildcard in Appendix B.
2238
2239The factors involved include the following:
2240
2241* Minetest's licenses give away the project. They present no significant obstacles.
2242
2243If license obstacles are added due to the sending of this letter, it's too late, really. This would be locking the barn door after the cows are out. Moo!
2244
2245* I expect to be able to obtain the trademark to the name “Minetest” in one or more countries.
2246
2247CoRNeRNoTe has offered physical presence in Australia. This may increase the odds of success there. I can probably establish physical presence in Germany and other countries in Europe as well.
2248
2249Trademark issues are discussed further in the next section.
2250
2251* Some of the key figures in the project are anonymous and wish to stay that way. In the event of legal disputes, most of these people will simply evaporate.
2252
2253* Some of the non-anonymous people have no stake in the project, emotionally speaking. They'll disappear the moment that project issues affect them, in any significant way, in real life.
2254
2255“sofar” (Auke Kok) is one example. He's actually explained how this works to me.
2256
2257* A few people are in poor health. Some aren't expected to live past the short or medium term. VanessaE (Vanessa Ezekowitz) is one example. This group lacks the physical and emotional resources needed to deal with issues that are stressful.
2258
2259Appendix A tells part of Vanessa's story.
2260
2261* I, for my part, went through the fire in real life for a year, 2012 to 2013. I went from shy, hiding from the world, to putting everything out there.
2262
2263Even before 2012, I was involved with multiple startups. Situations were often difficult, but in each case, I stayed the course for as long as possible.
2264
2265In short, when the going gets tough, I don't disappear.
2266
2267* I happen to like sorting out business and/or legal matters.
2268
2269As a related note, most attorneys don't impress me. Harmeet Dhillon, my sister-in-law's attorney, is an exception. Most of the others that I've encountered, even the $400 USD per hour people, take shortcuts. That's risky when people deal with me.
2270
2271I have a small ability. Actually, it's the basis for most of what I can do. I see inconsistencies as tangible objects. Often, I can see what they mean. I used to use it just to code. But I learned in 2012 that it's relevant to business and legal matters as well.
2272
2273For those who've read my weblog, I'm referring to the gestalt thing.
2274
2275I've dealt with multiple hostile attorneys, four or five, since 2013, primarily in contexts related to age discrimination. I've pointed out ways in which they've violated the rules. They've run away quite fast :-)
2276
2277* My net worth hit zero in 2013. But I tend to bounce back from such things. I've been both “rich” and “poor” before. And one advantage that I have, in Minetest contexts, is a willingness to invest money.
2278
2279Perttu and the core devs -- all of them put together -- are unlikely to spend more than a pittance, in actual dollars or in Euros, on marketing, establishing connections with the majors, legal actions, or paid developers.
2280
2281I'm willing to spend money on all of that. Especially paid developers.
2282
2283And I have a possible route to VC funds; it runs through one of the heads of a brokerage. I traded $10M over the years with his firm. He'll probably at least listen to proposals.
2284
2285Add all of this up. Consider the matter objectively. If it comes down to competition or disputes, as opposed to changes and cooperation on the part of the core devs, who do you suppose is going to win?
2286
22874. Minetest trademark issues.
2288
22894.1. One of several ironies related to the situation is that I discussed trademark issues with the head of the project, Perttu, over a year ago.
2290
2291Perttu didn't object to the proposal that I acquire the Minetest trademark in the U.S. All that's really changed, in this context, is that I plan to seek it in multiple countries now.
2292
2293People have talked about this step with uninformed rage. However, I've learned, over the years, not to expect facts to matter to most normals.
2294
2295The fact that Perttu and I discussed this step previously isn't going to make a dent in the self-righteousness that these people are displaying.
2296
22974.2. As a related note, I'm as entitled to the trademarks as most people are. Very few people have been with the project as long as I have *and* have put in as many hours as I have.
2298
2299Perttu himself has put in very little time for years. In legal proceedings, I'd be able to subpoena core developers who've stated this themselves.
2300
23014.3. The trademarks aren't essential, but they'll be useful.
2302
2303If I do obtain them, I'll probably be able to replace the Minetest releases in the Google Play Store and the Debian-Ubuntu repositories with releases controlled by the non-profit.
2304
23055. About XPrize.
2306
2307One thing that I'd like to do is look closer at the details of the non-profit that Soultest (Joseph Yeung) was putting together.
2308
2309Joseph was your primary competition, in the Minetest world, for the XPrize trophy.
2310
2311In Winter 2016, Joseph asked me to join his XPrize project. I added a few others. We worked on the project for a few months.
2312
2313If you didn't know the details, Joseph was a mid-level education official in Asia. He was serious. He took a leave of absence, started the paperwork for a non-profit, and planned things out.
2314
2315He disappeared abruptly. It wasn't like him. I have real-life contact information for his brother, but I haven't asked him what happened. Joseph was serious enough that his disappearance might mean that he's injured or dead.
2316
2317We lost Don Batman (Don Michaud) as well. He was in physical pain. I don't remember if he asked me not to talk about this. If he did, I apologize for doing so.
2318
2319I dropped out of the XPrize competition due to the loss of Joseph and Don. I didn't have the heart to continue.
2320
23216. Fall 2015 to Winter 2016.
2322
2323As context, the Minetest core developers, or “core devs”, have always had the perspective that they *are* the project. This exchange between sfan5 (real-life name not checked) and Shara (identity is a special case) is illustrative:
2324image
2325
2326<sfan5> and in all honesty i am getting tired of this
2327<Shara> Break it in a way that doesn't alienate so many people.
2328<sfan5> unless there is disgreement in the dev team the second PR will be the best you see
2329<sfan5> have fun doing your hostile fork
2330<sfan5> have fun seein the fork die
2331
2332And sfan5 is one of the *nice* ones :-)
2333
2334sfan5 has been a harsh and thoughtless S.O.B. in the current matter, but, historically, he's shown signs of courtesy. This is something that some of the others have never exhibited.
2335
2336I approached Perttu on multiple occasions, starting in Fall 2015, about the issue of core-dev hostility. I noted that the issue was distressing to Vanessa and that we couldn't afford to lose her.
2337
2338Perttu acknowledged the problem. In short, addressing the core devs, Perttu is pragmatic. He *knows* that you're, to use Andrew's word, “dicks”. But he likes the fact that you'll work for free.
2339
2340Perttu asked me what to do.
2341
2342In Winter 2016, I proposed the creation of a new Freenode channel, #minetest-project. The new channel was to act as a place where Minetest contributors could meet with core devs on an equal footing. Ultimately, the channel was to serve as a steering committee for the project.
2343
2344My proposal is at this link:
2345
2346https://minetest.org/proposal.html
2347
2348Perttu agreed to my proposal. I created #minetest-project (or #-project for short). The 1st part, meeting ground, was a success. But the core devs never took the 2nd part, steering committee, seriously.
2349
23507. Spring 2017.
2351
2352In April 2017, I was asked to moderate some fights related to a lesser-known Minetest feature named “sneak”.
2353
2354The Minetest core devs had decided to, in effect, delete the feature. A few of them, sfan5 in particular, hated a glitch that went along with it.
2355
2356The problem was that the core devs were arrogant. They laughed at, or even mocked, the concerns of the community. See the quote from sfan5 in the preceding section.
2357
2358I was busy and tired.
2359
2360However, the person, or identity, who asked me to help, Shara, had contributed a great deal to the project, and had never asked for much. I was obliged to do as she wished.
2361
2362I took part in discussions in #-project.
2363
2364I proceeded lightly. Instead of kicking or banning people, I tried to persuade them to calm down. For that, I was deprecated. Eventually, after a week that was stressful, I did kick and/or ban roughly two people. I was deprecated for that as well.
2365
2366Consistency isn't a hallmark of this group.
2367
2368Events played out as follows:
2369
2370* One person said that sfan5 might be an agent of Microsoft seeking to damage the project. I was somehow blamed for that remark even though I was asleep at the time.
2371
2372* Perttu said that I “weird out” people due to typing in too detailed a manner. He used those exact words.
2373
2374* Perttu suggested that being detailed was a choice on my part. When I responded to that, naturally, my response was detailed. He remarked, “Oh, my God, what did I just say” :-)
2375
2376I understand the beliefs of normals who consider autism or other neurological conditions to be a “choice”. However, due to events 5 years ago, events which rendered me homeless due to such beliefs, I'm no longer apologetic about the issue.
2377
2378* Perttu asked me to relinquish Founder status of the #-project channel. The idea was that I was supposed to quietly disappear because I was different and might “weird out” people.
2379
2380I refused.
2381
2382* Several other people echoed the concern that I type, in their view, oddly.
2383
2384They didn't care that I was born autistic and that it's natural for me to be detailed. I felt as though I was a child again, being beaten up, knocked unconscious, sliced open with a knife, for reasons that I scarcely understood.
2385
2386Nore (Nathanael Courant) was especially unpleasant. He said that the issue wasn't about my being born detailed but, instead, about the fact that I had the temerity to actually talk in a detailed manner.
2387
2388Nathanael's distinction struck me as being similar to saying that, if I was Black or Jewish, I ought to hide from people who hate Blacks or Jews so that they wouldn't be offended by the sight of me.
2389
2390I asked Nathanael to respond to that point. So far, he's been too cowardly to do so.
2391
2392image * For what it's worth, this is a photo of a young man named Nathanael Courant. He uses the nickname “Nore”, and he's located in France, where our Nore lives.
2393
2394Additionally, the Nore in the photo was a silver medalist in what seems to have been a computer science competition or event. This is consistent.
2395
2396However, it isn't confirmed that this is our Nore.
2397
2398The photo was apparently taken circa 2015. If it *is* our Nore, he looks age 18 in the photo, so he'd be age 20 now.
2399
2400* Shivajiva (he conceals his IRL identity) revealed that he'd considered me deranged for a year due to my position that Real Bad Angel, a supposedly dead Minetest developer, might still be alive.
2401
2402The difficult part about this was Shivajiva had pretended to be friendly for all that time. I didn't appreciate being patronized. Debate would have been preferable.
2403
2404* Perttu created a new channel, #minetest-hub, or #-hub for short, to replace #-project.
2405
2406#-hub was created solely to remove me as Founder of the project's steering committee channel. I'd refused to resign, but moving the steering committee to a new channel had the same net effect.
2407
2408As one of the ironies of the situation, Shara assumed the mantle of one of the heads of the new channel.
2409
2410Shara is uncomfortable when I mention the sole reason that #-hub was created: to evict me. But if she or anybody else doubts the facts, they can simply ask Perttu this question:
2411
2412“Would #minetest-project have been shut down if OldCoder had agreed to step down as Founder?”
2413
2414Perttu is many things. He's not cold, just brusque. He has a sense of humor. It's subtle, but it's there. He's arrogant and he rushes to judgment; in these respects, he's a typical normal. But he isn't a conscious liar.
2415
2416Go ahead, Shara. Ask him the question.
2417
2418* Members of the #-project channel were PM'd and told that #-project was “shutting down” and that they should go to #-hub instead.
2419
2420* Paramat (Matt Gregory) ordered me to shut down #-project. As though he had any right to do so.
2421
2422* WilkGr (his real-life name is supposedly Jack Coe) PM'd me and asked me why I was unhappy with Shivajiva.
2423
2424I believed Jack (if the name is correct) to be age 24. Not a kid. So, I was abrupt.
2425
2426When I said that Shivajiva had said things with the intention of deprecating me, Jack questioned this. I told him that he'd need to talk to Shivajiva if he wanted more answers. So he did.
2427
2428Shortly after that, Perttu told me that Shivajiva had accused me of “ordering a 14-year old boy to harass him” (or similar wording).
2429
2430So, Jack was apparently a decade younger than I'd believed. Regardless, I was furious at what happened next. I asked Perttu if he wanted the facts. Perttu, bless his Finland-temperature heart, said “No”.
2431
2432Ultimately, Perttu agreed to listen to the facts. But this incident was over the top.
2433
2434Shivajiva has done a decent job of concealing his real-life identity. His first name might be Paul. He claims to have been born on March 5, 1966, but the date is probably a lie. He lists professional websites that never existed. He geolocates to Preston, England and London, England, but those are probably VPSes.
2435
2436He has a daughter born circa 2009; that one part seems to be true.
2437
2438We'll see if “Paul” drops clues in future discussions. I once identified somebody who'd taken far more precautions. In years, he'd never said anything about himself. But eventually he slipped up.
2439
2440He turned out to be one of the big names in the Bitcoin world. I mentioned this and he left Freenode rather abruptly.
2441
2442I feel that “Paul” has behaved unreasonably. When his identity is established, perhaps he and I will discuss the matter further.
2443
2444* My Minetest site, minetest.org, was DDoSed.
2445
2446It's possible that the DDoS was coincidental. Vanessa cited the fact that she was DDoSed as well as evidence that the attack hadn't been orchestrated by the core devs.
2447
2448However, I was attacked with a conventional DDoS. My host said that it looked like a typical DDoS package, the type that people purchase. The attack on Vanessa was different. It was designed specifically to target Minetest servers.
2449
2450So, I feel that the issue is undecided.
2451
2452I'm prepared to let it go. I've even offered previously to apologize for being too direct about unproven suspicions. But it should be acknowledged that I did have reason to suspect the core devs.
2453
2454* I went to the core dev channel, #minetest-dev (or #-dev for short). I demanded to know if the core devs were behind the DDoS. They said that the issue was off-topic for #-dev. But where else would I have asked it?
2455
2456The issue would have been appropriate for #-project, but they'd effectively killed the channel. I assume, now, that they expected me to raise the subject in #-hub, a channel that was created specifically to demote me.
2457
2458Sure, that level of humiliation would have been just fine.
2459image
2460
2461* During the #-dev discussion, “sofar” (Auke Kok) said that I'd had a good 5 years with Minetest and so I should just leave the project. The logic in his reasoning escapes me.
2462
2463Auke made other remarks as well. They'll be addressed in due course. I'll need to think about this.
2464
2465I'm concerned about Auke's “mental stability”. It's possible that people at Intel or RedHat have noticed issues with him, but I haven't asked anybody there yet.
2466
2467By the way, Auke, there's a German-language article about me in “Intel Magazin” (sic, that edition drops the “e”).
2468
2469* I agreed to drop the subject of the DDoS. However, despite this, I was banned from #-dev -- after 5 years of contributions -- hours later. No discussion was offered before this step was taken.
2470image
2471
2472* Rubenwardy (Andrew Ward) is a long-term Minetest figure. I apparently helped him when he joined the project. I don't recall because I've tried to help numerous people. But he does recall and has told me this.
2473
2474In the end, though, none of my attempts to be useful mattered. Not assistance that I offered to Andrew or assistance that I offered to anybody else.
2475
2476Andrew told me, abruptly, that I was a “dick”. He didn't care what the facts were or wish to discuss anything that had happened.
2477
2478Andrew aims to be fair and helpful. He's failed at this and is a disappointment.
2479
2480* Amaz (his real-life name is apparently Charlie Jordan) has helped me as opposed to the other way around.
2481
2482Charlie (if the name is correct) stands out because it's his personal goal to be as pleasant as possible. It's a constructed persona, but one that is likable. I've only seen the mask slip once and he was abashed about that.
2483
2484Charlie hasn't told me that I'm a “dick”. He's simply left instead. Sure, why not.
2485
2486* red-### (he conceals his identity and uses multiple numbers) talked about how I was going to “steal” Minetest. He didn't even try to discuss his concerns before he used the word.
2487
2488* red-### tried to start a fight in the #minetest channel. I was told later that he actually tried to do this twice that day.
2489
2490Specifically, red-### started to talk about “sneak people” (or similar wording) in what appeared to be a negative manner. This was a reference to the battles of a month before.
2491
2492I tried to warn red-### that the subject wasn't welcome. But he'd /ignored me. I stated publicly that I might /kick him. The idea behind that was that the /kick operation would allow me to state a message that he'd be able to read.
2493
2494sfan5 /kicked me instead. I responded by /kicking sfan5 and his bot.
2495
2496To read a little more about our friend red-###, click here.
2497
2498* Perttu, apparently, deopped me in #minetest after that. After 5 years of service in that channel. He removed a status that I'd earned in 2012 by dealing with the Landmine situation. There was no discussion of the matter.
2499
2500This brings us up to date. The short version of all of this is, “Enough is enough”.
2501
25028. In closing.
2503
2504Julian: If I remember correctly, we're of the same generation. Time is precious to us. I understand what it meant to spend as much time on a Minetest project as you did and to see the dice come up snake-eyes.
2505
2506Look at the situation on my side.
2507
2508I've contributed to Minetest for 5 years. I have perhaps 3 times that time period left to live.
2509
2510Under the circumstances, it isn't possible to wave away that much time. There is no alternative but to double down and attempt to make something useful come of this.
2511
2512Projects that are based on the codebase but build momentum of their own are one option. Your project (Eidy) or an umbrella project that encompasses it might be part of that.
2513
2514Appendix A and B below are optional reading. However, they may be of interest.
2515
2516Regards, Robert (the Old Coder)
2517
2518Appendix A. Vanessa.
2519image
2520
2521I told Vanessa, once, that I loved her. It was true, though it wasn't a romantic gesture. I'll define love sometime. I'm better equipped than most people to do so.
2522
2523I can say that part of it is not wanting to imagine life without somebody or something.
2524
2525Maciek respected Vanessa. He asked her to choose a fork of his over Minetest. She turned him down, partly for technical reasons; the fork used Redis and she disliked Redis.
2526
2527If Maciek did, in fact, fake his death, I believe that this was one of the reasons that he decided to do so.
2528
2529The Real Bad Angel identity had outlived its usefulness. The fork, and Vanessa with it, were probably the only things that would have led him to keep it going.
2530
2531Vanessa wasn't well. However, she remained determined, hard as nails, a creator and a contributor. This Appendix tells part of her story.
2532
2533<OldCoder> It is your first dress?
2534<VanessaE> that's correct. the red one was 'off the rack' as was the black one you've seen. the pink one was made to order (but is a little loose in places — I will adjust some time later). The silver one is hand-made by me.
2535<VanessaE> Next is metallic gold vinyl
2536<OldCoder> That will be... not subtle. Which is fine.
2537
2538<VanessaE> it's a much stretchier, slightly thinner, and far more durable fabric that the silver-grey
2539<OldCoder> Adjust style to match, then
2540<VanessaE> yes
2541
2542<OldCoder> I believe in Art
2543<VanessaE> *nod*
2544<VanessaE> when it comes to clothes, I go all out when I can
2545<OldCoder> Indeed
2546
2547<VanessaE> REDACTED this “fade into the background” sh*t
2548<OldCoder> The idea of controversy or difficulty made you tired last year... I noticed
2549<VanessaE> yes
2550<OldCoder> So my blog was not enjoyable for you
2551<VanessaE> eh?
2552
2553<OldCoder> That was my impression
2554<VanessaE> oh, naw
2555<VanessaE> not “not enjoyable”
2556<OldCoder> It is my Art. My way of REDACTED fade background. :-)
2557<VanessaE> more like “this is all right”
2558<VanessaE> if you know what I mean?
2559<OldCoder> Not really. I am literal. :-)
2560
2561<OldCoder> Though I sing now. In text.
2562<VanessaE> I don't know how to say what I'm thinking
2563<OldCoder> It is fine.
2564
2565<VanessaE> it's your work, it's interesting, but just not my specific field of interest maybe?
2566<OldCoder> I'm not referring to the technical site
2567<OldCoder> But to the one with poems and legal maneuvers and photos of cats and my family stalking me...
2568<VanessaE> right. that's the one I refer to.
2569<VanessaE> you've shown me posts from it.
2570
2571<OldCoder> But it is not my “work”... the posts are about Phenek in Finland and his trip to Spain
2572<OldCoder> Mr. Meow and his kitty cat
2573<OldCoder> And what it was like
2574<OldCoder> To grow up hunted at home and at school
2575<OldCoder> It is not really “work” or a “field”
2576
2577<OldCoder> It is the place where I have learned to sing again
2578<OldCoder> I can hear the song now
2579
2580<VanessaE> right
2581<VanessaE> my memory sucks :P
2582<OldCoder> I assume that it's the medical issue. Hold on to what you can.
2583<OldCoder> Artwork or photos may help
2584<OldCoder> You are doing it right. Live the way you should now. Not in a future that is uncertain.
2585
2586<VanessaE> my memory has been crappy since the 90's
2587<OldCoder> The medical issue?
2588<VanessaE> (carbon monoxide)
2589<OldCoder> Permanent damage?
2590<VanessaE> I think so
2591<OldCoder> You seem pretty sharp
2592
2593<VanessaE> my mind's been fuzzy ever since
2594<OldCoder> You are a Coder
2595<VanessaE> believe me, this is nothing like I used to be
2596<OldCoder> What happened, then?
2597
2598<VanessaE> it was winter, we were doing routine stuff in the shop, I was running a forklift that had a bad engine. no one realized that the carbon monoxide was building up until one of the guys started getting dizzy.
2599
2600<VanessaE> I got nauseous
2601<VanessaE> went to go sit down for a while, but it only got worse, and fast
2602<VanessaE> I went to the boss to tell him I was feeling really lousy
2603<VanessaE> before I could get there, I started to hurt, like I was having a heart attack
2604<VanessaE> started to black out but stayed awake, blood pressure went into the 200/100 range or something equally ridiculous
2605
2606<VanessaE> had hyperbaric treatments, didn't do much good
2607<VanessaE> been fuzzy ever since
2608<VanessaE> its gotten a little better over the years
2609<OldCoder> There was some permanent damage. But you can Code. And create Art of other types.
2610<VanessaE> yes
2611
2612<OldCoder> Your quality of life is acceptable. You are glad to be here and you can create.
2613<VanessaE> yes
2614<VanessaE> in the meantime
2615<OldCoder> You can have friends, too
2616<VanessaE> I've taken a new opinion of life: don't give a sh*t if I stand out, and if I do, G*d damn it make it worth the looks :-)
2617
2618Appendix B. Landmine and Maciek.
2619
2620B.1. There are wildcards in the situation. One of the wildcards is a friend. Let's call him Octupus for now. The names Landmine and Maciek will also work.
2621
2622It's time to talk about where Octupus fits in.
2623
2624Where he fits in is at the heart of things. He's told me that he doesn't “take sides”, but that isn't the point. Regardless of the final outcome of current events, the project isn't going to continue precisely as it has been. Change happens. Decisions related to the project's future are going to need to be made.
2625
2626And Octupus's decisions are likely to have more of an effect, in the end, than Perttu's decisions.
2627
2628It's also time, simply, for me to talk about this.
2629
2630Most of the following isn't secret any longer. “Paul” saw to that when he dumped a PM about this subject into public chat. With no thought given to the feelings of the person in question.
2631
2632B.2. To answer a question that's come up at least twice, and that I consider to be silly, no, I'm not talking about myself.
2633
2634The events that I'm going to talk about started before I'd even heard of Minetest.
2635
2636My arrival in Minetest was an accident that postdated both Landmine and Maciek. Mr. Tux, who still stops by IRC occasionally, was there at the time and will confirm the circumstances.
2637
2638In mid-2012, I was the technical director of a FOSS gamedev project named Facade. This was Xavier Sythe's Facade, the project that is now called Nanoforge, not the Facade that won at the 2006 Slamdance Festival.
2639
2640I was involved in a 2nd FOSS project as well. I don't remember the name of the 2nd project.
2641
2642I went to Minetest to retrieve a mentally ill teenager, Keegan, who'd gone from one of the projects to Minetest and was causing problems. There is a little more about Keegan below.
2643
2644For those who are curious, a screenshot of Facade follows.
2645Facade aka Nanoforge game
2646
2647As a related note, I went public regarding my identity and my life in 2012. Everything has been out there for 5 years. Much of what I say about myself as well as others can be checked.
2648
2649B.3. As a note to my friend:
2650
2651Yes, I know that Octupus is gone. Let's think of him as somebody that you may have known. I'm using the name because it simplifies things.
2652
2653A rewrite isn't necessary. Don't delete the past again. Make corrections going forward. This is what I'm trying to do, myself.
2654
2655To put it another way, the current session matters. It isn't a scratch tape any longer. It's something that you can, and should, work with.
2656
2657Do you remember what I told you four years ago? Four years ago this week, actually. My feelings are the same now as they were then:
2658
2659Thank you!
2660And I hope your own purpose evolves
2661That there is a tree
2662Of branches of people and purposes
2663It is an amazing thought
2664We can all be many things
2665And purpose is what we should strive for
2666A tree
2667Puts out branches
2668Reaches for the sky
2669To grow is what it should try
2670For
2671Before
2672the end
2673image
2674
2675B.4. Octupus is helpful. He's also creative. He and I co-wrote a story in 2013. Here's the link:
2676
2677http://oldcoder.org/general/artwork/watercodia.html
2678
2679The hero of the story is named, of course, Octo :-)
2680
2681As Landmine -- who he has been -- Octupus is dangerous as well.
2682
2683He intentionally provoked Keegan to rage and laughed about it. And Keegan had access to guns in real life. I had to contact the boy's school and his family. He was taken out of IRC temporarily.
2684
2685No, I don't apologize for mixing IRC and IRL. This was a real person with real weapons.
2686
2687B.5. Octupus has used multiple names. This isn't unusual. But he's used more than a few and, in some cases, he's used them for 2 to 5 years.
2688
2689He's dedicated to the project. More so than anybody else. He did the initial versions of a number of Minetest mods under different names. Five years later, he continues to innovate.
2690
2691This is an unusual person. When we first talked, he told me that he'd never talked to another human being until he was 14 years old.
2692
2693I don't know if it's true or not. But it's consistent with the explanation that he offered me recently.
2694
2695None of this, the people part, is a normal game. This isn't a troll. His explanation, if it's true, is wonderful.
2696
2697B.6. Over time, I observed, in PM, some of my friend's registered-nick changes. As you may be aware, this is a feature of Freenode that can be used to track who is who.
2698
2699Additionally, some of his alter egos told me what they were. This could have been a game played by several people. However, very few people will coordinate this type of game for years.
2700
2701Better still, two of the alter egos phoned me in real life. I believe that the two voices were the same person, though this is a subjective assessment.
2702
2703The two voices were those of Landmine (Misael Roman) and Real Bad Angel (Maciek Kasatkin).
2704
2705Maciek persuaded me, in his phone call, to move to Poland. I actually made shipping arrangements and priced the plane ticket before I learned that none of it was real.
2706
2707People are surprisingly arrogant, at times, in their remarks about my remarks concerning our departed Angel of Code.
2708
2709My response to them is:
2710
2711Hey, this guy talked me into flying to another country and moving in with him. I got as far as making the shipping arrangements and pricing the plane ticket.
2712
2713This was IRL and not IRC.
2714
2715I was vulnerable at the time. I nearly died twice. The game that he was playing would have finished me. Where do you get off criticizing my positions or my feelings related to somebody who affected me IRL?
2716
2717I confronted Maciek in late 2015, shortly before he died or faked his death. Here's an excerpt from the discussion. This is condensed. There's a bit more on my weblog.
2718
2719<OldCoder> Reality is both objective and subjective, Maciek. But there are things that are physical, things that have mass and are present in the world.
2720
2721<OldCoder> What I'd like to know... I think I can phrase this right:
2722
2723<OldCoder> Suppose that I'd spent the last of my funds to go to Poland, taken the flight, gotten on the train... Would there have been a physical person present at the train stop in the small town?
2724
2725<OldCoder> Or would I have stood there alone on the platform, realizing that I was about to die?
2726
2727<Maciek> i had a physical place at my home set up for you
2728
2729<Maciek> it was you who decided that “im not real”
2730
2731<OldCoder> I did not decide this. I have not decided it now.
2732
2733<OldCoder> This is a loose end in my life; deciding what was and remains real... What I learned after reviewing things you had said... was that nothing you'd said about the Law was true.
2734
2735<OldCoder> At about the same time, I received a phone call... from somebody who was not real. A real-world phone call, not online chat. The voice was constructed.
2736
2737<OldCoder> I saw other things during this period that strained the boundaries of what I'd known. I met the Angel of Death twice. Did you know about that? The touch of His wings as they brush across your face...
2738
2739<OldCoder> I came to understand the extent to which physical reality matters. And the extent to which it does not.
2740
2741<OldCoder> Additionally, try to understand the extent to which one can change after coming to understand...
2742
2743<OldCoder> that most people don't give a f*** about physical reality.
2744
2745<OldCoder> I never decided for sure whether or not you were physically real. You didn't fit the pattern that Octupus and his friends...
2746
2747<OldCoder> Sokomine is him, isn't she?
2748
2749<OldCoder> ...had at the time. He did not try to be gruff older Coders...
2750
2751<OldCoder> But there were anomalies in our phone call, and what you said about the Law was not true.
2752
2753<OldCoder> Ever since then, I've wondered, what would have become of me if I'd flown? My guess is that it would have been the end of me. There is something else...
2754
2755<OldCoder> Whoever and whatever you are, Vanessa respects you, and she is tired IRL these days. Speak as kindly to her as possible when you can and help her to feel needed and respected.
2756
2757<OldCoder> This is something we all, all those who can feel, need, and to feel is, ultimately, what is required to be real.
2758
2759The photo below captures some of the feelings that I have about all of this. I refer to it as “So Bright the Illusion”.
2760So Bright the Illusion
2761
2762B.7. My friend has acknowledged, in public chat, that he'd been Octupus in 2013. Read the logs for the day that things exploded. And Octupus was Landmine.
2763
2764B.8. Here's a short but interesting list of Minetest people. Each person is likely to be at least one of the others.
2765
2766* Landmine: 2012 to circa 2014: Landmine was a notable figure.
2767
2768Around Spring 2012, a “boy” was banned from the Minetest forums. I don't recall his name. But he activated a dormant identity that he'd created some months before. The identity was named “Landmine”.
2769
2770Landmine had a real-life name (Misael Roman), a country (Mexico), and a fleshed-out background. There was a college, there were photos, there was even a preference for Asian women.
2771
2772But he wasn't real. Or, at least, Misael Roman, the putative real person, wasn't Landmine.
2773
2774Real or not, Landmine was memorable. I had associates, at the time, who had connections to the federal government. They told me, independently, that Landmine, under the Misael Roman name, had made a watch-list of low-level potential threats.
2775
2776Landmine suspected that I'd uncovered his real-life identity. He pressured me, even threatened me, until I turned over everything that I'd found. When he saw that it was just the Misael Roman data, he heaved a sigh of relief.
2777
2778He wasn't in Mexico. And, for those who understand the point, he wasn't in Poland either.
2779
2780Landmine used VPNs to express, in #minetest, his unhappiness with events. He was loud for months.
2781
2782I think that he's expecting me to proceed similarly now. One of his likely alternate identities has commented on this point. However, I expect to proceed in a more subtle manner.
2783
2784More subtle at times, anyway. I'll proceed as I deem to be appropriate. Just as every normal that I've ever met does.
2785
2786The situation in 2012 was serious enough that Perttu granted me op privileges in #minetest. This was in exchange for my promise to deal with Landmine. What Perttu and the others didn't understand was that the right way to deal with things was simply to be honest and fair.
2787
2788Honest and fair are concepts that normals talk about. They rarely engage in such practices.
2789
2790Regardless, I earned the op privileges. Perttu's revocation of the privileges, without discussion, was unreasonable. It calls for a response. I'll find my own small ways to demonstrate how I feel.
2791
2792In an amusing note, at one point, the pretend “boy” from the forums, the one who was Landmine, criticized me for failing to stop Landmine quickly enough.
2793
2794* Octupus: 2012 to 2015: My friend has admitted publicly to being Octupus. And Octupus was Landmine.
2795
2796It's interesting to note that Octupus always geolocated to the Cayman Islands, which was where he was supposed to be. Just as Landmine geolocated to Mexico, which is where *he* was supposed to be.
2797
2798But my friend is located in the U.K. And he's admitted to being Octupus.
2799
2800This means that he's been maintaining IP addresses at fixed locations in specific countries since 2012 or before.
2801
2802* The Red Mood: 2012: He claimed to be Landmine. The manner of “speech” that he adopted when he did so was consistent. However, this isn't proof.
2803
2804* Jeija: 2012: There was a “J” person who was probably one of Landmine's alter egos. I don't remember who it was for sure. It might have been Jeija.
2805
2806I can say that “J” claimed to live with several young ladies. They were him, of course. He brought one of them to IRC. She told a boy, Mr. Tux, that she “loved” him. That was taking things too far.
2807
2808“J” claimed to know the full story about Landmine. He said: “There are two men, one older and one younger. The older one controls the younger one.”
2809
2810One interpretation might be that the older man was Maciek Kasatkin (Real Bad Angel) and the younger one was Misael Roman (Landmine).
2811
2812I don't think that “J” meant that Real Bad Angel and Landmine were physically different people. I think that this was about the same type of relationship that Landmine and Octupus had.
2813
2814Landmine was Octupus. But, at one point, Landmine ordered Octupus to disappear. Octupus did so and then he came back.
2815
2816I asked Octupus why he came back. His response is pasted below in the next section.
2817
2818Technical note: Octupus's effective age in this discussion is just 7 years old, but it ranged from 7 to 21 over the next few years. As the core identity evolved, Octupus grew up.
2819
2820The RBA referred to here is, of course, Real Bad Angel; i.e., Maciek. As a note to Octupus, yes, things did get better.
2821
2822Q. When you write in the private channel or in PM, and I receive a message from Octupus; are the things that are said how you actually feel at the time? Am I dealing with a genuine Octupus in some sense of the word genuine? Do the questions make sense?
2823
2824Q. If the questions do not make sense, do not be concerned
2825
2826A. let me read it again
2827
2828A. sometimes
2829
2830Q. Sometimes. I will ask about the second issue. Then that will be all about the matter for now.
2831
2832Q. If this is complicated, do not answer. No need today. There was a Octupus who told me he was not allowed to “socialize” any longer. I said he should proceed as was best. But Octupus reappeared. Am I talking to physically the Octupus who talked about “socialize” ? If so, why did you come back?
2833
2834A. because
2835
2836A. ifelt bored not talking to any1
2837
2838Q. You have skipped part of the answer. If you don't wish to answer it is all right. Are you the same Octupus who said that to me?
2839
2840A. its good to think postitive
2841
2842Q. I have tried
2843
2844A. things will get better you will see
2845
2846Q. I am evolving. I am not perfect. Nobody is. But I am trying to make the right decisions these days.
2847
2848A. ok
2849
2850A. Yes coder i am the same Octupus that was scared of the fish with the big teeth. the reason i really came back was i wanted to have a conversation with ppl.a nd i wanted to have a friend i could trust.also i got bored of talking to no1.
2851
2852Q. I am working with RBA right this minute on his next change
2853
2854A. cool
2855
2856A. alright
2857
2858A. Im happy
2859
2860A. im helping and doing something construstive
2861
2862* MarkV: 2013 to 2014: He was part of the Landmine group. This was one of the people who I identified using registered-nick changes.
2863
2864As a related note, MarkV hung out with, and possibly was, one of the people who was DDoSing Freenode at the time. He brought the DDoSer to my channels. Freenode questioned me about this. I don't recall what I told them.
2865
2866* Puka: 2015 to 2017: No proof of identities. But he tends to appear and disappear in sync with disappearances and reappearances by certain other people.
2867
2868* Compunerd: 2014 to 2015: I spoke with Compunerd for months. He seemed perfectly normal.
2869
2870One day, I offered to let Compunerd read some chapters from a book in progress that I was working on. He was replaced by Octupus the next day. And Octupus hadn't visited for two years.
2871
2872This doesn't prove anything. But the timing of Octupus's reappearance was interesting.
2873
2874* Phox and T.J. Beylik: 2014 to 2017: These two people may have nothing to do with Octupus and Landmine. However, they're probably each other.
2875
2876* AlyssaV, APileOfSticks, and similar names: 2015 to 2017: She's on the list for the benefit of people who have concerns related to her.
2877
2878I don't know what to make of this person. She doesn't seem to be Landmine. Her reasons and behavior are different. But this is probably an eccentric man as opposed to a girl.
2879
2880Alyssa insisted on talking, early on, about her identity and the identity of her “father”. In fact, her nick was her full real-life name, both first name and last name. This was one of a number of red flags.
2881
2882Her “father” actually existed. He was an author who focused on Robin Hood novels.
2883
2884I could have phoned him and asked him if he had any connection to the “girl” who claimed to be his daughter. Or whether or not he *was* the “girl”. But I didn't want to get into whatever real-world game Alyssa was playing.
2885
2886Alyssa displayed signs that she was actually her “father's” age. Then, one day, she talked about things that Santa Claus had done to her. I banned her immediately.
2887
2888She apparently went to “Paul's” servers after that. “Paul” has told me that he also suspected her of being a role-player. But “Paul” lied to me for a year about his views on the Maciek issue. So, it's difficult to know what he really thought.
2889
2890I allowed Alyssa back onto my servers, under other names, upon her promise of acceptable behavior. I even voiced her in the #-project channel.
2891
2892Perttu complained, after that, about the behavior of “children” in the channel. The ironic part is that one of the “children”, Alyssa, was probably a 40-year-old man.
2893
2894As the saying goes, “You can't make this stuff up”. I'm done with pretending that this sort of thing doesn't happen and with apologizing for talking about it.
2895
2896It's a reality that people who run public servers of any type need to be aware of and to deal with.
2897
2898* Sokomine: 2012 to 2017: Sokomine is likely to be the same person as Octupus, The Red Mood, Landmine, and my friend.
2899
2900I took samples of her text to somebody, a Zen-like neuro-diverse type, who's good at some types of analysis. He spotted an odd habit of Sokomine's immediately. He said that the habit demonstrated that Sokomine was a man and not a woman.
2901
2902I mentioned the habit to Sokomine. If I remember correctly, she never did it again.
2903
2904The fact that Sokomine made the change suggests that she's one of the roleplayers in Minetest. It doesn't prove that she's in the Landmine group, but there are other signs which suggest that this is possible.
2905
2906* LAD or Laugh All Day: 2012 to 2016: LAD is in the Landmine group. Not definite, but high odds.
2907
2908There is no strong evidence. However, he and Octupus both did the same unusual thing a few months apart. I'll withhold the details for now.
2909
2910Additionally, a neuro-diverse person, somebody who could spot things, visited my channels one day. He saw LAD and immediately PM'd me to say “What the Hell is THAT??” He couldn't parse LAD at all.
2911
2912The “Laugh All Day” part resonates with something that The Red Mood told me. He used to say, “I'm a deaf-mute. But my girlfriend says that I laugh better than anybody she knows.”
2913
2914* Nekogloop: 2012: There is no solid evidence that connects Nekogloop to Landmine.
2915
2916However, Nekogloop told me some interesting and possibly relevant things once.
2917
2918He said that he was a man pretending to be a boy pretending to be a cat.
2919
2920I asked him what that was like. He said that it was like being deep underwater, so deep that you almost couldn't see the surface. But you could look up and tell that it was there.
2921
2922Additionally, on one occasion, Nekogloop and Landmine had an unusual public debate. I had the impression that it had been scripted or that one person was acting out the two sides. I think that somebody else, probably CoRNeRNoTe, felt the same way.
2923
2924This said, Nekogloop may simply have been an ordinary roleplayer.
2925
2926* Real Bad Angel (Maciek Kasatkin; also Maciej): 2012 to 2016: The odds are that Maciek was, and is, several of the people on this list.
2927
2928Is he the same physical person as Landmine? I talked to both of them on the phone, in real life, and this was my sense. But the only facts that are close to established is that he's dead, in one sense, and alive, in another.
2929
2930To put it another way, Maciek isn't coming back. However, the person that he's become, something that he tried to explain to me recently in PM, will see this letter.
2931
2932* Shara: I don't know and I don't want to know.
2933
2934I value Shara. I appreciate things that she's done. Over a year ago, I told her that I wouldn't look into this issue as far as she was concerned.
2935
2936However, this said, Shara needs to decide for herself what is right and what is wrong.
2937
2938I know that what I've described above seems wrong to me. It isn't selfish to say that people have been unfair and that I feel cheated out of what I've earned.
2939
2940I won't simply write off a good chunk of the last part of my life.
2941
2942Perttu and Shara, both of you, I want that which was taken from me without cause back.
2943
2944(end of document)
2945
2946NEWS 170429:
2947
2948A new world, OldCoder Capture the Flag, is up and running at:
2949
2950Server: minetest.org     Port: 30017
2951
2952This world is presently based on an unmodified copy of Rubenwardy's CTF modset.
2953
2954An experienced CTF player says that it's a pretty close match, and replacement, for Rubenwardy's CTF world, which has shut down.
2955
2956Map, goals, and rules are the same as before.
2957Minetest Capture the Flag
2958
2959NEWS 170428:
2960
2961The answers to red-002's questions have been moved to the unsorted page for now.
2962
2963As an update, red-002 seems to have acknowledged that he mis-read the “/tracker” link that he talked about before.
2964
2965NEWS 170427:
2966
2967* Minetest, the Community Edition, would like to welcome red-002 of Dublin as a reader.
2968
2969* The ServerError: Lua: Invalid float vector dimension range error cropped up in Lord of the Test (LOTT) on the morning of April 27.
2970
2971I'd never seen this error before, but encountered it twice in the space of a few hours - in two totally different Minetest _games.
2972
2973LOTT's _game hadn't changed much in months. Conclusion: This may be related either to a core bug or to a core fix that exposes a common bug in old _game code.
2974
2975NEWS 170426:
2976
2977This post will be moved to a new modding section in due course.
2978
2979I was asked recently how to make Quest Test mobs spawn Experience Orbs if you fought such mobs and won.
2980
2981It proved to be trickier than expected. Both Quest Test and Experience had bugs.
2982
2983This post provides fixes for the bugs as well as the code needed for the requested feature. It also outlines, for novice Minetest modders, how I approach issues of this type.
2984
2985The first step was to create a test world.
2986
2987In this case, the test world was based on Mineville, the new standard Minetest _game, plus Quest Test, Experience, and playereffects, which Quest Test requires.
2988
2989It was clear in advance that I was going to be modifying Quest Test and that the modified Quest Test was going to depend on Experience. So, I added an experience line to Quest Test's depends.txt file.
2990
2991I didn't include TenPlus1's Mobs Redo API.
2992
2993TenPlus1's Mobs Redo API has a hook for mob death named on_die that would work well for the desired purpose.
2994
2995But the request was to make this work for Quest Test, which has its own Mobs API.
2996
2997I omitted a few of Quest Test's dependencies. In practice, world hosts would need to add all of them.
2998
2999I booted the test world and ran into a problem. The world crashed repeatedly with this error message:
3000
3001ServerError: Lua: Invalid float vector dimension range 'x' (expected -2.14748e+06 < x < 2.14748e+06 got -nan
3002
3003This problem turned out to be related to Quest Test Mobs API code that had been inherited from older mods.
3004
3005Simple fixes didn't work. In the end, I rewrote parts of the function involved. The patch is provided further down.
3006
3007The next step was to try to get Quest Test mob deaths to create Experience Orbs.
3008
3009Quest Test's Mobs API code was in a file named qt_mobs/api.lua.
3010
3011The code omitted on_die or similar hooks but did include a standard Minetest on_punch function. And the on_punch function included code to implement object drops on mob deaths.
3012
3013Eureka. In theory, this was all that I needed. I implemented the requested feature by adding new code to that part of on_punch. The new code was just two lines long:
3014
3015local pos = self.object:getpos()
3016minetest.env:add_entity (pos, "experience:orb")
3017
3018At the point where the code was added, self.object was guaranteed to be the entity object associated with a dying mob.
3019
3020I spawned some Quest Test mobs and battled them to the death. But nothing special happened. The new code simply wasn't called.
3021
3022I'd added the new code to the mobs code that implemented drop objects on death. So why wasn't it called at the same time that objects were dropped?
3023
3024The answer was simple. A test showed that Quest Test's mobs didn't actually drop objects on death. The code for this was present, but it didn't line up with the Minetest Lua API.
3025
3026I fixed that issue. The patch is provided further down.
3027
3028Quest Test mob deaths spawned Experience Orbs. Success. Except for the fact that Experience Orbs caused crashes when I asked a player to test the new code.
3029
3030Oh, well.
3031
3032The Experience Orbs crashes occurred because the Experience mod didn't create a required data file in some cases. So, I patched that issue. The result was a working _game.
3033
3034Screenshots of a Quest Test mob and Experience Orbs created by battles with such mobs are shown below. Patches and ZIP files are provided after the jump.
3035
3036This particular mob is the deadly Crystal Man. Quest Test includes a few additional creatures, such as the Nether Zombie, the QT Alien, and Quest Test's versions of the Pig and the Snowman.
3037Minetest Crystalman Mob
3038Minetest Experience Orb
3039
3040To browse or download a patch file for the Experience changes discussed above, click here.
3041
3042To browse or download a patch file for the Quest Test changes discussed above, click here.
3043
3044The patch files are in standard Linux patch-file format. Note: They won't display well on phones.
3045
3046To get the ZIP files for the complete modified mods, including my changes, use this link for Experience and this link for Quest Test.
3047
3048My versions of the mods are not necessarily synced with upstream. They'll work with copies of Mineville downloaded at the same time. However, they may not be compatible with minetest_game.
3049
3050Note that minetest_game is deprecated.
3051
3052NEWS 170423:
3053
3054* I was asked recently, how do you make Rubenwardy's awards mod dispense actual prizes as opposed to status bumps?
3055
3056Well, first, I'd like to note that the mod should be named Rubenawardy :P It stands to reason, right?
3057
3058But, to dispense a prize, just edit the Lua register_achievement call for the award that you'd like to prize-ify and add a prizes line similar to the one shown below.
3059
3060The prizes line goes in the settings list outside of the trigger block.
3061
3062This particular example gives the player a diamond as an award for digging his or her first dirt.
3063
3064awards.register_achievement ("awards_dirt", {
3065    background  = "awards_bg_mining.png"    ,
3066    description = S("Mine your first dirt") ,
3067    icon        =
3068"default_obsidian.png^awards_level1.png"    ,
3069    prizes      = { "default:diamond"  }    ,
3070    title       = S("Dirt")                 ,
3071
3072    trigger  = {
3073        node   = "default:dirt" ,
3074        target = 1              ,
3075        type   = "dig"          ,
3076    } 
3077})
3078
3079NEWS 170421:
3080
3081A dedicated and friendly group of upstream trolls DDoSed minetest.org on Friday. To ensure uninterrupted service, we're moving to Cloudflare for now.
3082
3083This will mean that world addresses will need to switch from minetest.org to some other hostname so that the website can continue to operate.
3084
3085Thanks for confusing the kids, friends, and for disrupting worlds that have been in place for years.
3086
3087TO IA TEAM:
3088
3089This notice certifies that Robert Kiraly is the current owner of the domains minetest.org, minebest.org, and minebest.net, and that email from oldcoder@yahoo.com regarding these domains is to be taken as authoritative.
3090
3091The Old Coder's 5-year anniversary is right around now. People forget that he's been here all along. Just for fun, news entries from 2012 have been added to the old-news page. To visit the page, click here.
3092
3093NEWS 170419:
3094
3095* It's our understanding that upstream Minetest has broken things again. The solution is simple: Run Minetest, the community edition, the one with sneak, improved games, and soon 64x64 skins and complete, ready to host, worlds.
3096
3097The one that listens, the one that adds your own stuff, and the one with an inclusive philosophy.
3098
3099Or you can run the unstable Minetest that breaks your worlds. The one that talks to you like this:
3100
3101<sfan5> and in all honesty i am getting tired of this
3102<Shara> Break it in a way that doesn't alienate so many people.
3103<sfan5> unless there is disgreement in the dev team the second PR will be the best you see
3104<sfan5> have fun doing your hostile fork
3105<sfan5> have fun seein the fork die
3106
3107It's your choice. But feel free to offer Minetest, the friendly version, your own mods, drawings, Blender models, suggestions, and requests. We won't make fun of your concerns or talk about how your efforts should die.
3108
3109For now, contact is by Freenode IRC in #minetest-project. PM OldCoder there for voice. A minetest.org email address will be set up.
3110
3111NEWS 170418:
3112
3113* The Old Coder needs to focus on IRL work and other matters for the rest of the month.
3114
3115* VaultTowers suggests that Minetest, the official community edition, prepare Snaps for use in the Ubuntu Store.
3116
3117Our response is, sure, but we might be able to force Debian to change the default package instead. This would switch Debian, Ubuntu, Mint, and related distros to the appropriate version of Minetest.
3118
3119NEWS 170415:
3120
3121* Moontest zoomable maps have been added to the zoomable maps system. To go to that section, click here.
3122
3123These maps only cover the Lunar underground through low orbit. Earth will be added at a later date.
3124
3125The 1st screenshot below shows DFeniks' and T.J. Beylik's Sky Palace, which floats in the sky a little to the east of Moontest spawn. To see a zoomable map of the area, click here.
3126
3127The 2nd screenshot shows Moontest Funland. To see a zoomable map of the area, click here. The circle to the left, or west, of Funland is the Flower Jar, a tall greenhouse.
3128Moontest Sky Palace
3129Moontest Funland
3130
3131NEWS 170414:
3132
3133* In Minetest, zoomable map generation requires a data file named colors.txt. This file provides color definitions for Minetest nodes.
3134
3135Vanessa hosts a copy of the file that holds about 15,700 definitions. It's outdated for some purposes, so minetest.org is pleased to announce that an updated copy with 23,040 definitions is now available.
3136
3137To download a ZIP file containing the updated colors.txt file, click here.
3138
3139If you need Vanessa's version for compatibility reasons, a mirror of that file as it was in April 2017 may be obtained at this link.
3140
3141NEWS 170413:
3142
3143* Updated Landrush zoomable maps have been added to the zoomable maps system. To go to that section, click here.
3144
3145The 1st screenshot below shows parts of 4 subterranean levels of a large Landrush complex by NiQo. To see a zoomable map of the complex, click here.
3146
3147The 2nd screenshot below shows the Harpold Community Center. To see a zoomable map of the area, click here.
3148
3149Update: A new colors.txt data file is available. For more information, scroll up to the 170414 news section.
3150Minetest Landrush Subterranean Complex
3151Minetest Landrush Harpold Center
3152
3153NEWS 170412:
3154
3155A new world named Mandelbox, possibly just temporary, has been launched. This is a fractal world based on code by Mator the Eternal. The layout is a little unusual. I've taken the liberty of adding strawberry cake as one of the fractal palette nodes.
3156
3157The world is presently located at:
3158
3159Server: minetest.org   Port: 30028
3160
3161For screenshots, see below.
3162Minetest Fractal Mandelbox
3163Minetest Fractal Mandelbox
3164
3165For old news, click here.
3166Introduction
3167
3168Minetest is a free blocky game for all ages and a fun and flexible game platform for developers.
3169
3170The project is, regrettably, associated indirectly with child sexual harassment. We'll discuss the parties involved in due course.
3171
3172Minetest can be used by itself on your home computer or Android phone. Or you can visit other people's worlds in your home or school network or out there on the Internet.
3173
3174Minetest is similar to other games that involve mining and crafting, but it is separate from those games and has its own personality.
3175
3176One of Minetest's features is that its worlds can be very large, up to about 60,000 by 60,000 by 60,000 blocks.
3177
3178There's plenty of room to dig, build, fly about (in worlds that have rocket ships), and explore.
3179
3180But the program's most important feature is its flexibility. Ages 13 to 93 can learn to extend the game, add new features, and even create new animals or monsters.
3181main screenshot
3182Downloads
3183How to get Minetest for Windows
3184
3185For now, we're distributing one Minetest ZIP file for both 32-bit and 64-bit Windows. Click on this link: minetest.zip
3186
3187Two games are included: CloneCraft and Mineville. These are discussed later on this page.
3188
3189This version has LuaJIT: Fast is a blast. It also has legacy sneak; this is a feature that some players prefer to upstream sneak.
3190How to run Minetest for Windows
3191
31921) To install the program, first delete your old copy of Windows Minetest, if you have one. Save any files from it that you want to keep.
3193
3194Unpack the new ZIP file. If you're a kid, get a parent or a friend to help with this part.
3195
31962) Go into the new minetest folder. Run the minetest.exe file in the bin directory under that.
3197
31983) To play CloneCraft, click on the Singleplayer tab, then on the 1st icon on the bottom, then on clonecraft, then on Play.
3199
3200To play Mineville instead, click on Singleplayer, then on the 2nd icon on the bottom, then on mineville, then on Play.
3201
3202Note: The icons may move around if you install or create more Minetest games.
3203
32044) To visit Minetest worlds on the Internet, click on the Client tab instead of Singleplayer.
3205
32065) If you play in singleplayer mode and want to add a privilege, execute a command similar to:
3207
3208/grant singleplayer noclip
3209
3210Specify the privilege that you want, instead of noclip.
3211
3212To grant yourself all privileges, execute:
3213
3214/grant singleplayer all
3215
32166) If you create a new CloneCraft world, instead of using the one provided, be sure to select mapgen v6 and not v7. Or you won't get trees.
3217Minetest for Linux
3218
3219To get the source tarball in TBZ format, click on this link: minetest.tbz
3220
3221If possible, build both servers and clients using this tarball.
3222
3223Build scripts and Linux binaries will be added here later.
3224Minetest for Android
3225
3226We've got a copy of Lord Fingle's enhanced Android Minetest codebase and plan to merge it. Android APKs should be available after that. Possibly both here and in the Play Store.
3227
3228Source code details
3229
3230Minetest core source code is based on a git upstream. Presently, the core tree is identical to git as of 170404 except for two changes:
3231
3232* localplayer.cpp and localplayer.h have been reverted to restore legacy sneak.
3233
3234* The following patch is used to make player-joined messages modifiable:
3235
3236core17040301.txt
3237
3238Features and differences
3239
32401) This edition of Minetest has legacy sneak.
3241
32422) The Windows ZIP file comes with two new games, CloneCraft and Mineville.
3243
3244CloneCraft is similar to a well-known game that involves mining and crafting. It's based primarily on MineClone 2 by Wuzzy. The forum thread for MineClone 2 is located at:
3245
3246https://forum.minetest.net/viewtopic.php?t=16407
3247
3248Mineville is a successor to minetest_game. It's discussed in the next section below.
3249
32503) New minetest.conf settings based on octacian suggestion: (*)
3251
3252joinedtext1=Hooray,
3253joinedtext2=has returned
3254
3255These two settings will change the player-join message to be something like: “Hooray, ElfTron has returned”. There is no provision yet for random messages, but this could be added easily.
3256
3257(*) Not in Windows ZIP file yet.
3258
3259Notes on Mineville
3260
3261Mineville is a successor to minetest_game. Here are some of the changes:
3262
3263* Unified Inventory instead of sfinv. Reasons: As of Spring 2017, sfinv doesn't have a craft guide. It also may not be compatible with some mods.
3264
3265* Modified creative mod, to maintain compatibility with Unified Inventory.
3266
3267* Farming Redo instead of farming.
3268
3269* Add a number of lightweight but useful or fun mods such as abriglass, areas, bookex, cozy, flowerpot, handholds, intllib, rotate, xban2, and xdecor.
3270
3271* Add one mod that leans towards heavy but is just 1 MB in size: a light version of ambience.
3272Zoom into Minetest
3273
3274For maps of a few tourist attractions, click on these links.
3275
3276Allow a few seconds for a map to load. You can use the mouse wheel to zoom in and out. Or you can click on the + and - buttons in the upper left corner. To scroll a map, left click and drag.
3277
3278Blank areas are usually areas that haven't been generated yet.
3279
3280Finerealms ChainLynx
3281Finetown
3282 
3283Finerealms Hill Valley 1955
3284Finerealms Howlsylvania
3285Finerealms Little Italy
3286Finerealms Pukaton
3287Finerealms Sokotello
3288Finerealms New York
3289Finerealms Flying Base
3290Finerealms Statue of Liberty
3291Finerealms Stadium
3292Finerealms Zegaton
3293Landrush Fuinur Dome
3294Landrush Harpold Center
3295Landrush NiQo Complex
3296Landrush Spawn City
3297Meowtest Spawn City #1
3298Meowtest Zen Pyramid
3299Moontest Funland
3300 
3301Moontest Lunarville
3302Moontest Moonkitten Base
3303Moontest Sky Palace
3304Redcrab Makalu
3305 
3306Redcrab Mystery Object
3307Redcrab Fort Modesto
3308Redcrab Desert City
3309Redcrab Las Vegas
3310
3311In the Flying Base area, the Flying Base, created by Sparky, is the plane-like object in the middle.
3312
3313CoffeeCrafter's continent in Redcrab, which includes the city of Makalu linked above, is amazing.
3314CoderBlox are Not Ad Hox
3315
3316CoderBlox World is launched. This is a simple mgv7 world, presently with ambience, floatlands, and lightning, but no mobs. Screenshot is below. The world is located at:
3317
3318Server: minetest.org   Port: 30027
3319
3320Thanks are due RobbieF of Category 5 TV.
3321main screenshot
3322More Minetest Stuff
3323
3324For a nice resource list started by TvAnenna (aka TVAntenna), click here.
3325
3326Mods and _games will be added here.
3327
3328A screenshot gallery and list of interesting worlds will be added here.
3329
3330A preloaded Minetest media cache will be added here.
3331Earthlings
3332
3333CoRNeRNoTe, who contributed to this site, asks that you watch Earthlings, a free multi-award winning film that aims to make the world a better place.
3334Notices
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3336IRC chat:
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3338#minetest-project in Freenode.
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3340#minetest-general in the network irc.minetest.org. This channel has some of the OldCoder worlds in it.
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3342Privacy policy:
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3344This site collects information related to visitors. The information is used for such legitimate and reasonable purposes as are deemed appropriate.
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3346CSS:
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3348The CSS used by this page is based on Minetest Bootstrap Theme by CoRNeRNoTe, the author of Minetest Skyblock.
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3350License:
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3354The rights-holder, for such content, is OldCoder. Where other licenses are stated, those licenses take precedence over this notice.