[LPW #151] I miss you

[Neruko]

I foresee an age of tyranny...

 

[Ghost Kitty~]

/me locks herself in a shed.

Are you calling yourself odd, Mr. Trash Bin?

Umm, chocolate!

Running as fast as I can

A 100% poisonous fire-y fish that you should not eat!

But the person that wronged you doesn't want to be hurt badly

Now I have a trapped vel chan to poke

Am I not odd?

Red velvet?

Where is the doooor?

So why is fishy on fire anyway? Is it some kind that burns under water?

You know who it is then?

 

[Frankincense]

Frank's reign should be a happy and peaceful one. =\

 

[Ignis]

/me prods [MENTION=2]Ignis[/MENTION];

hi

/me prods Infa back with a deal dough.

Hi （　｀ー´）

Welcome back [MENTION=2]Ignis[/MENTION];! Hope everything has been well for you ^^

Thanks, Vel :) Not exactly the best moments I had in life (wouldn't have been away for that long if it'd been otherwise, now would I?), buuuuuut what's done is done, and things are going pretty cool now. I noticed that you were on a hiatus of sort as well―hope Life™'s been treating you well, too.

 

[Dark Angel]

/me is watching the LPW from the shadows!

 

[Shinseph]

/me takes more pictures

I wonder how much Cheesecake-sama's pictures will sell for online?

 

[Dark Angel]

 

[Frankincense]

/me watches the LPW from the light =\

 

[nanashi1]

Hmm... U.S.A. has a punch of Shrecks voted, but let's see how this story still develop will...>_>

Hi! Yes, I get what you mean, and don't get me wrong: it's a really good idea. I mean, it just makes sense: DA just needs to do something relatively trivial, which shouldn't be too demanding to have, and shouldn't require administrative permissions, right? Yeah, shouldn't is the keyword.

Thing is, some software just doesn't make any sense. Take Windows, for example. If you have a Windows PC, to do something as simple as changing your PC's date and time, you need to have administrator access. But this administrator access also allows you to mess with the most intricate parts of your PC, such as services and registry, which can have wide-ranging effects from simply changing the default programme you use to open a file (e.g. opening .html webpages with Chrome instead of Firefox) to wreaking all kinds of havoc.

Our forum software is kinda like that. Certain parts of it are wholly tied to, and require, administrative permissions to access. One such part is the awards system. Whether it's making an entirely new award, changing the image for an existing award, or simply giving an existing award to a user, all of it requires administrator access. Short of reprogramming the forum software altogether, there's no simple way to allow a non-administrator to access the awards system.

Well, if you the both (K-chan and D'angel) trust the assigned sections to give, then will be of course via administrative permission given the ability...xD

Hmm... I see, but let me please a question set: (This may coming stupid the question...) Only you have to access the competition-awards or having even Checky and Coro the permission? - You can it quiet via PM give, if you so feel^_^


Edit: Where was again my manners...? Welcome back from the exile...xD!

 

[Frankincense]

/me corrects nanashi's manners =\

 

[nanashi1]

Lol, please don't... Yours are questionable...xD

 

[Umbra Mortis]

Shi is a little man with a hand of doom

 

[Infamous]

* Ignis prods Infa back with a deal dough.

Hi （　｀ー´）

i don't know what a deal dough is, but i'm taking it as an insult

 

[|♚|KK|♚|]

[MENTION=121613]dawnotaku[/MENTION]; [MENTION=122350]Velenora[/MENTION];

Spoiler: lol the last pic is really me there

Before playing his route I didn't expect him to be an actual Yandere lol

 

[Ignis]

Where was again my manners...? Welcome back from the exile...xD!

Thanks, glad to be back :)

Well, if you the both (K-chan and D'angel) trust the assigned sections to give, then will be of course via administrative permission given the ability...xD

Thing is, administrative rights override any other existing member rank. Granting someone administrative rights means necessarily making them an administrator. If they were previously a member, they'd become an administrator. If they were already a moderator, they still would become an administrator. And this means they'll be able to do other administrative tasks as well.

It's not that I don't trust them. It's that I and the other two admins are very security-conscious. Giving anyone, and I'll repeat, anyone, access exceeding what they need is a bad practice from a security standpoint. As the saying goes, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The more user accounts there are with high enough permissions and access to edit or view sensitive stuff, the easier it becomes for a potential hacker to wreak havoc on the site, as there are more attack vectors for them to target.

Ergo, we only hand out administrative access to people who absolutely need it, only to people we fully trust, and only to people we're philosophically compatible with. So far, we've never actually needed extra admins (okay, maybe excluding the time in which I'm absent and thus dumping workload irresponsibly to the other two), which is why you've probably never seen any new admin.

Hmm... I see, but let me please a question set: (This may coming stupid the question...) Only you have to access the competition-awards or having even Checky and Coro the permission? - You can it quiet via PM give, if you so feel^_^

Nah, it's not a stupid question :)

All admins have access to the awards. However, we also divvy up workload and responsibilities (you'll rarely see me involved with the download sections, for example), and some areas are pretty much like the 'protectorate' of particular admins. In my case, it's everything related to competitions, which includes the awards. Since I set them up and organised them, I think the other two would just rather wait for me to come back rather than mess with it. Pretty sensible, really.

...I apologise if my post ended up too long, but I'm sure you've long known that I have the tendency to be overly verbose when it comes to explaining things. I hope you don't mind.

i don't know what a deal dough is, but i'm taking it as an insult

I'm not sure. There's this shady-looking shop down the street. "If you've got the dough, I've gotcha a deal," said the equally shady-looking shopkeeper. Said it's good for poking and stuff, especially where the sun doesn't shine.

I meant well though

 

[Dark Angel]

my god i have a terrible headache! :S

 

[Umbra Mortis]

I was fyop

 

[|♚|KK|♚|]

[MENTION=2]Ignis[/MENTION]; Welcome back dear! Glad to see you're safe and alright, we missed you (:

 

[Infamous]

I'm not sure. There's this shady-looking shop down the street. "If you've got the dough, I've gotcha a deal," said the equally shady-looking shopkeeper. Said it's good for poking and stuff, especially where the sun doesn't shine.

I meant well though

did that shopkeeper keep saying "what are ya buyin? what are ya sellin?" i know that guy. very creepy.

thank you for meaning well. those other evil people like to tease

 

[Shakoran]

Good Day / Evening~

 

[Umbra Mortis]

That it you

 

[nanashi1]

Thing is, administrative rights override any other existing member rank. Granting someone administrative rights means necessarily making them an administrator. If they were previously a member, they'd become an administrator. If they were already a moderator, they still would become an administrator. And this means they'll be able to do other administrative tasks as well.

It's not that I don't trust them. It's that I and the other two admins are very security-conscious. Giving anyone, and I'll repeat, anyone, access exceeding what they need is a bad practice from a security standpoint. As the saying goes, a chain is only as strong as its weakest link. The more user accounts there are with high enough permissions and access to edit or view sensitive stuff, the easier it becomes for a potential hacker to wreak havoc on the site, as there are more attack vectors for them to target.

Ergo, we only hand out administrative access to people who absolutely need it, only to people we fully trust, and only to people we're philosophically compatible with. So far, we've never actually needed extra admins (okay, maybe excluding the time in which I'm absent and thus dumping workload irresponsibly to the other two), which is why you've probably never seen any new admin.

Nah, it's not a stupid question :)

All admins have access to the awards. However, we also divvy up workload and responsibilities (you'll rarely see me involved with the download sections, for example), and some areas are pretty much like the 'protectorate' of particular admins. In my case, it's everything related to competitions, which includes the awards. Since I set them up and organised them, I think the other two would just rather wait for me to come back rather than mess with it. Pretty sensible, really.

Hmm... Okay, I see your point. Well, I did thought on a new type of Admin, where only for this task/area restriced would (well a between Mod and Admin).


And I see... Well, because I did me wondered, if it not would be possible the other 2 Admins (Checky and Coro) to request (of course only from the host of the contest-threads, SOTM & WOW) the awards for the winners to unlock, if you maybe again months away are? - I mean this case if you're more than 3 months not here. Because you'd then only 2×3 (divided by the two competitions on the forum, SOTM & WOW) awards unlock, instead if you're 4~5 months away (then between 8 and 10 awards would you or must unlock, and I do think that this would be for you too much...^_^).

...I apologise if my post ended up too long, but I'm sure you've long known that I have the tendency to be overly verbose when it comes to explaining things. I hope you don't mind.

Lol, you've not apologise, because meanwhile I'm spoiled by this text-walls of you, it are very informative - and sometimes even more interesting than a novel...xD










Edit: Evening people!

 

[T-ELOS]

 

[Frankincense]

Hmm... /me fixes dark's terrible headache, by operating on him

 

[Umbra Mortis]

Fun time with Lucy