[OOC Thread] The Lesser of Two Heresies.

[HexaDoken]

July is a game breaker for us it seems...

My memory probably deceives me on exact date, but 9th July or so I am going away. Far away. To a place where finding a source of ANY internet connection is highly unlikely. How long I'll be there is something I do not know yet, but I can say it will be for a while.

[Klear]

I'm Leaving for Karlovy Vary in 6 hours and won't be available 'till Wendsday. I think as long as nothing serious happen, you can play a bit without me (and with our speed, I won't miss much anyway).

[LuckyDee]

Have fun - we'll Dunham you through the necessary parts...

[Klear]

Dunham? What does that mean?

Just please don't get me killed while I'm gone =)

[LuckyDee]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wrbzMyNbxIo&feature=fvst

[Esther]

I won't be around from 6 July till 13 July and 16 till 19 July. Dunham all you like.......;)

[LuckyDee]

Call me old-fashioned, but I strongly advise against posting this stuff on any board, since they're all available to the public. PM seems like a more sensible approach.

[Silhar]

I have no idea - why. I'd say OOC thread is a perfect place to post such stuff. In the Internet, you have no identity.

[LuckyDee]

Would you post your bank account or credit card number? The password to your e-mail? You're not as anonymous as you could be or think you are, and I strongly advise against it. It's not the people on the other side of the world that you have to fear, but more likely the people closer to home, who overhear what you're up to and use it to keep tabs on you. The most important part of burglary is the gathering intel, and the time of be forced to walk through the neighborhood to find it is long past us. Call me paranoid (which is true to some extent, I'll readily admit), but I'd rather be safe than sorry any day.

Let me put it in another way: I sure as hell am not going to post the days that I will not be home on a public forum, and if I find out someone's been doing this on my behalf, I would be seriously pissed off. Not that I expect any of you would do this, but please keep in mind that I'm not the only one who thinks like this - you don't have to agree, but I hope you realize that this can be a pretty big line to cross.

I'm sorry if I sound like an asshole about this, but yeah, I really _really_ think it's very stupid.

[Esther]

Well, posting your location in your profile and using your alias everywhere does not help.......
Would not post it on facebook, but Xilla is a nobody floating in cyberspace. I feel quite safe.

[Sylith]

Woah, Lucky, chill. Yeah, you're not anonymous, maybe, but, you know, Internetz are huge.
And I highly doubt CF is soooo freaking popular that some burglar will just sit here and wait till one of us leaves so he could travel around the world to steal everything from their home hoping it will pay off. -.^
Bah, I'd say it's safer than the phone. You know, tapping.

Not to mention that "I won't be around [the forum]" can simply mean "I'm doing sumthing with my internetz/PC and I won't be able to get online".

Oh, and does it mean that in case you'll be going "offline" for a few days you just PM every one of us?

[Silhar]

I'm terribly sorry about that, but didn't somebody here write about his daughter "pooping in the pool"? Now isn't it more private than "I might be off for a few days"?

Sure, mate, that's all your opinion. Just do what you believe is right.

[LuckyDee]

I understand what you're saying, and I probably could easily be more careful myself, but location is one of the easiest things to find out (especially when you manage to obtain someone's IP, which isn't that hard). And if I did make a direct link between myself and LuckyDee, please point it out to me - because I don't think I did.

Woah, Lucky, chill.

Don't worry, I'm not at all as angry as I may sound. And since I've known Esther for about 10 years now, I don't think she'll misunderstand.

Not to mention that "I won't be around [the forum]" can simply mean "I'm doing sumthing with my internetz/PC and I won't be able to get online".

True, yet shaky.

Oh, and does it mean that in case you'll be going "offline" for a few days you just PM every one of us?

Probably. Silhar at least, but long live multiple recipients, I'd say. I might even log on once in a while, both to stay in the loop and to appear 'there'.

[LuckyDee]

I'm terribly sorry about that, but didn't somebody here write about his daughter "pooping in the pool"? Now isn't it more private than "I might be off for a few days"?

Sure, mate, that's all your opinion. Just do what you believe is right.

Hah, different backgrounds I guess - it's not that big a deal to talk about over here :) And yes indeed, it is all about opinion, that's exactly what I'm saying - so you're entitled to yours as much as I'm entitled to mine.

Listen good: I really like you guys, and this stuff is by no means meant to offend you - and like I said, in reality I'm actually pretty cool about it, regardless of how I may come across in these written messages. I just thought it'd be wise to share this with you. Do with it as you please, and don't think any less of me because of it, as I won't think any less of you regardless of your opinion.

[Silhar]

Also, buddies... can you solve such matters on PM or IRC? I'd like to keep this topic in theme at least briefly...