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    Matthewthebig
    Registered Users Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭Matthewthebig


    Yeah someone has worked out how to do it


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    Giblet
    Registered Users Posts: 11,980 ✭✭✭✭Giblet


    And somebody worked out how to ban them :\/


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    It's a simple HTML trick. Some people think that by doing so, they can escape detection by the Mods.


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    astec123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,072 ✭✭✭astec123


    Can I ask why the user was banned as they appeared to have done nothing. No rules against this when it was done.


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    Yeah.. if you look at the 'o' in mobile it seems to be in a slightly different font or something...


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    astec123 wrote:
    Can I ask why the user was banned as they appeared to have done nothing.
    Appearances can be deceptive.


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    Nosh*tsherlock
    Registered Users Posts: 47 ✭Nosh*tsherlock


    seamus wrote:
    It's a simple HTML trick. Some people think that by doing so, they can escape detection by the Mods.

    Ah I see it in the source now!
    astec123 wrote:
    Can I ask why the user was banned as they appeared to have done nothing. No rules against this when it was done.

    Why would you want someone else's nic unless you wanted to cause trouble???


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    Raphael
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,880 ✭✭✭Raphael


    Wow, gotta give the guy an A for effort.

    Wonder how long it'll be until someone registers Ecksоr....


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    The Sweeper
    Registered Users Posts: 10,658 ✭✭✭✭The Sweeper


    /me runs off to register Ecks0r...


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Raphael wrote:
    Wonder how long it'll be until someone registers Ecksоr....
    About 4 seconds faster than ecksor bans them.


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    Mimikyu
    Registered Users Posts: 18,918 ✭✭✭✭Mimikyu


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    Matthewthebig
    Registered Users Posts: 5,217 ✭✭✭Matthewthebig


    There is no visual difference, as said above, its in the source code


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    the_syco
    Registered Users Posts: 37,301 ✭✭✭✭the_syco


    seamus wrote:
    It's a simple HTML trick. Some people think that by doing so, they can escape detection by the Mods.

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?u=38032
    [php]MobileInfantry[/php]

    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/member.php?userid=46622

    [php]MоbileInfantry[/php]


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    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Solitaryman666 wrote:
    This post has been deleted.
    monkeyfudge said that purely so you'd waste 5 minutes flicking between tabs trying to spot a difference.


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    TerrorFirmer
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,930 ✭✭✭✭TerrorFirmer


    Oh come on wtf -

    You guys want wierd??

    I clicked on this, wondering hmmm, imagine if it was my name!

    Couple thousand members and it WAS me.

    Wierd. :confused:

    But anyway. Hang on - its possible its a genuine mistake though - my name is taken from the movie Starship Troopers, and its not uncommon I meet people on CS or other games with the same name as me....could be a coincidence in this case also?


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    Shabadu
    Registered Users Posts: 7,659 ✭✭✭Shabadu


    Go read the prison forum. It's the same guy registering to pretend to be other users. He uses a different font for a vowel. He registered Zaph and pretended to be him for a while, and was being a right spa. Am I the only one who subscribes to the prison forum? It's the funniest read ever.


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    Einstein
    Registered Users Posts: 2,630 ✭✭✭Einstein


    Shabadu wrote:
    Am I the only one who subscribes to the prison forum? It's the funniest read ever.
    no, no, you have a partner in crime right here :D


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    monkeyfudge
    Registered Users Posts: 23,216 ✭✭✭✭monkeyfudge


    seamus wrote:
    monkeyfudge said that purely so you'd waste 5 minutes flicking between tabs trying to spot a difference.
    Haha.. I wish was that cruel.

    But I can actually see the difference... perhaps it's an OS X thing...
    mob_real.gif
    mob_fake.gif


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    Baldie
    Registered Users Posts: 1,198 ✭✭✭Baldie


    Shabadu wrote:
    Am I the only one who subscribes to the prison forum? It's the funniest read ever.

    Ya, i go in there now and again! Some good reading! All the lads begging for forgiveness!! funny stuff!


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    Gordon
    Registered Users Posts: 35,524 ✭✭✭✭Gordon


    monkeyfudge wrote:
    But I can actually see the difference... perhaps it's an OS X thing...
    ditto on OSX (and Cloud skin).


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    grimloch
    Registered Users Posts: 3,688 ✭✭✭grimloch


    There's a tiny difference but you'd only notice it if you were actually told there was indeed a difference.

    I think someone did register as Ecks0r or something like it. I also know there's a 'grimlock' knocking about somewhere, although he's here longer I think.


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    Talliesin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 9,314 ✭✭✭Talliesin


    monkeyfudge wrote:
    But I can actually see the difference... perhaps it's an OS X thing...
    Given that they should be rendered identically, it's a bug in your browser and/or your OS's text rendering then.


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    StupidLikeAFox
    Registered Users Posts: 7,709 ✭✭✭StupidLikeAFox


    Divers wrote:
    no, no, you have a partner in crime right here :D
    and me! We're like prison wardens





















    who never say anything and just hide in the shadows


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    Gone West
    Registered Users Posts: 6,374 ✭✭✭Gone West


    Yep, shabs I look through the prison forum too. I guess more people read it than you'd expect, obviously because we cant post there (how I would like to!) and we dont register as page-views either.

    Some stuff there can be funny as hell. And you get to see the nice, cruel side of the Smods :)


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    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Talliesin wrote:
    Given that they should be rendered identically, it's a bug in your browser and/or your OS's text rendering then.

    Wrong; the specified code is a Unicode thingy that looks just like an 'o' in some fonts, and not at all like an 'o' in others. It's becoming common to differentiate them at least slightly, mostly because in browsers that support IDNs (international domain names) which is basically everything except IE, it is important to be able to tell that difference.


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    rsynnott
    Registered Users Posts: 4,003 ✭✭✭rsynnott


    Yep, prison forum is great fun.


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    #28
    DrIndy
    Registered Users Posts: 3,461 ✭✭✭DrIndy


    It can be a good laugh sometimes.......


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    #29
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 0 ✭ [Deleted User]


    Another reader of the Prison forum. :)


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    Tar.Aldarion
    Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Social & Fun Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 60,097 Mod ✭✭✭✭Tar.Aldarion


    most the time...especially when they give up hope...cry...and then abuse..:)


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    LegacyUser
    Registered Users Posts: 166,026 ✭✭✭✭LegacyUser


    Where is this prison forum!?!


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