The facts were never argued, the other party failed to follow procedure.
After "being warned of the consequences on multiple occasions the Schestowitzes never provided any witness statements", so that's hardly Matthew's fault.
How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
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Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#12A whole other part of this argument that could be made is about the inherent assumption that a ping timeout is caused by an event that only affects one machine.
Ergo isn't a federated server, it's meant to scale vertically
Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#13Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#14A whole other part of this argument that could be made is about the inherent assumption that a ping timeout is caused by an event that only affects one machine.
Ergo isn't a federated server, it's meant to scale vertically
The internet is a "federated" network though, so their point still applies.
Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#15This vaguely reminds me of years ago when a friend got hit at an intersection and went to court to fight that he wasn't at fault. I ran the numbers a bit and found that whoever hit him would've been moving at a very high though not outlandish (think maybe 60mph in a 30mph or something) speed. But they never showed up and he won by default
Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#16A whole other part of this argument that could be made is about the inherent assumption that a ping timeout is caused by an event that only affects one machine.
Imagine them trying to sue every person on one side of a netsplit
Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#17A whole other part of this argument that could be made is about the inherent assumption that a ping timeout is caused by an event that only affects one machine.
Imagine them trying to sue every person on one side of a netsplit
...and back in my day (yeah I am becoming an old fart), it was dead simple to cause a netsplit on most networks.
Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#18Earlier quoted context omitted.
Imagine them trying to sue every person on one side of a netsplit
...and back in my day (yeah I am becoming an old fart), it was dead simple to cause a netsplit on most networks.
I'll admit to sending a couple of the messages that made Linksys routers restart. I also set up automatic k-lines on Snoonet for these very strings, years ago
Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#19Why do I get a 403 when trying to read this? My IP is from Brazil, don’t see a reason to be geoblocked ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
Re: How did IRC ping timeouts end up in a lawsuit?
#20Wow, I read the linked case ( https://caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025/3063 ) and the High Court judge's ruling has a remarkably strong and thorough discussion of both modern Internet forum culture and the law. Really interesting writing.