Knave! Masquerader! Charlatan! (SMF easter egg)

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Quote from: Igebotz on May 11, 2023, 05:17:14 AM

Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 11, 2023, 04:43:01 AM

i am the administrator.

Hasn't been implemented yet and I don't think it would anytime soon. Lucky you.

I think you've misunderstood the topic. This is not something that's waiting to be implemented (that would be effing stupid), this is something that's already a part of SMF; it's an easter egg, left behind by the original devs.

Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 11, 2023, 06:21:39 AM

I found a way to bypass this check but I'm not sure if its ok to post it here

Hehe, yeah, there are a few ways to get around it, but that's not really the point with easter eggs, is it? The idea is that you do the thing that reveals them, not try to find ways to accomplish the opposite. Grin

Anyone else remember that weird flight simulator hiding in Excel 97? I just looked up the steps, and it goes like this:

1. Launch Excel 97
2. Press F5
3. Type in X97:L97
4. Hit Enter
5. Hit Tab
6. Hold down Ctrl+Shift
7. Click on the "Chart Wizard" button

I'm not sure who they were expecting to stumble on that one! (I guess I must have read the steps in a computer magazine, or my uncle showed it to me, or something.) Cheesy

Here's a video, in case anyone's interested...

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Quote from: Xal0lex on May 11, 2023, 08:58:29 AM

Quote from: Agbe on May 11, 2023, 06:56:29 AM

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 11, 2023, 12:34:15 AM

Then what do you say? In what language do you think this phrase is written? Enlighten me, illiterate Wink

Here, even the all-powerful and all-knowing ChatGPT tells us that this phrase is written in English. Are you going to argue with the AI himself?

In the L2 countries English words are not from origin but study in schools and for personal studies in the English Dictionaries. That is we know most words from secondary sources. So if I have not seen or heard about such words from my end should not be a term of "illiteracy". Learning is continues. I just tap my English Dictionary and saw the meaning of the words under discussion.

I'm very sorry, but you misunderstood me. I meant me, not you. I misspelled that sentence. I should have written, "Enlighten me, an illiterate." See, everybody makes mistakes, and so did I Wink

So, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.

I saw what you did there, but my brother Agbe didn't grasp the joke, he lost that part of the fun, but PowerGlow still needs to alter that into something simple in case it's accepted, which I doubt because anyone may use "I'm the administrator" in multiple contexts.

I have to steal your last emoji for some football banter.

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Quote from: Agbe on May 11, 2023, 06:56:29 AM

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 11, 2023, 12:34:15 AM

Then what do you say? In what language do you think this phrase is written? Enlighten me, illiterate Wink

Here, even the all-powerful and all-knowing ChatGPT tells us that this phrase is written in English. Are you going to argue with the AI himself?

In the L2 countries English words are not from origin but study in schools and for personal studies in the English Dictionaries. That is we know most words from secondary sources. So if I have not seen or heard about such words from my end should not be a term of "illiteracy". Learning is continues. I just tap my English Dictionary and saw the meaning of the words under discussion.

I'm very sorry, but you misunderstood me. I meant me, not you. I misspelled that sentence. I should have written, "Enlighten me, an illiterate." See, everybody makes mistakes, and so did I Wink

So, I'm sorry, I didn't mean to offend you.

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Quote from: Agbe on May 11, 2023, 06:56:29 AM

In the L2 countries English words are not from origin but study in schools and for personal studies in the English Dictionaries. That is we know most words from secondary sources. So if I have not seen or heard about such words from my end should not be a term of "illiteracy". Learning is continues. I just tap my English Dictionary and saw the meaning of the words under discussion.

I hope you don't take offense, but that's actually the definition of the term:

https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/literate

So, if someone uses the term in its proper context, there's no reason to feel offended by it.

Anyway, literacy isn't just about knowing words and there's a whole lot more to it. Plus, I think it's worth noting that Xal0lex threw a wink emoji in there, which usually means he was just messing around and not trying to insult your level of literacy or anything like that. Hope that clears things up! Cheesy

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Quote from: Xal0lex on May 11, 2023, 12:34:15 AM

Then what do you say? In what language do you think this phrase is written? Enlighten me, illiterate Wink

Here, even the all-powerful and all-knowing ChatGPT tells us that this phrase is written in English. Are you going to argue with the AI himself?

In the L2 countries English words are not from origin but study in schools and for personal studies in the English Dictionaries. That is we know most words from secondary sources. So if I have not seen or heard about such words from my end should not be a term of "illiteracy". Learning is continues. I just tap my English Dictionary and saw the meaning of the words under discussion.

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I found a way to bypass this check but I'm not sure if its ok to post it here

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i am the administrator.

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 11, 2023, 04:43:01 AM

i am the administrator.

Hasn't been implemented yet and I don't think it would anytime soon. Lucky you.

Quote from: FatFork on May 11, 2023, 04:06:13 AM

But it's still a relic of the past - an outdated piece of software that hasn't changed much since then. It's amusing to consider that most of the current members of the BitcoinTalk.org forum weren't even born when SMF first came into being.

Thought BTT has the most older members than other crypto forums I know it's impossible to collect the age data since everyone is using fake DOB but do we really have much under 25 here? Average should be above 40 or something.

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Quote from: Xal0lex on May 11, 2023, 03:32:29 AM

Quote from: FatFork on May 11, 2023, 02:33:47 AM

Quote from: Agbe on May 10, 2023, 11:48:41 AM

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:13:52 AM

Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 09, 2023, 02:06:35 AM

Which language is it?

English

English? From which country that such old words are still used in this present days?

It's worth mentioning that SMF is a really old piece of software, dating back to the last century, or possibly around the turn of the new century, if my memory serves me right. Wink

No, SMF was already created in the 21st century. If you scroll to the bottom of the forum page, you will see the dates. The year of the first version of SMF software is listed there. The first version of the software was released on December 2, 2006. There is an article on SMF on Wikipedia. You can read it here.

Yeah, I missed it by a few years. I recall playing around with some open-source forum software during that time, and it's possible that I mixed up SMF with phpBB, which was quite popular back then. However, based on the information in the wiki article, the first version of SMF, which was SMF 1.0 Beta 1a, was actually released in September 2003. But you're right, the first stable version, SMF 1.1, was released in 2006.

But it's still a relic of the past - an outdated piece of software that hasn't changed much since then. It's amusing to consider that most of the current members of the BitcoinTalk.org forum weren't even born when SMF first came into being.

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Quote from: Agbe on May 10, 2023, 11:48:41 AM

But this not English Language, When I saw the topic I was even thinking that you are taken about some sort of foreign language or user names and unknown to me that, you are talking of codes. Well it was a nice tour from your site as the one of the forum engineers. It anyone who can interprete the words to English language, it will be a great help to the none native speakers in the forum. Is it that "I am the administrator" is the meaning?

They are from old English. And yes, English has evolved as well.

An example would be thou, which is the present you in old English.

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Quote from: FatFork on May 11, 2023, 02:33:47 AM

Quote from: Agbe on May 10, 2023, 11:48:41 AM

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:13:52 AM

Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 09, 2023, 02:06:35 AM

Which language is it?

English

English? From which country that such old words are still used in this present days?

It's worth mentioning that SMF is a really old piece of software, dating back to the last century, or possibly around the turn of the new century, if my memory serves me right. Wink

No, SMF was already created in the 21st century. If you scroll to the bottom of the forum page, you will see the dates. The year of the first version of SMF software is listed there. The first version of the software was released on December 2, 2006. There is an article on SMF on Wikipedia. You can read it here.

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Quote from: Agbe on May 10, 2023, 11:48:41 AM

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:13:52 AM

Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 09, 2023, 02:06:35 AM

Which language is it?

English

English? From which country that such old words are still used in this present days?

It's worth mentioning that SMF is a really old piece of software, dating back to the last century, or possibly around the turn of the new century, if my memory serves me right. Wink

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Quote from: Agbe on May 10, 2023, 11:48:41 AM

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:13:52 AM

Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 09, 2023, 02:06:35 AM

Which language is it?

English

English? From which country that such old words are still used in this present days?

Then what do you say? In what language do you think this phrase is written? Enlighten me, illiterate Wink

Here, even the all-powerful and all-knowing ChatGPT tells us that this phrase is written in English. Are you going to argue with the AI himself?

Added

Here's what Bard (the brainchild of Google) tells us:

Will you argue with him, too?

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Quote from: PowerGlove on May 09, 2023, 01:54:33 AM

But this not English Language, When I saw the topic I was even thinking that you are taken about some sort of foreign language or user names and unknown to me that, you are talking of codes. Well it was a nice tour from your site as the one of the forum engineers. It anyone who can interprete the words to English language, it will be a great help to the none native speakers in the forum. Is it that "I am the administrator" is the meaning?

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:13:52 AM

Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 09, 2023, 02:06:35 AM

Which language is it?

English

English? From which country that such old words are still used in this present days?

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An updated and easier version for the English speakers.

Code:

rogue! impostor! fraud!

By the way if someone tried something suspicious than the words suit that person very well! That's why never attempt such things that could add those words in your portfolio. Wink

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Quote from: LoyceV on May 09, 2023, 07:53:03 AM

Theymos can say: "i am the administrator."
And I can post it with quotes Cheesy

Let me test if I can ~~lie~~ say that I am also the administrator, without quotes Cool

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Theymos can say: "i am the administrator."
And I can post it with quotes Cheesy

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Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:42:20 AM

How about this? Is that better? Wink

Makar! Daghabaz! Dhokay baz!

hahaha damnn bro... got it that' perfect Cheesy

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 09, 2023, 02:22:17 AM

Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:13:52 AM

English

Ha! that's one hell of a English I can't even say it without stumbling, except for the word Charlatan! Hahaha, good one!

How about this? Is that better? Wink

Makar! Daghabaz! Dhokay baz!

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Quote from: Xal0lex on May 09, 2023, 02:13:52 AM

English

Ha! that's one hell of a English I can't even say it without stumbling, except for the word Charlatan! Hahaha, good one!

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Quote from: shahzadafzal on May 09, 2023, 02:06:35 AM

Which language is it?

English

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Nice finding and yes it's working or say not working.... Cheesy

But what's the meaning of "Knave! Masquerader! Charlatan!" and Which language is it?

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So, I found this piece of code while poking around SMF (testing the new [r] tag I'm working on):

Code:

// You are not!
if (isset($_POST['message']) && strtolower($_POST['message']) == 'i am the administrator.' && !$user_info['is_admin'])
fatal_error('Knave! Masquerader! Charlatan!', false);

Basically, if you try to post (or later edit) a message containing nothing but the (case-insensitive, unquoted) string "i am the administrator.", you'll (in all probability) be greeted with the following:

Anyway, just a small bit of fun that I thought would be worth sharing. Wink

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