The consequences of a ban or, again, the blackjack and hookers

the Story, which can lead to closure working from Internet "entertainment" sites and depriving stupid people of their joys.
And of the fact that designers and engineers — no cut off from the earth loafers, able only to put spokes in the wheels (as in all seriousness I think many coders) — but still important people :)

This is lazy to read — just link to another clone bashorga. And it is interesting to see how he appeared and "fuck, finally?"...

It all began quite banal — chief suddenly decided to close for the employees access to entertainment sites. Well, we reacted to this with understanding — Buhi, the impression went from "odinas: accounting Department" to some "odnoklas: accounts": "Classmates" from the screens of their computers simply did not go. But the fact that the list of "forbidden" sites and get bashorg(ru) — such podlyanki we did not expect. In our Department it's been a long tradition to look through at lunchtime bashorg, share aloud found the pearl, most anything to drop, etc., and although all agreed that bashorg have not a cake, the tradition held. And now — please.
No, this was not a problem for us. At first. We're not Buhi. Four experienced programmer this pathetic attempt to deprive them geobotany portion of the bash — even for the insult to take did not become. We were above that. In five minutes we calmly read the quotes.
So it took two or three days before we got caught for doing the boss (no crime — at lunch!) and in the categorical form has demanded to use the working Internet only for work purposes. OK — we shrugged, pulling from the pockets of modems. The chief a few moments puffed and purples, and then a scandal broke (just think, to us he seemed the appropriate person). A result of the scandal was the emergence of a surveillance camera on the wall in our office and immediately threatened to fire anyone who is seen watching the "forbidden" sites.
Then I started to look for new work.
But good work in one day is not, and with the camera on the wall had something to do. It was a blatant challenge that we ignore could not. After a week of hard work our answer was ready.
The task we have set ourselves the following: to regain unhindered opportunity to read bash. Worked in two directions — the interception of video from the camera and the camouflage screen content. The first direction "does not matter", but the second worked. Hughes, my colleague, raised on his home server a small project, occasionally slimming quotes to bash and add them to my database. The setting on the server, users were given the same consisting of two frames — a large (almost all window) frame was loaded to some site specialized and narrow (40px) left frame contains a column of points. When you move the mouse to another point, there is a library by Erik Bosrup http://www.bosrup.com/web/overlib/">pop up window containing another quote from bashorga. Discreet and soft color window did not give any chance outsider to read the content — even given the very good performance of our spying camera.
This is how it looked
imageimage On camera
A couple of weeks we have enjoyed success, gradually expanding the functionality of our camouflage proxy. Now available on all pages of the bash, quotes, absolutely not Palace, it was possible not only to read but plyusovat, to kill, and even — request is from a referrer that is different from that registered for recaptcha? We didn't know. Had to pull the image from recaptcha, slipping the right referrer, save to disk, and then output to the user. And bash does not add quotes more than once in 5 minutes. And since all of the additions came from one IP home server of Hughes - was there to take our service for search and selection of anonymous proxies.">add! Even when the chef was standing right behind you — really — this was a special thrill. Oh, sweet moment of triumph! The heady taste of victory! The chief was clearly felt bad and suspiciously at us askance, but to find the cause could not.
And let's make your bashorg! Left — nothing at all...
— With blackjack and hookers?
— Well of course!
— With comments!
— Profile and account zaposchena quotes!
— With Albany language!
— Go to the stump! It then even I will not go!
— Then with the ability to connect a custom language. And the interface, at the same time.
— Is "anti-boss" will leave... and moderators, we have something going?
— Why do we need moderators? Let the people themselves vote for quotes. And moderators — what. Leaving only the "best of the abyss", especially since all the quotes from the home you always get the best. Long live democracy! Anyway — enough whining, bash is not a cake. Let's make a cake! Well, what's today's attitude is to bash bash? I mean — for Bourne shell? Yes, there is from the original logo remained. So let's face the truth: bash — not a bash. What we have now in the network — this is antibus some.
So there were thoughts about a domain name (before we by IP came). But Antibes was busy (No, really, we didn't know. About ibash, qbash and darkness, several thousands of clones of bash imagine the same. Learning was discouraged and at first was going to throw up. But then I decided to do. Only better, of course.)
The first logo was this:
image
Well, we all are programmers, not designers. Funny to say, but we were proud of them. It seemed to us simple, classic and stylish. And with deep meaning — useq — it's inverted bash!
Fortunately, a screenshot of the first version of the site was not preserved, its design is not liked even to ourselves, that speaks volumes.
As each of us defended the proposed set of features that must first be paid at the bash, decided that each will implement the proposed feature itself. Offspring turned out chimerical, but (to their amazement) it worked. We were inspired so much that they decided to reveal it to the world. Showed friends from other departments. The result was a flood of criticism and a lot of glitches. Our enthusiasm dropped to zero again, and the project almost stalled. But the dedicated once Yuz got together and rewrote half of the code so that it (though looked kadavreski), but did not razvalivayutsya when rejecting user "step aside." Also — there is a silver lining — our team has a designer — Serge Burnakov, pouring slops our wonderful design, drew his, for which he thanks a lot (although he claims that he design not painted, but only removed the one that was. And now the design is just not there. Serge promises one day to reveal a true miracle, and perhaps, someday it will happen :)) Current logo drew it. Now the site has had half a dozen regular visitors and there was even some interest in the chat forum and exchange of comments. And enthusiasm to go further — we did it (on the same engine), picture-and video quotations-quotations — each user can add their picture or video and to vote for added by other users. So the site evolved to its present form and has clearly outgrown its microdetail. The result is this post.

Funny, but none of us can explain why he puts his hand in this project. It is clear that there's nothing new, it is secondary that he has no commercial prospects and prerequisites for a General of fame. The randomness of its design visible to the naked eye — it looks like a house that is 50 times reconstructed and completed for various builders as well, and without the participation of architects and designers. But about to throw it — while, and not talking. On the contrary, plenty of plans:
    the
  • Creation of pictures with captions, (demotivators, motivators, comics, etc.) online and add them to the site all on the same principle quotations.
  • the
  • add the jokes on the principle of the quotations.
  • the
  • news given the already read the cookie.
  • the
  • Grouping of quotes, pictures and clips in the past month and year
  • the
  • text Analysis of citations and the distribution of tags according to the analysis.
  • the
  • of the Community. Section meta-links on other units useq, grouped according to community preferences.
And, surprisingly, they even quietly implemented.

So what purpose written this post?
    the
  • to Receive feedback. Criticism, ideas for improvement (well, a little praise won't hurt :). The current audience (judging by the attenuation of the activity on the forum) of interest to give Opatow almost to zero
  • the
  • perhaps to someone else in the team. This, of course, very unlikely — given the complete absence of any funding (and, alas, the commercial prospects) — but all of a sudden?
  • the
  • and just wondering if they would survive the website, Walesa from their sandbox in a big scary world. :)
  • the
  • And yet — we all already don't work there. And I hope that this post will reach the chef (Hello, Vasily Andreyevich), and he will understand that the infringement of, and is so illusory freedoms programmers can go very sideways — you know, no saving of working time then it did not work :)

With thanks to those who read this post to the end, again link.
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