On Sun, 2003-10-19 at 10:41, Todd Lyons wrote: > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > T. Ribbrock wanted us to know: > > >> QMail is a great example, Gee lets put all > >> of our executables in /var and the forbid the user to change it. > >I seem to remember that there is reasoning behind this on part of the > >author - it's been a while, though, that I read about it. <shrug> > > Honestly, I used to think DJB was a fruit cake. Do a little research on > encryption though and you'll see that one of the reasons we have what we > have today is because of DJB.
Todd, I won't argue his genius or his ego. After all it could never be said that RMS or ESR are without similar ego and god (and I) know the value they provide. However," logic is thought based on a premise. If the premise is wrong the logic flies in the face of reason" --Paul Cubbage-- found Wollangong Corp. (For those who don't know it was the first Unix tcp/ip company.) James
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