<snip> >> Aha - I'm not well plugged into the linux kernel community. I don't >> have the familiarity with website styles that would lead me to notice >> patterns. I've used a bunch of them, but that doesn't mean I've paid >> attention to style.
Oh-kay fair enough... and understood :) > Unknown competence huh ? Am guessing here as well but that kind of humour > > can only initiate from gregkh and as you know he is the stable kernel > > maintainer and has given this a whole lot of thought... and you send out > > 'testy' emails what did you expect to get back ? You reap what you sow my > > dear :) > > It's all a matter of who has the bigger ego ;-) > "I" myself personally have no ego due to being suddenly made to realize long years ago by the wifey that if I was being a real jerk then I had to go cook my own dinner ( Back then I had no idea how to boil an egg let alone cook a decent meal and yes I was being a jerk ) Soo.. ever since then I do not subscribe to this ego thing prefer to be humble and laid back ! > > I saw a new site that wasn't even in google yet, and made no attempt > to establish credentials. I also compared it with its supposed model, > the Matasano Crypto Challenge at > http://www.matasano.com/articles/crypto-challenges/ and saw major > differences in things that mattered to me - the crypto site explains > who is behind it, and includes relevant articles. The Eudylypta site > has nothing. > > Well that link to the Matasano Crypto ChallengeI IS right there on the eudyptula challenge site that should have rung a bell no ? > I know I'm competent and well meaning, and don't know that they are, > and reacted accordingly. > Fair enough again and understood again :) > > _If_ the site owners are people known and well regarded in the linux > community, _they_ saw a person who wasn't known there, and therefore was > clueless-by-definition, and should know better than to challenge their > well regarded majesty - even with them unidentified ;-) > > The site uses teh exact same css from kernel.org that makes me think someone from kernel.org is behind all this ? > > _If_ on the other hand, they were a bunch of college kids being more > clever than usual about getting the intenet to do their homework (my > first thought), or trolls wanting to see how many innocent newbies > they could take in (my second thought) then they saw someone too smart > to be taken in, who needed to be chased away lest they spoil the > scam. > Oh-kay my turn to apologize, one lives and learns... you did the right thing by questioning ! > > Their reaction was consistent with either possibility. > > > Have no illusions about this it is very REAL and am betting my life's > > savings this is gregkh at work so you are being mentored by ze man > himself. > > Though I somehow do not think he will acknowledge to this.. > > Perhaps. I'm not familiar with his sense of humour, though recent postings > (last year) interactions on LKML suggest he's less bitey than Linus, > which is a good sign. > Like I said am GUESSINg but everything points to gregkh... or someone in his team ! > > Truth to tell, I haven't paid much attention to who's who in the linux > community, except Mel Gorman, and I'm a lot more likely to read > linux-mm than the full LKML feed. (Yes, I'm a memory management type, > by inclination at least.) > Aaagh I dislke segfaults to little pieces :) > > > It really does not get any better than this, this is sincere transparency > > and accountability to me but given one has to know where to look but that > > is all the more fun ? > > > > Aruna ( Unknown competence and anti-social my brown skinny ass - no > offence > > meant ) > > *rofl* I can copy someone else's web page source (MIT licensed or > not) and put up a joke web page using it. If it's appropriately > licensed (as this one is) I wouldn't even be doing anything > illegal. That doesn't mean I'm the author of whatever I copy. > True and agreed ! > > Anyway, I hope it is Greg Kroah-Hartman, or someone equally > competent and overall well regarded. Though the truth is, the second > part doesn't much matter, if people are getting something out of the > course. > Arlie believe me I personally learnt a whole lot of things and I sincerely believe anyone joining who has the patience and perseveres will be a happy cookie. You have a happy day my friend :) > --- > Arlie > > (Arlie Stephens [email protected]) > >
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