Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-09 Thread Tom
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 06:55:32PM -0800, Paul Johnson wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:07:20AM -0800, Tom wrote: > > I could pay $35 to 1-800-US-SEARCH and really fuck up your day! > > IANAL, but watch it. You're crossing into threats and harassment > territory with that one. No, agressive-t

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:37:04PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:18:55PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > What the fuck are you ranting about? > > > > I'm not taking the bait anymore. But you still missed his point about quoting proper

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:07:20AM -0800, Tom wrote: > I could pay $35 to 1-800-US-SEARCH and really fuck up your day! IANAL, but watch it. You're crossing into threats and harassment territory with that one. - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMAIL PR

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Paul Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:35:40AM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:25:33PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Peace. > > What the fuck are you ranting about? Why not search the archives and find out? - -- .''`. Paul Johnson <[EMA

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 12:37:04PM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:18:55PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: > > What the fuck are you ranting about? Um, no. I did not write this. LEARN. TO. QUOTE. Are you making a deliberate attempt to mis-attribute your inane blather to me, or are you j

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Tom
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 02:18:55PM -0500, ScruLoose wrote: What the fuck are you ranting about? I'm not taking the bait anymore. -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread ScruLoose
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:35:40AM -0800, Tom wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:25:33PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > Peace. > > What the fuck are you ranting about? Ah, there's a surefire way to bolster your credibility. Clearly the mark of a mature mind: As soon as somebody hits a litt

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Paul Morgan
On Sun, 07 Dec 2003 23:25:33 -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > There are bugs in the kernel code. Estimates of such bug counts can > be made. And again I pointed out several texts, most from the > bibliography of _Code Complete_, which point out the statistical > basis on which

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Greg Folkert
On Mon, 2003-12-08 at 02:25, Karsten M. Self wrote: > Mr. Ballard: > > No, it's not that I'm uncomfortable over the fact, yes, fact, that free > software in general, or the Linux kernel in particular, have both bugs > and security vulnerabilities. > > It's your grossly ignorant, yet simultaneousl

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 05:07:20AM -0800, Tom ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:54:26AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:48:19AM -0800, Tom Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > > Please don't use my real name: I've told you why I don't want it use

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Tom
On Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 04:54:26AM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:48:19AM -0800, Tom Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Please don't use my real name: I've told you why I don't want it used. > > Would you prefer I used a "handle" ? > > Interesting what truths people

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Mon, Dec 08, 2003 at 03:48:19AM -0800, Tom Ballard ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Please don't use my real name: I've told you why I don't want it used. > Would you prefer I used a "handle" ? Interesting what truths people are uncomfortable with. Peace. -- Karsten M. Self <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Tom
Please don't use my real name: I've told you why I don't want it used. Would you prefer I used a "handle" ? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Tom
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:25:33PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: ["MSFT Shill"] That's not what I'm trying to accomplish. I was trying to point out that you had to invalidate everybody's password last week. I was trying to point out that (gasp) a philosophy which accuses half the world of bein

Re: Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Tom
On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 11:25:33PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > Peace. What the fuck are you ranting about? -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Tom Ballard, MSFT shill (was Re: Debian Server Compromise -- A Fire Drill ??)

2003-12-08 Thread Karsten M. Self
on Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 06:29:30PM -0800, Tom Ballard, former Microsoft employee, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 06:19:45PM -0800, Tom Ballard, former > Microsoft employee, wrote: > > On Sun, Dec 07, 2003 at 05:31:12PM -0800, Karsten M. Self wrote: > > > > > > IIRC, it was a