<div dir="ltr"><br><div class="gmail_extra"><snip><br><br>>> Aha - I'm not well plugged into the linux kernel community. I don't<br>>> have the familiarity with website styles that would lead me to notice<br>
>> patterns. I've used a bunch of them, but that doesn't mean I've paid<br>>> attention to style.<br><br></div><div class="gmail_extra">Oh-kay fair enough... and understood :)<br></div><div class="gmail_extra">
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> Unknown competence huh ? Am guessing here as well but that kind of humour<br>
> can only initiate from gregkh and as you know he is the stable kernel<br>
> maintainer and has given this a whole lot of thought... and you send out<br>
> 'testy' emails what did you expect to get back ? You reap what you sow my<br>
> dear :)<br>
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</div>It's all a matter of who has the bigger ego ;-)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>"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 !<br>
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I saw a new site that wasn't even in google yet, and made no attempt<br>
to establish credentials. I also compared it with its supposed model,<br>
the Matasano Crypto Challenge at<br>
<a href="http://www.matasano.com/articles/crypto-challenges/" target="_blank">http://www.matasano.com/articles/crypto-challenges/</a> and saw major<br>
differences in things that mattered to me - the crypto site explains<br>
who is behind it, and includes relevant articles. The Eudylypta site<br>
has nothing.<br>
<br></blockquote><div>Well that link to the Matasano Crypto ChallengeI IS right there on the eudyptula challenge site that should have rung a bell no ? <br></div><div> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
I know I'm competent and well meaning, and don't know that they are,<br>
and reacted accordingly.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Fair enough again and understood again :) <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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_If_ the site owners are people known and well regarded in the linux<br>
community, _they_ saw a person who wasn't known there, and therefore was<br>
clueless-by-definition, and should know better than to challenge their<br>
well regarded majesty - even with them unidentified ;-)<br><br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>The site uses teh exact same css from <a href="http://kernel.org">kernel.org</a> that makes me think someone from <a href="http://kernel.org">kernel.org</a> is behind all this ?<br>
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_If_ on the other hand, they were a bunch of college kids being more<br>
clever than usual about getting the intenet to do their homework (my<br>
first thought), or trolls wanting to see how many innocent newbies<br>
they could take in (my second thought) then they saw someone too smart<br>
to be taken in, who needed to be chased away lest they spoil the<br>
scam.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Oh-kay my turn to apologize, one lives and learns... you did the right thing by questioning ! <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Their reaction was consistent with either possibility.<br>
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> Have no illusions about this it is very REAL and am betting my life's<br>
> savings this is gregkh at work so you are being mentored by ze man himself.<br>
> Though I somehow do not think he will acknowledge to this..<br>
<br>
</div>Perhaps. I'm not familiar with his sense of humour, though recent postings<br>
(last year) interactions on LKML suggest he's less bitey than Linus,<br>
which is a good sign.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Like I said am GUESSINg but everything points to gregkh... or someone in his team ! <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Truth to tell, I haven't paid much attention to who's who in the linux<br>
community, except Mel Gorman, and I'm a lot more likely to read<br>
linux-mm than the full LKML feed. (Yes, I'm a memory management type,<br>
by inclination at least.)<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>Aaagh I dislke segfaults to little pieces :)<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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> It really does not get any better than this, this is sincere transparency<br>
> and accountability to me but given one has to know where to look but that<br>
> is all the more fun ?<br>
><br>
> Aruna ( Unknown competence and anti-social my brown skinny ass - no offence<br>
> meant )<br>
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</div>*rofl* I can copy someone else's web page source (MIT licensed or<br>
not) and put up a joke web page using it. If it's appropriately<br>
licensed (as this one is) I wouldn't even be doing anything<br>
illegal. That doesn't mean I'm the author of whatever I copy.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>True and agreed ! <br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Anyway, I hope it is Greg Kroah-Hartman, or someone equally<br>
competent and overall well regarded. Though the truth is, the second<br>
part doesn't much matter, if people are getting something out of the<br>
course.<br></blockquote><div><br></div><div>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.<br></div><div><br>
</div><div>You have a happy day my friend :)<br></div><div><br> </div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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Arlie<br>
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(Arlie Stephens <a href="mailto:arlie@worldash.org">arlie@worldash.org</a>)<br>
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