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>> 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.
>> 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 humourIt's all a matter of who has the bigger ego ;-)
> 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 :)
"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.
Perhaps. I'm not familiar with his sense of humour, though recent postings
> 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..
(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 :)
*rofl* I can copy someone else's web page source (MIT licensed or
> 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 )
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 :)
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Arlie
(Arlie Stephens arlie@xxxxxxxxxxxx)
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