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From: Jim on 6 Jun 2010 13:35 Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > Steve Gibson has been outed as a scaremongering fuckwit. By whom? Anyone we should know and/or care about? Jim -- "Microsoft admitted its Vista operating system was a 'less good product' in what IT experts have described as the most ambitious understatement since the captain of the Titanic reported some slightly damp tablecloths." http://www.thedailymash.co.uk/
From: Jaimie Vandenbergh on 6 Jun 2010 16:22 On Sun, 6 Jun 2010 13:18:51 +0100, jim(a)magrathea.plus.com (Jim) wrote: >D.M. Procida <real-not-anti-spam-address(a)apple-juice.co.uk> wrote: > >> Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: >> >> > He seems to know his stuff, though. >> >> Steve Gibson? I think that half of what is says is rubbish, and the >> other half is true but wholly unremarkable except for the fact that he >> writes it in capital letters and a ludicrous tone. > >I can only base my opinions on the Security Now podcast. I don't read >his blog or Twitter streams. I paid attention for a while. Daniele is spot on. That ShieldsUP! testy thing is occasionally useful, mind. It does do what you expect, once you cut through the blatant nonsense it's wrapped in. Cheers - Jaimie -- The weirder you're going to behave, the more normal you should look. It works in reverse, too. When I see a kid with three or four rings in his nose, I know there is absolutely nothing extraordinary about that person. -- P J O'Rourke
From: D.M. Procida on 6 Jun 2010 16:27
Jim <jim(a)magrathea.plus.com> wrote: > Conor <conor(a)gmx.co.uk> wrote: > > > Steve Gibson has been outed as a scaremongering fuckwit. > > By whom? Anyone we should know and/or care about? H ehasn't been outed. That would suggest that he was a scaremongering fuckwit in private, while presenting a facade of non-scaremongering fuckwittery to the world. In fact, he has always quite publicly been an alarmist and not to be taken seriously. Daniele -- For sale: Aperture 2, �30 |