Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 08:26:26 -0400 From: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> To: Peter Jeremy <peterjeremy@optushome.com.au> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!! Message-ID: <4289E2F2.5020508@mac.com> In-Reply-To: <20050517094632.GB73393@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> References: <20050516203932.0A38316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <20050516212521.GB57460@freebie.xs4all.nl> <4289176C.5070409@mac.com> <20050517094632.GB73393@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org>
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Peter Jeremy wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2005 at 05:58:04PM -0400, Chuck Swiger wrote: >> This smells like a "joe job", a forged posting intended as flamebait. > > That was my first impression but if it's a forgery, it's much better > than the run-of-the-mill forgeries around: All the headers tally and > suggest it was posted from hub - which means that it's either genuine > or an inside job. Oh, it was a fine rant, either way-- a first-class job, even. :-) I wasn't motivated enough to compare the headers versus other postings, or to check whether the IP that claimed to be "hub.freebsd.org" actually is-- if you control reverse DNS for some netblock, you can make any box claim to be a certain hostname. > [I also get called by my surname but haven't quite reached the level of > aggravation suggested by the initial posting]. Seriously, if you received a message saying "Dear Jeremy", would you: (a) not really care, (b) be annoyed, and tell the guy, "call me Ishmael", or some such [1], or (c) cross-post flamebait between freebsd-current and -stable...? -- -Chuck [1]: "Who are you?" "No one of consequence..." Sorry, I'm too sober to remember any AoD quotes, and my RealJob(tm) has a rule that says that we shouldn't drink before lunch.
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