Date: Tue, 17 May 2005 16:33:48 +0400 (MSD) From: Nguyen Tam Chinh <chinhngt@sectorb.msk.ru> To: Chuck Swiger <cswiger@mac.com> Cc: stable@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Alright you primitive screwheads, LISTEN UP!! Message-ID: <20050517163030.R9621@it.hackers> In-Reply-To: <4289E2F2.5020508@mac.com> References: <20050516203932.0A38316A4D0@hub.freebsd.org> <20050516212521.GB57460@freebie.xs4all.nl> <4289176C.5070409@mac.com> <20050517094632.GB73393@server.vk2pj.dyndns.org> <4289E2F2.5020508@mac.com>
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On Tue, 17 May 2005, Chuck Swiger wrote: > 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...? I just not really care about it. "Dear Nguyen" or "Dear Chinh" make no difference. The most important is the word "DEAR"! :) Please take it easy. > > -- > -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. > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-stable@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-stable > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-stable-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > ----- With best regards, | The Power to Serve Nguyen Tam Chinh | http://www.FreeBSD.org Loc: sp.cs.msu.su |
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