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Read Rascalson's comments.

My take on them are: Rascalson was unduly harsh. He provides no support for the ad hominem attack.

Sickening and bizarre.

I guess his unconditional support of all things Groklaw with PJ's irrational accusation against Novell dictates that he spew crap like this.

Rascalson sounds like a jerk, but:

>I guess his unconditional support of all things Groklaw with PJ's irrational accusation against Novell >dictates that he spew crap like this.

When you say things like this, please provide us with a link?

I think you're getting the posters mixed up, which is easy to do the way the comments are formatted. The nasty comment was signed "Rob Enderle." Rascalson's comment is supportive.

don't forget anyone can sign any name.

tqk,

I don't provide links to Groklaw or LinuxToday, but if you do a search on his talkback comments posted as "Rascalson" on LinuxToday, you'll see what I mean.

You can look at his comments from before November 2, 2006, if you want, but relevant to my comment, you can stick with those dozens of comments from after that date.

Darren

Never mind, I read the comments wrongly. Rascalson it is.

TC -

Yes, you are absolutely correct that anyone can sign any nym, but that comment is so characteristic of the "Rascalson" comments on LT that I'd be surprised if it was someone else.

His talkback track record, along with a couple of others, is the reason I've stopped visiting LinuxToday with any regularity. If I see an interesting headline on LinuxHomepage.com then I might visit. But counting today, I think I've visited maybe twice in the last 2 months.

But taking your comment to heart, I probably should presume his innocence until proven otherwise. I was just so appalled by this unwarranted attack on Ken that I had to say something about it.

Darren, my mistake was I thought the nasty post was signed "Rob Enderle." But I was wrong. It is signed Rascalson. And a mean lowdown post it is.

TC,

when I'm wrong I'll admit it ... and in this case I was very wrong ....

Though many of Rascalson's comments on LT are of the same vein as this vomitus posted on Helios' blog, you were correct in the first place that the comment indeed was from someone posting as "Rob Enderle".

The posters' nyms *follow* the comment on helios' blog, while I'm used to nyms preceding their attached comments.

Whoever made the post, they're a jerk and an ignorant one at that.

Helios himself seems to respond to "Rob", not rascalson, for the comments. So, Rob it is. I can't imagine why anyone would use that as a "nym".

Me neither.

signed, Imelda Marcos

Does anyone know? I can't get through Helios's anti-spam measures to post a comment. DT

I couldn't get through his anti-spam measures either - I figured it must be me ... but now I'm not so sure.

It's not just you. It choked on me as well.

Ken is out of town for a couple of days but I know that as soon as he gets himself in front of a computer he will get it fixed.

heh, maybe he just 'really' hates spam :D

if from != myaddress then msg == spam

:)

Hey all...I am working on it now. Had to go to Boise and points east. Note to self: avoid snow at all costs.

The spam filters are re-adjusted but I can't see where it was being a problem. is it offering you a code to type in? I know some people were not seeing any code although it reported it there to see.

The required software was "Microsoft Student" and a bundled edition of "Algebra Solved". From what I could tell, this was complete overkill. James Namson, a volunteer for L4L looked at the student requirements and the course requirements and discovered that Kalgebra would have been all that was needed to assist the student in the problems presented for that curriculum. That was the sad part about it. The part that kicked me was the fact that an actual Microsoft program was being pushed off on the kids.



h

Ken,

Maybe I shouldn't have used the 'Preview' option. But it did give me a code to type in. A different code for the 3 different attempts. I did have a bit of trouble deciding whether I was seeing a 'K' or an 'X' and an 'O' or a 'D', so that may have my old age coming into play.

Yep, me too Darren, the I's have it...unfortunately, my eyes no longer do. Even Bifocals are not gettin' 'er done anymore.

h

> I did have a bit of trouble deciding whether I was seeing a 'K' or an 'X' and an 'O' or a 'D', so that may have my old age coming into play.

It's an anti-spam part of the thing guys. Supposed to prevent an auto-reader from reading the letters. Unfortunately, It sometimes prevents us from doing the same :D

That's why I don't use captcha's on my site. I use LinkSleeve and SpamHaus XBL on all links posted and on the sender of the comment, plus I close comments on articles older than 60 days. I'm virtually spam-free with maybe one or two spam comments a month getting through.

> That's why I don't use captcha's on my site.

Take a look at KittenAuth. It's neat. http://www.thepcspy.com/kittenauth

I've seen that before. Great stuff, but still very bad for accessibility.

Once again, it is demonstrated that shooting spammers on sight is the optimum solution.

> shooting spammers on sight is the optimum solution.

How about that, the same as for politicians ;-)..

mmmmm.... spammers and politicians .... maybe it's not just a coincidence that our legislators have yet to pass anti-SPAM laws with teeth.

> maybe it's not just a coincidence that our legislators have yet to pass anti-SPAM laws with teeth.

Yeah, especially since the only other group I'd add to that list are Corporate Lobbyists. Guess we'll never get those anti-spam laws.

Thanks for the options...I will look into them. When I was using WordPress, I was literally over run with spam postings and trying to control it was taking up way too much time. That's why Devnet migrated us over to Serendipity. I'm not crazy about the fact that this measure is necessary, and if called for a vote, I can hang out with the summary execution of above said entities.

maybe it's not just a coincidence that our legislators have yet to pass anti-SPAM laws with teeth.....

Darren, I think maybe in the future, your statement may prove to be more accurate than any of us are comfortable in believing.

h

> > shooting spammers on sight is the optimum solution.

> How about that, the same as for politicians ;-)..

Nah, a two week a year hunting season with no limit would be sufficient for politicians. However, spammers are vermin, and should be treated accordingly.

Well, my Pa and I used to go around and hunt groundhogs for local farmers. We would sometimes give the groundhogs to a poor family. Not sure who would take the spammers though - not sure there's enough tobasco sauce to kill the taste. ;-)