DOS ain't dead - About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again

About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again (Miscellaneous)

posted by Rugxulo , Usono, 21.11.2007, 12:46

> I understand, but what breach of privacy is just to say your first name (as
> you did)? When X says "Hi, I'm <first name>", Y here says "Sorry, my first
> name is top secret and I'll never disclose it here because I don't like
> some of you". This is just a
> superiority
> complex in my humble opinion (I'm not a psychiatrist).

How much info about sol do you really want or need? Need to telephone him? Write him a letter? See his picture? Bake him a cake? Learn what kind of car he drives or languages he speaks? Unless you're selling or buying something from him, it's probably not necessary.

The more high profile you are, the more flak you get and have to put up with (e.g. Eddie Van Halen). I mean, the last thing that guy needs is more opinions on what to do with his life. But he's famous as dirt, and he can't really "turn if off". Same with George Bush. People openly dislike him (even though he's small potatoes, honestly). He becomes almost a scapegoat for everything. And yes, there are people who will do bad things if they know where you live (true robbers, violent criminals). Of course, maybe we're all just jaded from the nightly news.

Is sol really taking advantage of you, misleading you, hurting you by not revealing his true birth name? Doubt it. I mean, we even know who "Deep Throat" is nowadays, but honestly, who cares? (Not me.) I say, "Bo-ring." Like I said, we all have limited contact between us anyways, and in a way it's much simpler that way: no huge commitments, only simple chat here and there. Do you know the name of every coder for every program you use? I surely don't.

Besides, even if sol revealed anything, it could all be a lie. Heck, I could've lied too and said my name was something it's not. For all you know, I'm some Klingon or Vulcan in outer space. Or not. ;-)

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LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - RayeR, 19.11.2007, 10:43 (Miscellaneous)
- LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - sol, 19.11.2007, 17:56
  - LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - sol, 19.11.2007, 17:59
    - LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 19.11.2007, 19:05
      - LZ-DOS 7.1 - Steve, 19.11.2007, 19:36
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 19.11.2007, 20:11
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - Steve, 20.11.2007, 18:29
        Canadian - lucho, 20.11.2007, 19:20
        Canadian - sol, 20.11.2007, 19:43
        Canadian - Steve, 21.11.2007, 02:11
        Canadian - Steve, 21.11.2007, 02:09
      - LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 20:06
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 19.11.2007, 20:24
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 20:26
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 19.11.2007, 20:38
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 20:45
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 19.11.2007, 20:49
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 21:32
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 21:39
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 21:55
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 21:58
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 22:00
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 20.11.2007, 07:35
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 20.11.2007, 08:13
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 20.11.2007, 09:43
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - RayeR, 20.11.2007, 12:52
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 20.11.2007, 13:25
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - RayeR, 20.11.2007, 14:51
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 20.11.2007, 15:28
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - RayeR, 20.11.2007, 18:15
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 20.11.2007, 19:04
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 20.11.2007, 19:09
        SOL comes from StoOL-pigeon - lucho, 20.11.2007, 19:54
        SOL comes from StoOL-pigeon - sol, 20.11.2007, 20:22
        "Forking" is much worse than copying - lucho, 21.11.2007, 11:00
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 20.11.2007, 19:30
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 20.11.2007, 19:34
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - RayeR, 20.11.2007, 19:51
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 21.11.2007, 00:36
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 21.11.2007, 10:32
        LZ-DOS 7.1 *IS* MSDOS 7.1 - tom, 22.11.2007, 12:39
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 16:58
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - rr, 22.11.2007, 21:28
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - rr, 20.11.2007, 10:58
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 20.11.2007, 12:45
      - LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 20:10
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 19.11.2007, 20:33
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - sol, 19.11.2007, 20:37
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 19.11.2007, 20:46
        LZ-DOS 7.1 - Rugxulo, 20.11.2007, 00:07
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - lucho, 20.11.2007, 07:46
        I apologize. - Japheth, 20.11.2007, 12:01
        I apologize. - lucho, 20.11.2007, 12:49
        anger shortens one's life - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 09:28
        anger shortens one's life - lucho, 21.11.2007, 10:03
        anger shortens one's life - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 10:09
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 09:25
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - lucho, 21.11.2007, 12:10
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - Steve, 21.11.2007, 12:32
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - lucho, 21.11.2007, 12:38
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - Steve, 21.11.2007, 13:17
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - lucho, 21.11.2007, 13:22
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 12:46
        Useless to argue - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 13:11
        Useless to argue - lucho, 21.11.2007, 13:17
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - lucho, 21.11.2007, 13:12
        About the Best Kept Top Secret of this forum, again - sol, 21.11.2007, 16:29
        Pravetz-16, etc. - lucho, 21.11.2007, 18:20
        Pravetz-16, etc. - RayeR, 21.11.2007, 18:45
        1980s - lucho, 21.11.2007, 19:11
        1980s - RayeR, 22.11.2007, 00:58
        Pravetz-16, etc. - Steve, 22.11.2007, 05:35
        Saul Hudson -- nice guy - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 13:02
        Book author? - lucho, 21.11.2007, 13:26
        Book author? - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 14:59
  - LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - Japheth, 19.11.2007, 22:41
    - LZ-DOS 7.1 - lucho, 20.11.2007, 08:06
      - LZ-DOS 7.1 - Japheth, 20.11.2007, 08:57
        The pot calls the kettle black - lucho, 20.11.2007, 09:26
        The pot calls the kettle black - Japheth, 20.11.2007, 10:22
        The pot calls the kettle black - lucho, 20.11.2007, 13:18
        "Five of Good" - agreed - Japheth, 20.11.2007, 14:05
        The pot calls the kettle black - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 09:43
        Depression - lucho, 21.11.2007, 10:18
        The pot calls the kettle black - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 10:19
        The pot calls the kettle black - lucho, 21.11.2007, 10:25
        The pot calls the kettle black - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 10:42
        Udo confirmed it was you - lucho, 21.11.2007, 11:05
        The FOG is speaking - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 12:43
        The FOG is speaking - Steve, 21.11.2007, 13:28
        Five of Good vs. Gang of Four - lucho, 21.11.2007, 13:42
        2 innocent questions - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 14:05
        2 innocent questions - lucho, 21.11.2007, 14:44
        2 innocent questions - Steve, 21.11.2007, 14:56
        2 innocent questions - lucho, 21.11.2007, 15:34
        None selected - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 17:45
        None selected - Steve, 21.11.2007, 17:58
        ... the game must go on ... - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 15:38
        ... the game must go on ... - Matjaz, 21.11.2007, 19:14
        A small riddle - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 19:39
        Farewell! - lucho, 21.11.2007, 20:06
        Failed! - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 20:30
        A small riddle - Matjaz, 21.11.2007, 20:19
        Solved! - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 20:26
        Solved! - Matjaz, 21.11.2007, 20:37
        Solved! - Japheth, 21.11.2007, 22:07
        Solved?? - Rugxulo, 22.11.2007, 14:56
        a one man play ... no, not about my hooha - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 10:51
- LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - rr, 20.11.2007, 11:24
  - LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - RayeR, 20.11.2007, 12:07
    - LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - lucho, 20.11.2007, 13:27
      - LZ-DOS 7.1 & booting previous DOS version - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 09:15
        Boot managers, Vista - lucho, 21.11.2007, 09:40
        Boot managers, Vista - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 09:57
        METAKERN by Eric Auer - lucho, 21.11.2007, 12:46
        OS boot managers -- comparison requested - Rugxulo, 21.11.2007, 12:57
        OS boot managers -- comparison requested - lucho, 21.11.2007, 13:32