This is my last post on the matter.
Not only do I know my "stuff" as you so euphemistically put it, but I spent a number of years going places and doing things on behalf of others to learn that "stuff".
I can't even begin to tell you about the things I have seen, or done. Some of them I don't even think I am allowed to talk about.
You appear to have a masochistic streak. This sort of remark is almost begging to be slapped down.
Surely you don't expect me (or anyone else for that matter) to acquiescence on the basis of your bragging? Are you asking me to defer to you on the basis of
merely a claim to authority?
A temeprate response would be to ask me to take your posts on their own merit and make conclusions about expertise on that basis. Instead you've decided to
assert your putative authority. This is a major incongruity. Has the Emperor no clothes?
As for Mr. Tobias's "stuff" I respect the man greatly. However, I did not learn any of my job or my work from Mr. Tobias.
Fixing PCs? (
http://setiathome.berkeley.edu/view_profile.php?userid=268241)
Nothing about what I put here is vague, and I am one of the first people to help beginners. You would see that if you tookk the time to read the material I have posted.
Yes, it is vague and imprecise. As technical instruction it is severely lacking. Regarding beginners, perhaps empathy would have been a better choice of word. You appear to have no capacity to empathise with a beginner and present instruction appropriately. I have read much of what you have posted and the bulk is banal yet there is a self-importance attached to your posts that isn't commensurate with the quality of the content. Your recourse when critcised is to make references to your allegedly illustrious CV. The subtext of your polemical posts that you present in your defense is nothing more than an appeal to (putative) authority: "I'm right because my CV would suggest so" is your
modus operandi and rationale. That is an informal logical fallacy.
Yes, I had a helth problem, and quite simply the people I thought would take care of my business did not in fact do as they were asked.
I believe I have one outstanding issue that needs to be remedied. I didn't screw up. You don't take responsibility for having a heart attack, you simply deal with it and try to move on.
This position doesn't do anything for you. In fact it begs a number of serious questions. Surely, as a self-proclaimed security expert you appreciate the notions of contingency and risk and know how to manage them. So where was your Business Continuity Plan? Where were your basic commercial information handling procedures? How can you possibly lose track of your creditors?
I don't know of
any security expert in
any domain that would offer "[y]ou don't take responsibility for having a heart attack". That would be like a system admin. telling the IT manager that he can't take any responsibility for the data loss that was due to the blackout. A system admin. can't prevent black-outs but (s)he can plan for that contingency so that if the contingency eventuates the damage to the business is minimal. Risk analysis and management are cornerstones of security engineering and management. Where was yours?
I do take responsibility for what happened as a result of that attack, and I have absolutely nothing to hide.
You are making excuses for yourself and your rhetoric falls way short of your reality. How can you reconcile the huge incongruity between your claimed security expertise and your apparent inability to analyse and manage risk in your own life?
What is vile and reprehensible here is that all of this is perfectly out in the open, and yet you feel the need to drag it out again and personally attack me or my activites at every opportunity.
This victim posturing is most unbecoming. It isn't out in the open. You've put a logically incoherent spin on an event that puts your probity and integrity in question. Your "legend" has cracks in it and you should have anticipated that someone would eventually call you out on your orgy of story telling.
If pickmonger felt the need to defend me, or say something on my behalf, I take that as a gesture of friendship, and an indication that he values my contributions here.
You don't need friends that "piss in your pocket" -- they prevent self-improvement.
Oh, and for your information, Marc Webber Tobias is a lawyer. He knows his stuff by virtue of study and close contact with a number of his contributors.
I know he's a lawyer. So what? He's not
just a lawyer. He's a member of just about every security, forensics and criminalistics organisation in Europe and North America.
Are you suggesting that Mr Tobias has no practical experience and that his knowledge is inferior because he acquired it from others? Are you suggesting that all of your (claimed) knowledge was developed from first principles
ab initio. You're bordering on unintentional self-parody.
He wrote a book. From what I understand the first edition wasn't received that well. If Mr. Tobias feels that is incorrect, I stand perfectly ready to be corrected by the man himself.
If he just wrote a book given the scope and detail of LSS that would be a great accomplishment. Mr Tobias has done much more than merely write a book. He has written
The Book and he has conributed immensely to the field of security engineering and forensics through his consulting activities, discussion papers, seminars, lectures and court appearences.
I on the other hand fave the benefit of over 20 years of practical in the field experience using, building and designing lock tools and other devices. A number of those years spent in the service of my country.
So you started designing lock tools when you were 12 years old? Please, are you serious? Are you suggesting that Mr Tobias has less practical experience than you? Mr Tobias has designed numerous bypass tools and holds numerous patents. He's also a brilliant lockpicker.
That you are even comparing yourself to Marc Weber Tobias is risible. Are you playing with a full deck?
Oh, and as for Pickmonger, I do believe he was quite generous with his comments previously as well.
I'm sure you'd accept anythng that was thrown at you.
You seem quite willing and ready to come after me. Did I kill somebody you knew?
There are holes in your "legend". I think you have been BSing this forum and you continue to do so. I wouldn't care so much if you weren't using this forum to sell your goods. I don't have any objections to using the WWW for role playing and fantasy -- whatever toots your whistle. But if you're relaunching yourself as a merchant on a forum that you previously exploited and are using legend and mystique to promote your commercial ventures then pointing out you BS is well within my rights.
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