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[Fwd: Re: I need someone to put machine's together, to build the rack, to do the wiring, all this stuff.]



Ryan,
	You realize its his plot to take over the world right moohaa :)  
Maybe if we point and laugh at him he will go away.  

I apologize for the off topic flaming nature of this reply - I have slapt 
my wrists appropriately...

Anthony

On Wed, 11 Aug 2004, Ryan L. Kitchen wrote:

> 
> I know many of you folks who use BLU are aggravated by these spam like
> messages, but this Jules Gilbert post was pretty much the funniest thing
> ever.
> 
> I read it, and immediately several things came to mind, the first of which
> was this was either a) a scam or b) the biggest moronic plot ever or c) some
> weird combo of the two.
> 
> I thought about welcoming Jules to threaten me and otherwise begin a long
> drawn out battle (not on blu of course).
> It would give me an excuse to put up a webpage, where others can then come
> and laugh at him, and otherwise belittle the person. Ultimately, I decided
> while this would be fun, it probably isn't worth my town. So instead,
> I thought I would just welcome you all to sit back and laugh at this
> pathetic human being :)
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: discuss-admin at blu.org [mailto:discuss-admin at blu.org] On Behalf Of
> David Kramer
> Sent: Wednesday, August 11, 2004 3:25 PM
> To: discuss at blu.org
> Subject: Re: [Fwd: Re: I need someone to put machine's together, to build
> the rack, to do the wiring, all this stuff.]
> 
> On Thu, 12 Aug 2004, Derek Martin wrote:
> 
> > On Wed, Aug 11, 2004 at 01:55:47PM -0400, Eric wrote:
> > > Another thing, I have never said that I've used Linux since 1991.  
> > 
> > You most certainly did.
> > 
> >   http://www.blu.org/pipermail/discuss/2004-August/046440.html
> 
> No, he's right.  He said he used Linux IN 1991, not SINCE 1991.  Reread
> that email.  Not that any of us believe that either, but we cannot
> prove/disprove that.
> 
> > I can't speak for any e-mail that you traded personally, but I have
> > found your posts to be suspect and inappropriate.  For example,
> > posting of Microsoft supposed stock quotes from the future...
> > I don't know by what means you purport to know said prices, but
> > posting future stock prices is completely unrelated to Linux or Unix,
> > and also either a) bull or b) illegal, so it doesn't belong here.
> 
> ... and the estimate was wrong, to boot.
> 
> > Quite frankly, while I was not vocal about it, after reading your
> > other posts to the list, I also had a first impression that your
> > request for help was some kind of scam.  I can't know if it is, nor
> > can I know whether you really have such systems, nor if you ever will;
> > what I can tell you is that based on your posts here to date, I
> > consider you a Troll at best, and probably untrustworthy.  I also
> > think that threatening to sue one of the mailing list members -- much
> > less actually doing so -- for stating their opinion of you on a public
> > mailing list is petty, childish, inane, unwarranted, and doesn't help
> > your image much.  If you actually find someone from this list who is
> > willing to help you, I'll be surprised.
> 
> I am going to list some resources for finding out more information on 
> Jules Gilbert.  I make no statements to my opinion of him by doing so; 
> merely listing some information for others to form their own opinion.
> 
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Jules+Gilbert&btnG=Sear
> ch&meta=
> http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&q=Jules+Gilbert&btnG=Sear
> ch&meta=
> http://groups.google.com/groups?q=Jules+Gilbert&hl=en&lr=&ie=UTF-8&selm=3f8b
> fbd6.50906937%40news.wanadoo.nl&rnum=2
> 
> I am also going to state, for a fact, as documented on the links above, 
> that Jules Gilbert has threatened in public forums to sue several people 
> who have disagreed with him or questioned him in those forums.
> 
> I have had personal dealings with Jules Gilbert, which I will not discuss 
> here, other than to say that I ended those dealings in short order.
> 
> All of the above is fact, and can be proven.
> 
> I, personally, would hate to see someone censored or removed from this 
> mailing list, but I also feel that it is only fair (and safer) that the 
> members of this list have background information on this situation.
> 
> -- 
> DDDD   
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> DKK D  A pessimist thinks a glass is half empty.
> DK KD  The software engineer thinks the glass is twice as big
> DDDD   as it needs to be.                         Colin Walls
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