Protest oft makes the case.

+Alan Hicks+ wrote:
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> In alt.os.linux.slackware, raoul dared to utter,
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>>>That is Allan's other personality. There is no Realto Margarino, just
>>>one Allan split into two parts, the one is a bit pretentious and
>>>supercilious, and the other tries to keep "him"(self) honest. Otherwise
>>>how would he know where he lived?
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>
> WTF?
>
>
>>Thanks for the explanation. This evil-twin theory accounts for a lot of
>>what I've seen on this newsgroup.
>
>
> You don't actually believe that BS, do you?

# of course he does.


While it could in theory
> be true, it relies on way too many assumptions. How would I, for
> example, be posting from my static IP address at my "home" where I run
> various services where you can glean information about me, and at the
> same time be posting from a Canadian IP address?

# trivial task.


This would require me
> to have compromised one or both of the machines for extended periods of
> time without getting caught or having an admin turn one of the boxen
> off. Moreover, this "RM" fella has posted at times that it was quite
> simply impossible for me to have posted to usenet, such as the time I
> was gone to the Carribean for a solid week and had no access to a
> computer.

# not in evidence. -- but ... Have you considered going to the Caribean
for a while longer?

>
>>I just hope that he/they can get the help that he/they need(s).
>
>
> Wrong he/they. Check headers for this E. Charters and rm and you'll note
> both are synpatico.ca customers, and are much more likely to be the
> same person than me and rm.[0] If you want verification of this, just try
> to lookup that address he claims is mine. Doesn't exist. Call the phone
> number. They've never heard of me. Ask the people here who've mailed me
> things; it's not the right address.

# we thot that was wrong, but it's close.

>
> Noob, next time some one tells you something, ask yourself if that
> agrees with evidence you've seen. If you think me and rm are the same
> person, you've got bigger issues than any problems you may be having
> with Slackware.
>
> [0] Note that I don't think they are the same person. I just think
> they're both Canucks. What is it about Canada that makes all their
> really fucked up people troll usenet?

# It's the cold weather, the beer, and posters who make it a fiendish
glee. That and psyhcological projection.


Not everyone in Canada is as
> messed up as these two individuals

# oh come, on! They are so!


(as example, alphageek in #slackware
> on irc.oftc.net is a sympatico.ca customer and Theo de Raadt are
> shining examples of good Canadians online). These two just give all
> Canadians a bad rap.

# "we" are definitely giving it a try. How are you two doing so far?