Alan Cox

Quote: History Is A One Way Street

Submitted by Jeremy
on August 13, 2008 - 5:29pm

"History is a one way street, and you might as well have the fs known the way it is so that people remember 'reiser oh wasn't he the guy who..' - unless you are trying to market the fs I guess."

Quote: This Wants Doing With A Hash Not A Prayer

Submitted by Jeremy
on August 6, 2008 - 4:19pm

"This wants doing with a hash not a prayer that '32 slots is enough'."

Quote: They Have All The Source Code But We Don't Have Theirs

Submitted by Jeremy
on March 26, 2008 - 10:41am

"Any problems beyond that point are ones you need to take up with Nvidia as they have all the source code but we don't have theirs."

Quote: If You Wrote Code, I'd Be Worried

Submitted by Jeremy
on January 17, 2008 - 9:24am

"I'm so glad you have nothing better to do than troll, if you actually wrote code I'd be worried it might get into something people used."

Quote: Repeatedly Posting Crud

Submitted by Jeremy
on January 3, 2008 - 2:41am

"Repeatedly posting crud does not make it right."

Quote: Time For An -ac Tree Again

Submitted by Jeremy
on December 12, 2007 - 9:35am

"Must be time for an -ac tree again."

Quote: Sensible Defaults

Submitted by Jeremy
on November 20, 2007 - 12:14pm

"Thats a very arrogant viewpoint. I don't have to be a TV engineer to use my television. Distributions should be providing sensible defaults out of the box. The kernel already provides them the mechanisms."

Quote: Very Very Questionable

Submitted by Jeremy
on November 12, 2007 - 1:33pm

"I have difficulty constructing many scenarios where its useful but it appears valid providing you can tightly control file renaming, which is very very questionable."

Quote: Poor Security Can Be Worse Than No Security

Submitted by Jeremy
on October 25, 2007 - 12:13pm

"There is a ton of evidence both in computing and outside of it which shows that poor security can be very much worse than no security at all. In particular stuff which makes users think they are secure but is worthless is very dangerous indeed."

Quote: I Don't Care About AppArmor

Submitted by Jeremy
on October 23, 2007 - 12:40am

"Frankly I don't care about apparmor, I don't see it as a serious project. Smack is kind of neat but looks like a nicer way to specify selinux rules."