[registrars] Alternic

Robert F. Connelly BobC at awesome-goo.com
Mon Apr 3 21:52:07 UTC 2006


At 12:42 AM 3/6/03, Paul Goldstone wrote:
>Bob,
>
>It was Eugene Kashpureff in 1997.  Here's the old cnet article:
>http://news.com.com/2100-1023-204904.html?legacy=cnet
>
>~Paul
>
>At 11:09 PM 3/5/2003 -0800, Robert F. Connelly wrote:
>>Dear Colleagues:  What was the name of the guy who broke through and 
>>edited  BIND to redirect the NSI registration page to his own web site 
>>for registering with Alternic.  That was in 1998, I think.  He escaped 
>>into Canada;  was arrested in Canada;  extradited to the States, 
>>convicted in Federal Court and did hard time here.
>>
>>Regards, BobC
>>
>>
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>"One test is worth three expert opinions!"
>>U.B. Bray
>>
>>In a case in which I'd made an assertion that he didn't think was correct,
>>Doctor Bray would come out to my lab and say, "Let's have a meeting
>>of the Skeptics' Committee".  He'd then take a clean beaker and graduated
>>cylinder off the rack and start to experiment.
>>
>>The results may have confirmed my assertion -- or disproved it -- or sent
>>me out for further confirmation.  But the fact is that "One test *really is*
>>worth three or more expert opinions.
>>
>>Doctor Bray was the most brilliant industrial chemist I have ever known.
>>
>>Here's another opinion:
>>
>>"Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing."
>>Albert Einstein
>>~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>>In light of the above, I cannot understand why NASA management
>>did not call for a space walk by the crew of the Columbia *prior_to*
>>the ill fated return flight.  Certainly there could have been another
>>way to return the crew to Earth.




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