[tptacek]

(1) "Mordicum" isn't a word in English, though it should be, and it is in Latin.

(2) Nobody is entitled to detailed comments from anyone on HN, and keeping comments terse simply isn't disrespectful.

I appreciate that it is annoying to have to make decisions with incomplete information, but that's life.

[dikaiosune]

I'm not sure what role spelling critique has in a conversation about technology providers, but to your second point I do think it's reasonable to expect that in public conversations claims be substantiated to a degree relative to their contentiousness. No one expects evidence or citations when you claim that good security is hard, but it's not so crazy to hope for even a respected member of the community to back up a stark claim. At the very least it's reasonable to ask for substantiation - whether or not the original commenter is comfortable discussing details.

[tptacek]

It's not a "claim". It's free advice. Take it or don't take it.

[psykovsky]

Good advices are rarely given, but sold...

[yomism]

I was going to apologize for using "dickish" in my answer before but seeing this you fit the definition perfectly ;-P

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=dickish

I have read the horror stories thanks to ryanlol's posts but next time please post a link if you don't want to waste time re-explaining. Let's use the HTML powers!