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by IamBren 4915 days ago
Wow - those are some troubling comments.
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While I feel I probably ought to be more compassionate, I have to say that every time I see one of his comments, reading it brings a smile to my face.

Would love him to read a (short) autobiography some day, he does seem incredibly interesting, smart, intense and of course somewhat unstable.

For anyone interested, here's a video in which he introduces his OS: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WAr-xYtBFbY

Anyone who's used Usenet will be aware of Mike Corley - the MI5 guy. He has been banned from most UK ISPs for breaching their TOS - his rate of posting to Usenet was prolific.

(http://www.bbc.co.uk/dna/place-london/plain/A694523)

(http://www.mi5.com/)

Responses to him ranged from people interested in him as a person, and in his treatment (or lack of); through to hostility at his very many posts and his attempts to evade filters; to really unpleasant baiting of a person with a mental illness or nasty mocking.

Wow, that was... Ulillillia-like in its magnificence.
This video was really useful in introducing me to Mr. Davis' achievements, that I wasn't aware of. Very cool.