Erik Funkenbusch <erik@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Here's some more evidence.
>
> in an article, Robert Parsonage says this:
>
> "Vista has been a damp squid. OEM's asking what Linux users want. The
> Windows desktop is under serious threat. All vista offers is a revamped
> GUI, if you have the HW to support it (put to shame by xgl, compiz,
> beryl)."
I pointed this out a long time ago as soon as I noticed that "Robert
Parsonage" felt the need to add ludicrously inappropriate explanations
in brackets (side thought are brackets really pink?) just as Roybot does.
>
> The phrase "damp squid" is sort of interesting. It's not very common, and
> in fact the only person to consistently use that phrase in COLA is Roy
> Culley, who has used the phrase at least 5 times.
>
> What makes this even more identifiable is that there's a popular british
> phrase, "damp squib" which Roy seems to be misusing. A squib is an
> explosion, thus a damp squib is an explosion that doesn't go off.
>
> Googling on "damp squid" brings up some 972 entries, most of which are
> criticisms of misstating the phrase. That's not a lot really. Considering
> "damp squib" brings up 199,000.
>
> ---
>
> Both Parsonage and Culley have had a hardon about filesystem fragmentation
> and both quoted the exact same book on the subject.
>
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/40c8d3668610f713
> http://groups.google.com/group/comp.os.linux.advocacy/msg/40351a0d5b917d6f
>
> ---
>
> Then of course there are the several times that "Robert Parsonage" has
> posted and accidentally signed his posts "Roy Culley".
>
> ---
>
> I was one of the first people he added to his "blog". Roy has targeted me
> many times in the past so this is no surprise.
>
> ---
>
> "Robert Parsonage" uses the term "Ewik" to refer to me several times. Roy
> has done this as well a great deal. 193 times in fact.
>
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