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Do we know if this was "the" Julian Assange?
by GordonS 7y ago
Do we know if this was "the" Julian Assange?
- deith 7y agoThe mail address seems to check out.
- gwd 7y agoFor a while there I was getting emails about open-source related conferences organized by a guy named "Hans Reiser". After the infamous Hans Reiser was in jail. It was a bit creepy, and I felt a bit sorry for him (the non-infamous Hans just trying to organize conferences, not the infamous one who murdered his wife). EDIT: Speaking of which, Wikipedia seems to think he may be eligible for parole in a week or so. O_o
- bitwize 7y agoThat reminds me of William Hitler, nephew of Adolf, who was born in the UK and fought with the Americans in WWII. Led to some interesting conversations. "What's your name, son?" "Hitler." "Howdy, Hitler, you ready to help us fight Hitler?"
- andrewem 7y agoSee http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/to-hell-with-hitler.html http://www.lettersofnote.com/2012/08/to-hell-with-hitler.htm... for more detail on this.
- catalogia 7y agoI sympathize with the whole "why should I change, he's the one that sucks" attitude, but having the same name as a famous murderer is probably a good opportunity to adopt a 'stage name' for professional use, if not get it legally changed. I understand 'Hans' is related to 'Johannes' and is sometimes anglicized to 'John' (I believe one of my great grandfathers did this.) One of the nice things about the name 'John' is you can change it in various ways without anybody thinking it unusual; e.g. a 'John' can also call themselves 'Jack' and nobody thinks that unusual.
- justinclift 7y agoYeah, it is. It's fairly well known in PG circles. :)