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Tarsnap is written by the Colin Percival who works as the FreedBSD security officer. We can sometimes give more than money. (Colin is insanely bright too, so h

by egwor 12y ago

Tarsnap is written by the Colin Percival who works as the FreedBSD security officer. We can sometimes give more than money. (Colin is insanely bright too, so he is a true asset)

cperciva 12y ago
Colin Percival hasn't been the FreeBSD Security Officer for two years. He stepped down from the role because Tarsnap was taking too much of his time: http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2012-05-21-new-freebsd-security-officer.html http://www.daemonology.net/blog/2012-05-21-new-freebsd-secur...
- throwawayaway 12y ago
  Colin Percival is the Illeist.
  - tacoman 12y ago
    If I knew more about Colin Percival, I'd make a Colin Percival facts web site. e.g. Colin Percival could crash the entire bitcoin economy with the amount of bitcoins he's accidentally mined in his head, while sleeping.
    - icelancer 12y ago
      Jon Skeet facts, of sorts.
- balladeer 12y ago
  And still Colin Percival doesn't write a cross-platform Tarsnap GUI. He could do that just for fun, you know :-)
  - chris_wot 12y ago
    Except that if someone suggested this to him, he'd wonder why that would be considered enjoyable given he's having so much fun with the command line.
    - balladeer 12y ago
      Somehow I think that's sad. Really.
uniclaude 12y ago
You might not have noticed but you just replied to him.
- cperciva 12y ago
  Oh come on, telling him takes all the fun out of it.
  - uniclaude 12y ago
    Note to self: Keep your mouth shut in those funny situations. :)
  - dopkew 12y ago
    And lets a lot of others in on the joke...
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