on or about 971013:0133 Adam Back <aba@dcs.ex.ac.uk> was purported to have expostulated to perpetuate an opinion: +I wrote: +> However another aspect to this argument over credentials is a comment +> that arose when another person with a PhD who used the title "Dr" in +> his From line subscribed to the list. That person was Fred Cohen. +> His above average education in having his PhD didn't seem to reflect +> in his posts, and several people commented on this fact. It seems to +> be that listing qualifications in From fields is asking for rude +> comments, or it seems to attract criticism :-) +> +> I can say I like the practice. + ^^^ +typo, I meant to write "I _can't_ say I like the practice". -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- as I always refer to my degree of {in}competence: PiledHigherDeeper in Zuerich is was Hr. Dr. Prof.... but then, the Swiss love 'em. as for Cohen, he was a fraud, and will always be a fraud. he was defrocked of his professors gown for some irregularity. he was fun to attack though <g> -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 2.6.3i Charset: latin1 Comment: No safety this side of the grave. Never was; never will be iQCVAwUBNEJxT704kQrCC2kFAQG93AQAsaqNFV30tbmOmanknXUwLXWTk8vN1Gpy QQVUq/+yNJHRvoIusYclewZVJc5/29VIrDTVs8NYAh9hjiwoaHpSW82SAaIsz2eX JS2Cr+8i4/QsV/lDWsykJT00QcP9lommpg4zJ3BNtwblKdfXAnQy9NDuxlCFGOtZ ZEM5m+nL2gs= =rNOp -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----