Declan McCullagh
But the veteran cypherpunk came under heavy fire in November 1996, when a loudmouthed flamer flooded the list with flame bait and ad hominem attacks on various members. Finally, Gilmore, ironically, gave him the boot [...]
Indeed, for months Gilmore seemed unable to do anything right. He tried moderation, which proved to be even more contentious, [...]
After the expulsion, some of the longtime list denizens left angrily, joining the 700 subscribers who had departed since the controversy began. One of those was Tim C. May, a crusty former Intel engineer who prides himself as the organizer of the first cypherpunk meeting in September 1992.
Tim left when the moderation experiment started, not after John
unsubscribed Dimitri, and blocked him from re-subscribing.
What does `crusty' mean as applied to a former Intel engineer?
Adam
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