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reply to daveinpoway

Re: What happened to the PC security site "PC Flank"?

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Last seen: 2004-09-30 08:30:16

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I think Randy used to hang out at Wilders or Castle Cops after leaving here, possibly some of the vendor specific websites.

But I must admit I haven't run across him myself in years.

Name Game (if he's still about) is another who might know where to find Randy.
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Joseph V. Morris

Okay, that's a bit of a memory jogger. Think it must have been Castle Cops. Didn't they host a Norton forum for a bit? Still, there was somewhere else he used to hang about, I just can't recall where.

I think Randy and I spent most of our time arguing about NIS and NPF (with varying degrees of civility) back in the old days, but I did used to hear from him thereafter.
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Joseph V. Morris

reply to Pjr
Since I used one of their security scanners a couple of weeks ago, the site can't have been down for months.

They certainly could have had a problem a few months ago, fixed it for awhile and then went down again.

As to what the present problem is, I guess they could have a hardware failure, they could be down because of a Denial-of-Service attack, or ??? Checking on Google, I haven't seen anything mentioned regarding what is presently happening.

reply to jvmorris

Okay, based on that, I would say check with the senior mods at those two forums (preferably privately) and try to locate him.

Well, let me explain why I say do it that way. Over the last decade, I've seen a number of people 'disappear' and some have had medical problems that they don't care to share will the world at large. (And some of them were very dear to me.) If that's the problem here (and I hope it isn't), one of these senior mods is likely to be able to give you some insight and let you know if they'd still like to keep in touch.

I honestly don't know if this is true in Randy's case, but I would suggest you respect his right to privacy if that's what he wishes. Probably best to take these queries offline now, until you can get some more information.
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Joseph V. Morris

reply to Pjr

Sounds like the PCFlank site was abandoned and then taken over by malware authors?

Randy willfully left dslr and has been active on Wilders and the Trojan Hunter site as Jrb2 stated. Not sure I'd call quitting and staying away because of a disagreement "principles'. He was a very nice guy, but extremely stubborn and could get quite heated.

reply to mers2
It wasn't a "disagreement" and he didn't leave "willfully" although some thought that was the case.

I do agree though that he could be quite stubborn and had quite a temper some times (but so did I). But other times, he was one of the sweetest guys I've ever known. He and I tended to fight and then makeup and then do it all over again.

He taught me all about how to handle viruses safely and that was a great gift.
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When governments fear people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. Thomas Jefferson

reply to jvmorris

Normally, I'd just offer to stuff him in my suitcase and bring him over with me, but I'm already close to the weight limit (and Randy probably wouldn't appreciate the thought anyway).
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Joseph V. Morris

reply to daveinpoway