David Gerard (fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au) [050515 23:49]:
David 'DJ' Hedley (spyders(a)btinternet.com)
[050515 23:47]:
> From: "David Gerard" <fun(a)thingy.apana.org.au>
> > If you see someone on IRC coming from
217.44.0.0/16 with a nick that's a
> > variation on my name, it's not me, it's Irate.
> > User:The Number comes from the same range (it's
btcentralplus.com, so
> > that's giving away approximately nothing) and may or may not be the same
> > person. Although The Number doesn't use trademark Irate typos.
>
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User_talk:The_Number
suggests a very similiar
> character so I wouldn't be at all surprised.
I'll check for typos. Irate's habit of typing
too fast and not bothering to
correct himself leads to various trademark typos. If The Number is Irate,
The Number can be blocked promptly as Irate trolling.
In fact, looking at the last week of edits, it appears to be a pure trolling
account.
- d.