Tag: Bill Brenner

  • Rebuttal: The difference between curmudgeon and curmudgeon [@shrdlu]

    [This was originally published on attrition.org. This is a rebuttal piece to “The difference between curmudgeon and curmudgeon.” (May 27, 2011) by shrdlu, which is itself a reply of sorts to my reply to Bill Brenner’s “Take the word curmudgeon and shove it” rant. Blockquoted material is from @shrdlu.] “It’s about maturity, which is a very different beast.” According to the dictionary, mature is defined as…

  • A Curmudgeonly Reply to an Anti-Curmudgeon Rant (in two parts)

    [This was originally published on attrition.org and then republished on Bill Brenner’s blog with permission.] Fri May 27 04:29:16 CDT 2011 Bill Brenner wrote an article titled “Take the word curmudgeon and shove it” in which he makes relatively sweeping statements about the “people in security [that] call themselves curmudgeon”. As one of the long-time security curmudgeons, I…

  • A Curmudgeonly Reply to an Anti-Curmudgeon Rant (in two parts)

    [This was originally published on attrition.org.] Bill Brenner wrote an article titled “Take the word curmudgeon and shove it” in which he makes relatively sweeping statements about the “people in security [that] call themselves curmudgeon”. As one of the long-time security curmudgeons, I took offense to his article, calling it pathetic. Brenner was intrigued by that response and others…