Re: Quote of the Day: Bruce Schneier (Again)

["Michael Silk" <michaelslists () gmail com>]

On 5/31/07, Nick FitzGerald <nick () virus-l demon co uk> wrote:
> Michael Silk wrote:
>
> > how is that a good quote?
>
> Well, in the greater context of the article, it's quite good...


fine; i didn't read the article; i just took this opportunity to vent my
feelings about him. but it is a quote suggesting his current practice of
stating things we already know.


> all he does (lately) is state the blindingly obvious.
>
> Whilst that is debatable, as pointed out by others already,
> particularly in light of his probable readership, assuming we may allow
> a degree of verisimilitude to your observation, to the extent that it
> is true, that is at least partly due to him having been saying much the
> same things, in variously differently clever ways for so long that at
> least some of what he has been saying is now seen as "obvious" by at
> least some of those who now so claim it.


that must've been a fun sentence to type.

you're kidding yourself if you think he does much more then echo - loudly -
the thoughts of others. i mean, good on him in getting his message to the
crowd; and having an audience to listen [the various mags that interview
him] but to 'security professionals' his commentary isn't particularly
insightful or interesting. i'd hardly consider any of his 'recent' (in terms
of years) writings on his blog 'clever'.


Regards,
> Nick FitzGerald
>
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