0x0F. 2012 - Called out on slashdot for his text file manager's extremely poor performance (11 minutes to sort 1.8 million strings). Ironically claims he "chose" Pascal because it performs better than C++. Pasted Python but failed to indent lines, indicating he did not understand even the basics of Python.
0x10. 2014 - Zontar schooled him, doxed him, caught him in several other lies. People chimed in on Slashdot to say they hated him.
0x11. 2014-2015 - Bouldin repeatedly explained why OS hosts files are not suitable security against botnets, but Kowalrus didn't understand the technical aspects. Currently seems very confused about basic networking and how malware works. Doesn't understand basic Python, and believes the hosts file cannot be bypassed even after seeing Python code that does the bypassing. When provided proof that malware with millions of infections (Ramnit, Gameover Zeus) can bypass the hosts file (and other OS protection mechanisms), he called the malware "edge cases."
0x12. Still has not accomplished anything since his long-since-deleted "security guide" from 2007 or his text file manager from 2010. Nevertheless, he declares victory over everyone, on every forum he has ever visited. Has no friends.

Other events on Jan 31st:
* Guy Fawkes was hanged, drawn, and quartered.
* Germany used poison gas at a large scale for the first time in history of warfare.
* The Soviet Union exiled Leon Trotsky.
* Harry Truman announced a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
* Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive.

0x0F. 2012 - Called out on slashdot for his text file manager's extremely poor performance (11 minutes to sort 1.8 million strings). Ironically claims he "chose" Pascal because it performs better than C++. Pasted Python but failed to indent lines, indicating he did not understand even the basics of Python. 0x10. 2014 - Zontar schooled him, doxed him, caught him in several other lies. People chimed in on Slashdot to say they hated him. 0x11. 2014-2015 - Bouldin repeatedly explained why OS hosts files are not suitable security against botnets, but Kowalrus didn't understand the technical aspects. Currently seems very confused about basic networking and how malware works. Doesn't understand basic Python, and believes the hosts file cannot be bypassed even after seeing Python code that does the bypassing. When provided proof that malware with millions of infections (Ramnit, Gameover Zeus) can bypass the hosts file (and other OS protection mechanisms), he called the malware "edge cases." 0x12. Still has not accomplished anything since his long-since-deleted "security guide" from 2007 or his text file manager from 2010. Nevertheless, he declares victory over everyone, on every forum he has ever visited. Has no friends. Other events on Jan 31st: * Guy Fawkes was hanged, drawn, and quartered. * Germany used poison gas at a large scale for the first time in history of warfare. * The Soviet Union exiled Leon Trotsky. * Harry Truman announced a program to develop the hydrogen bomb. * Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive.

Alex Kowalrus In a Nutshell (A Life of Failure)
0x00. Birthday was January 31st (see below).
0x01. 198x - Got a mediocre degree in IT from LeMoyne University. No computer science degree. LeMoyne actually disbanded their CS department from 1994 - 2008.
0x02. Fired from Sunbelt in 2000. Never found full-time employment again, much less as a software engineer. Moved back in with mom in Syracuse.
0x03. 2000 - Banned from Arstechnica. Rejoined under another name (lied) to argue for himself. Everyone there hated him.
0x04. 2003 - Attempted to argue with Dr. Russinovich (of sysinternals.com) in the comments below Russinovich's blog. Other commenters schooled him, but he still claims he beat Russinovich in an argument that Russinovich did not realized happened.
0x05. 2006 - Someone opened petition on petitiononline.com to have APK put to death. It got (at least) 29 signatures.
0x06. 2007 - Banned from Antionline.com because everyone there hated him. Posted his "security guide," which everyone agreed was not good.
0x07. 2008 - Actually got paid $100 for his security guide as a newsletter prize, and thus claims, to this day, that he's a "security professional."
0x08. 2008 - Admitted he doesn't understand UNIX, saying, "I am more of a Win32 guy the past few years though, so I must ask [what iptables is]."
0x09. 2008 - Made legal threats against Thor Schrock. Backed down, and was publicly embarrassed by Schrock.
0x0A. 2010 - His mom gave him the house (worth $100,000). He currently lies about that and claims to be independently wealthy.
0x0B. 2010 - Wrote a buggy file manager in Pascal that performs terribly. Could not find anyone to pay for it.
0x0C. Managed to get malwarebytes to host his file manager because it's free. Lied and denied it's just a file manager, but Malwarebytes calls it what it is: a "Small program for managing the HOSTS file"
0x0D. 2011 - BarbaraHudson caught him in a lie - that he had plenty of +5 modded posts on slashdot. They were all at -1.
0x0E. 2011 - Attempted to re-add garbage to Wikipedia 20 times on the Windows hosts file. Had it removed each time. Complained in the editorial pages, but was shot down.

Thanks for crapping on the thread, APK. Let's take a trip down memory lane.

"Better than faking you're a jew when you're not and grandma paying your way fool when you indebted yourself so far you'll never get out." - Anonymous Peter Kowalrus

"Better than faking you're a jew when you're not and grandma paying your way fool when you indebted yourself so far you'll never get out." - Anonymous Peter Kowalrus

Agreed; IPO is the exit strategy for these private investors. It's how they cash out.

I feel like I should point out that facebook's price/earnings ratio is 80, which seems insane since their business model has matured and it's not clear how in the world they can squeeze out 4x the profits. In fact, it seems more like they are a house of cards that could easily fall over given a market disruption.

But, that's the IPO these investors have in mind when they're guiding the next facebook to a public offering.

I suspect zuckerberg knows his company is overvalued, and that's why he is willing to pay billions for companies that have no revenue model. He knows FB stock is "funny money."

Anonymous Peter Kowalrus wrote:

Better than faking you're a jew when you're not and grandma paying your way fool when you indebted yourself so far you'll never get out.

lolwut

16. 2014 - Zontar schooled him, doxed him, and caught him in many other lies. People chimed in on Slashdot to call him out on his crazy lies and say they hated him.
17. 2014-2015 - Bouldin repeatedly explained why OS hosts files do not provide security against botnets, but Kowalrus couldn't understand the technical aspects. Currently seems surprisingly confused about basic networking and how malware works. Cannot read basic Python, and believes the hosts file cannot be bypassed even after seeing Python code that does the bypassing. When given examples of malware with millions of infections (e.g. Ramnit, Gameover Zeus) that can bypass the hosts file (and other OS protection mechanisms), he dismissed the malware as "edge cases."
18. Still has not done anything since his long-since-deleted security guide from 2007 or his text file manager from 2010. Declares victory over everyone on every forum he has ever visited. Currently has no friends.

Other events on Jan 31st:
* Guy Fawkes was hanged, drawn, and quartered.
* Germany used poison gas at a large scale for the first time in history of warfare.
* The Soviet Union exiled Leon Trotsky.
* Harry Truman announced a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
* Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive.

Alex Kowalrus In a Nutshell (A Life of Failure)
0. Birthday was January 31st (see below).
1. 198x - Got a mediocre degree in IT from LeMoyne, but not a computer science degree. LeMoyne U actually disbanded their CS dept from 1994 - 2008.
2. Fired from Sunbelt in 2000. Never found full-time employment again, much less as a software engineer. Moved back in with mom in Syracuse.
3. 2000 - Banned from Arstechnica.com, but rejoined under another alias (a lie) to argue for himself. Everyone in the forums hated him.
4. 2003 - Attempted to argue with Dr. Russinovich (of sysinternals.com) in the comments below Russinovich's blog. Other commenters schooled him, but he still claims he beat Russinovich in an argument that Russinovich did not realized happened.
5. 2006 - Someone opened a petition on petitiononline.com to have APK put to death. The petition got (at least) 29 signatures.
6. 2007 - Banned from Antionline.com because everyone there hated him. Posted his "security guide," which everyone agreed was not good.
7. 2008 - Actually got paid $100 for his security guide as a newsletter prize, and thus claims, to this day, that he's a "security professional."
8. 2008 - Admitted he doesn't understand UNIX, saying, "I am more of a Win32 guy the past few years though, so I must ask [what iptables is]."
9. 2008 - Made legal threats against Thor Schrock, but turned out to be bluffing. Embarrassed publicly by Schrock.
10. 2010 - His mom gave him the house (worth $100,000). He currently lies about that and claims to be independently wealthy.
11. 2010 - Wrote a buggy file manager in Pascal that performs terribly. Could not find anyone to pay for it.
12. Managed to get malwarebytes to host his freeware file manager. Currrently lies, denying it's just a file manager, but the Malwarebytes site labels it a "Small program for managing the HOSTS file"
13. 2011 - BarbaraHudson caught him in a lie - that he had plenty of +5 modded posts on slashdot. They were all at -1.
14. 2011 - Attempted to re-add garbage about the Windows hosts file to Wikipedia 20 times, but it was removed each time. Tried complaining in the editorial pages, but was shot down.
15. 2012 - Called out on slashdot for his text file manager's extremely poor performance (11 minutes to sort 1.8 million strings). Ironically claims he "chose" Pascal because it performs better than C++. Pasted Python but failed to indent lines, indicating he did not understand even the basics of Python.

Let me guess. You have some goofy visual basic script to get around Slashdot's lameness filter. You must be proud.

#owned

16. 2014 - Zontar schooled him, doxed him, caught him in several other lies.
17. 2014-2015 - Bouldin repeatedly explained why OS hosts files are not suitable security against botnets, but Kowalrus didn't understand the technical aspects. Currently seems very confused about basic networking and how malware works. Doesn't understand basic Python, and believes the hosts file cannot be bypassed even after seeing Python code that does the bypassing. When provided proof that malware with millions of infections (Ramnit, Gameover Zeus) can bypass the hosts file (and other OS protection mechanisms), he called the malware "edge cases."
18. Still has not done anything since his long-since-deleted security guide from 2007 or his text file manager from 2010. Declares victory over everyone on every forum he has ever visited. Currently has no friends.

Other events on Jan 31st:
* Guy Fawkes was executed.
* Germany used poison gas at a large scale for the first time in history of warfare.
* The Soviet Union exiled Leon Trotsky.
* Harry Truman announced a program to develop the hydrogen bomb.
* Viet Cong launched the Tet Offensive.

Illogical? Only if you don't understand logic. Since you never took logic classes, you probably don't.

Here, I updated your timeline:

Alex Kowalrus In a Nutshell (A Life of Failure)
0. Birthday was January 31st (see below).
1. 198x - Got a mediocre degree in IT from LeMoyne University. No computer science degree. LeMoyne actually disbanded their CS department from 1994 - 2008.
2. Fired from Sunbelt in 2000. Never found full-time employment again, much less as a software engineer. Moved back in with mom in Syracuse.
3. 2000 - Banned from Arstechnica. Rejoined under another name (lied) to argue for himself.
4. 2003 - Tried to argue with Dr. Russinovich (of sysinternals.com) in comments below Russinovich's blog. Other forum posters schooled him. Nevertheless, he still claims he beat Russinovich in an argument that Russinovich did not realized happened.
5. 2006 - Someone opened petition on petitiononline.com to have APK put to death. It got (at least) 29 signatures.
6. 2007 - Banned from Antionline.com. Everyone there hated him. Copy/pasted his "security guide," which everyone agreed was not good.
7. 2008 - Actually got paid $100 for his security guide as a newsletter prize, and thus claims, to this day, that he's a "security professional."
8. 2008 - Admitted he doesn't understand UNIX: "I am more of a Win32 guy the past few years though, so I must ask [what iptables is]."
9. 2008 - Made legal threats against Thor Schrock, but turned out to be bluffing. Embarrassed publicly by Schrock.
10. 2010 - Mom gave him the house (worth $100,000, counting land). He currently lies about that, claiming to be independently wealthy.
11. 2010 - Wrote a crappy file manager in Pascal that performs terribly. Nobody would pay for it.
12. Managed to get malwarebytes to host his file manager because it's free. Lied and denied it's just a file manager, but Malwarebytes calls it what it is: a "Small program for managing the hosts file"
13. 2011 - BarbaraHudson caught him in a lie - that he had plenty of +5 modded posts on slashdot. They were all at -1.
14. 2011 - Attempted to re-add garbage to Wikipedia 20 times on the Windows hosts file. Had it removed each time. Complained in the editorial pages, but was shot down.
15. 2012 - Embarrassed on slashdot for his text file manager's extremely poor performance (11 minutes to sort 1.8 million strings). Currently claims he "chose" Python because C++ does not perform as well. Pasted Python but failed to indent lines, showing he did not understand the basics of Python.

Ever bought real estate? It's possible to do that for tax purposes from relative & 1 time gift stuff etc.- et al. IS that what was PAID though? You must wonder (houses worth 100k + land around it worth more too I paid for but helped Dad). Taxes, taxes, taxes & capital GAINS are key.

You really are condescending. That's (part of) why nobody likes you.

The $1 sales price means the house was a gift. If you actually handed over more money than that (doubtful), then you committed fraud.

I knew you were stupid, but not so stupid to RENT, which evidently you do still, lol!

Ha, yeah, nice try.

(I do, 2 of them, AS in CS + BS in MIS

Assocates in CS is meaningless. You don't get into real CS classes until Junior year. This means you have a BS in MIS (a circa 80's degree, at that).

... where I was also a lettering NCAA athlete 1st string no less for a many time national or divisional champ... how about you, creampuff? No?? Didn't think so!)

Congrats. But then you started smoking, and now you sit around playing Diablo all day.

All you have now is arstechnica lies I long ago disproved in the post parent to yours... all done now?

Disproved? I read the posts. People criticized your shitty software, and you flew off the handle and got banned for it. You made a lot of enemies there. By the way, I noticed someone started a petition to have you killed in 2006. According to the archive.org page, it got at least 29 signatures. So, congrats on that, too!

Uhm, call LeMoyne's CS dept, & computer center. It was VAX 1180 during my time @ LeMoyne 1984-1987.

Even if you had gotten a CS degree (you didn't), that was a way shitty school that actually disbanded the CS department from 1994 - 2008.

Enough to buy a house from Dad (not ma)

Funny, the tax assessor said she sold it to you in 2010 for $1. So I guess you were actually just living at mom's house until 2010, when she gave it to you.

UNIX & VMS here.

Just cause you said it doesn't make it true. Your internet history shows otherwise - a windows luser.