Re: concerning ~el8 / project mayhem

["Paul D. Robertson" <proberts () patriot net>]

On Sun, 18 Aug 2002, Barney Wolff wrote:

> A "recognized security expert" is going to be a target.  Price of fame,
> and all that.  Would you trust an overweight cardiologist?

Personally, I wouldn't evaluate a cardiologist based on their weight, but 
on how well they knew cardiology.    

There's an old saying- "The cobbler's children have no shoes" which isn't 
explained off by saying that the cobbler makes shoddy shoes- but that he's 
too busy making shoes for others to have produced them for his own 
children.

Having the data is different than knowning how to evaluate it.  Without 
knowning a cardiologist's skills in cardiology picking metrics and basing 
an evaulation on them is like choosing a firewall based on the 
colo[u]r of its box.  

Let's say said cardiologist spent so much time studying cardiology that 
she didn't get any exercise- would you really dismiss her over a skinny 
cardiologist who spent all his time running marathons and very little of 
it studying cardiology?  What if our esteemed overweight cardiologist had 
gland problems- is that a reason to disqualify her as a cardiologist?  
What if our unesteemed underweight cardiologist had a drug problem- would 
you still choose him first?  


Paul
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