[Linux-aus] Final keynote for linux.conf.au 2012 to be given by Jacob Appelbaum!

[James Polley]

/me feeds the troll

On Sat, Dec 3, 2011 at 3:57 AM, David Lloyd <lloy0076 at adam.com.au> wrote:

>
> He trains? I find it offensive we cannot use the English language
> correctly.
>

I assume you're referring to the sentence:

> A developer for The Tor Project, Appelbaum trains interested parties
> globally on how to effectively use and contribute to the Tor network.

I'm fascinated. What exactly do you think is wrong with the use of 'trains'
in that sentence? I went to school in QLD in the late 80s, so I missed out
on any education about grammar beyond definitions of nouns and verbs.


>
> Maybe Linux Conference Organisers should be able to write grammatical
> English too.
>

Because after all, grammatical English is exactly what we want the
conference organisers to be focused on - it's by far the most important
part of the conference!


>
> DSL
>
> On 01/12/2011, at 11:22 PM, Josh Stewart wrote:
>
> Hi FOSS lovers!
>
> Can you believe its only 45 days until linux.conf.au 2012 kicks off in
> Ballarat? Well, just in case the excitement hasn't started to kick in yet,
> we're thrilled to be able to announce our 4th and final keynote speaker for
> the event… Mr Jacob Appelbaum!
>
> Jacob Appelbaum (@ioerror <https://twitter.com/#!/ioerror>,
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jacob_Appelbaum) is a renowned, independent
> internet security professional, accomplished photographer, software hacker
> and world traveller.
>
> A developer for The Tor Project, Appelbaum trains interested parties
> globally on how to effectively use and contribute to the Tor network. Since
> its initial release, Tor has enabled roughly 36 million people around the
> world to experience freedom of access and expression on the Internet
> while keeping them in control of their privacy and anonymity. Its network
> has proved pivotal in dissident movements in both Iran and more recently
> Egypt.
>
> A driving force in the team behind the creation of the Cold Boot Attacks,
> Appelbaum won both the Pwnie for Most Innovative Research award and the
> Usenix Security best student paper award in 2008. Additionally, he was part
> of the MD5 Collisions Inc. team that created a rogue CA certificate by
> using a cluster of 200 PlayStations funded by the Swiss taxpayers. The
> "MD5 considered harmful today" research was awarded the best paper award
> at CRYPTO 2009.
>
> He is also a staff research scientist at the University of
> WashingtonSecurity and Privacy lab. Appelbaum is also a founding member of
> the hacklab Noisebridge in San Francisco where he indulges his interests in
> magnetics, cryptography and consensus based governance.
>
> To whet your appetite before his keynote at linux.conf.au 2012, you can
> watch some of Jacob's previous presentations at:
> •
> http://www.sonoma.edu/newscenter/2011/11/wikileaks-volunteer-jacob-appelbaum-explores-internet-censorship-and-surveillance-nov-17.html
>  • https://plus.google.com/u/1/100543391610947530518/posts/DAS542X1qEJ
>
> Full details of the announcement can be found at:
> http://linux.conf.au/media/news/72
>
> On behalf of the linux.conf.au 2012 team, we're hugely exctied to have
> Jacob join our other keynote speakers:
>  • Karen Sandler - http://linux.conf.au/media/news/51
> • Bruce Perens - http://linux.conf.au/media/news/32
>  • Paul Fenwick - http://linux.conf.au/media/news/68
> We hope you'll all join us in Ballarat for what is shaping up to be a
> great linux.conf.au!
>
>
>
> - Josh Stewart
>
> -----------------------------------------------------
> Conference director
> linux.conf.au 2012 - Ballarat 16- 20 Jan
> http://lcaunderthestars.org.au
>
>
> - linux.conf.au 2012 -
> • linux.conf.au will be held 16th-20th January 2012 in Ballarat,
> Victoria, Australia.
>  • Registrations for are now open and will remain so until Jan 16 or sold
> out!
> • The draft conference schedule is available at:
> http://linux.conf.au/programme/schedule
>  • Media enquiries are warmly welcomed to media at lcaunderthestars.org.au
> • Please follow us at @linuxconfau on Twitter and Identica.
>
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