The DMZ

Anonymous

4:00 PM

The weirdest part about that was that they went off the site for a really long time...

Anonymous

And one day appeared and started asking about me...

Anonymous

And ever since I deemed them quite odd. Given I've never interacted with them.

Anonymous

@nobody I wonder if that is still up.

Journeyman Geek

@Jis12yearsold. That's not nice :(

She is quite unpredictable any mysterious :D

Anonymous

Well, it might not be nice. But stalking me isn't nice either.

Anonymous

4:09 PM

So, I think my evaluation is justified.

Anonymous

I can pull the logs if I must, it is odd.

Journeyman Geek

Oh, the oddness I grok

Anonymous

You understand her oddness or understand it to be odd that she was stalking me?

Anonymous

I don't quite get that sentence.

Journeyman Geek

Oh, I understand that its odd.

Grok

Grok is a neologism coined by American writer Robert A. Heinlein for his 1961 science fiction novel Stranger in a Strange Land. While the Oxford English Dictionary summarizes the meaning of grok as "to understand intuitively or by empathy, to establish rapport with" and "to empathize or communicate sympathetically (with); also, to experience enjoyment", Heinlein's concept is far more nuanced, with critic Istvan Csicsery-Ronay Jr. observing that "the book's major theme can be seen as an extended definition of the term." The concept of grok garnered significant critical scrutiny in the years after...

Anonymous

4:12 PM

Oh right, yeah.

Anonymous

The most strange part for me was that: I wasn't active at the time, that meant she read logs.

Anonymous

She also read enough logs to know I spoke with forest a lot, hence why she directed her questions towards him.

Journeyman Geek

Dosen't sound inconsistant

Anonymous

I'd never interacted with her before that, didn't even know who she was at all.

Anonymous

And suddenly she was asking about me - I will always find that weird. And deem you a weirdo if you behave like that.

Anonymous

4:14 PM

To this day, I still don't know why she was interested. Or even bothered to ask about me at all. I likely will never know.

Anonymous

Although I do have some guesses to who they might be...

Journeyman Geek

Oh

Kalina is... Kalina...

Can't imagine her being anyone else

Anonymous

Well, what I mean is.

Anonymous

I think she might know me from another community.

Journeyman Geek

Ah

Anonymous

4:17 PM

Which is possibly one reason she asked those questions. But I cannot confirm it.

Anonymous

But, if she does know me from anothjer commuinity

Anonymous

that means she did extensive searching to get the suspicion i was that same person#

Anonymous

which makes thbe whole thing even more bizarre

Anonymous

With any luck one day she'll come back and explain it :DDD

Journeyman Geek

I doubt it :D

Anonymous

4:18 PM

ME too, lol.

Anonymous

think ive only seen her here once

Anonymous

as in, in chat

Anonymous

oh my heres rory

Rory McCune

it's probably been a while, I'd guess :)

Anonymous

what is happening

Journeyman Geek

4:19 PM

I haven't seen her here in ages

Anonymous

this is like a highschool reunion or something

Anonymous

:D

Anonymous

I can only assume the trashed messages were REALLY bad :D

Anonymous

Everyone is appearing >.<

Rory McCune

I don't think I can see anything like that, am not a mod :)

Anonymous

4:21 PM

I believe this is the rory that knows one of my old colleagues quite well or is familiar with them :think:

Journeyman Geek

@Jis12yearsold. there's an elder rory, and the other rory and then the international roryhood of rorys.

Anonymous

yeah now we need the other rory!

Anonymous

MOAR CONFUSION!

M'vy

Rory all the Rories!

Anonymous

Yes :D

Anonymous

4:29 PM

hah

Anonymous

> @J.J So it depends. If your goal is to get CREST qualified, you're probably just easier taking the CRT and don't bother with either CPSA or OSCP

Anonymous

That was a while ago..

nobody

@Jis12yearsold. Man if reading logs is odd... I don't know what I am. A creep?

Journeyman Geek

Yes?

Anonymous

No, the issue isn't so much reading logs.

Anonymous

4:35 PM

If that's how that sounded, then forgive me, that isn't a problem at all.

nobody

Ok thanks, that's a weight off my chest :D

Anonymous

What is odd, is reading so many logs that you find someone who I associate with enough that you feel you can ask that person about me and they'd know the answers you're looking for.

nobody

What happens when I @Rory ?

Who gets the ping?

Anonymous

When you throw on the fact that I'd never interacted with Kalina it makes the above statement go from odd to just extremely weird.

Journeyman Geek

@Jis12yearsold. the really funny thing is... I don't think any one of us knows anything about her.

Anonymous

4:37 PM

Well that adds to the strangeness IMO.

nobody

Hey I might, I've read enough logs ;)

M'vy

Anyone is entitle to their privacy

Anonymous

Right...

Anonymous

They are. So am I.

Rory McCune

@nobody fun fact, although I think it broke at some point, for a while I had a UTF-8 o character to avoid getting mis-pinged for people looking for @RoryAlsop

Anonymous

4:37 PM

She went out of her way to ask another user about me. That is also a violation of my privacy.

Anonymous

I mean, forest (cleverly) didn't say a lot. But whatever way you spin it, the whole scenario is strange.

Journeyman Geek

@Jis12yearsold. in the process, kinda poked a hole in her really good mysteriousness :D

Anonymous

@JourneymanGeek Heh, I guess so.

Anonymous

I mean, if I read enough of the logs, I can probably come up with some legitimate reasons for her asking. But I have read a few days either side of the multiple times she quizzed forest and I cannot make sense of it.

nobody

@Jis12yearsold. Sometimes people are just bored.

Anonymous

4:40 PM

I don't buy that as being a reason to ask particular questions about people.

nobody

Well, you can give her the benefit of doubt

Anonymous

Especially if you read her other messages...

Anonymous

As Journeyman said, she is quite mysterious.

Anonymous

I don't put it down to "boredom".

Anonymous

I should note: this was all a very long time ago. But I recalled it earlier when you linked a message from her.

nobody

4:41 PM

Heh, well maybe. I never read the logs with the view of analyzing anyone's behavior so I can't tell

In fact, I think at some point I also read the logs where she asked forest about you, but I don't remember much now

Journeyman Geek

@Jis12yearsold. I totally put it down to boredom

Anonymous

Who knows :D

Anonymous

Doesn't much matter anymore. Still weird though :d

Anonymous

im tired

Anonymous

and this custom shellcode writing is making my head hurt

Anonymous

5:50 PM

Oh man, this is an entire rabbit hole for real.

Anonymous

7:14 PM

@EvanCarroll Yes you are awesome.

Anonymous

Nice profile picture.

Anonymous

Also, don't think I've seen you here before so welcome.

Evan Carroll

Can you believe that whole conversation was removed. Who would have ever thought StackExchange would have a problem with a stand against apartheid.

Anyway. I'm reporting the removal to team@stackexchange.com.

Anonymous

Um.

Anonymous

Are you talking about the 200 messages from earlier?

Anonymous

7:17 PM

Were you involved in that conversation?

Evan Carroll

Yes.

Anonymous

Well, I don't know the content so I cannot speak for why it was removed. But, what I will say is that. Palestine is something which sits very close to me and so I am almost always going to suggest that the conversation should not have been not removed. But, I have heard that some of the messages probably were needing a removal. However, all is not something I can support.

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