Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "David B." Newsgroups: alt.computer.workshop,uk.comp.sys.mac,comp.sys.mac.advocacy Subject: Re: Optimising performance with EtreCheckPro and Ulbow Date: Wed, 13 Aug 2025 22:12:35 +0100 Lines: 96 Message-ID: References: <1075j7c$rso5$1@dont-email.me> <1075o0u$rso5$2@dont-email.me> <1075t30$vdme$2@dont-email.me> <1077s68$1d40a$1@dont-email.me> <1078a8g$1d433$1@dont-email.me> <1078iku$1he2o$2@dont-email.me> <107aske$22qav$2@dont-email.me> <107ip7m$2vd0$1@dont-email.me> Reply-To: boaterdave@hotmail.co.uk Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net zy+i+d007+IoJfwsc/63dAOVWjX+CmXtFqRWbdzcobh/65vklz Cancel-Lock: sha1:Ac9h+DCTGS7jK/t+ro7OPprXJ14= sha256:k1qWU8FAdHxxwjf8NH1OYnMcTOEZJtRjh/QaXL1R7BM= User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird Content-Language: en-GB In-Reply-To: Xref: csiph.com uk.comp.sys.mac:181675 comp.sys.mac.advocacy:136522 On 13/08/2025 21:58, David B. wrote: > On 13/08/2025 20:32, Alan wrote: >> On 2025-08-13 12:09, David B. wrote: >>> On 10/08/2025 20:41, Alan wrote: >>>> On 2025-08-10 01:46, David B. wrote: >>>>> On 09/08/2025 23:38, Alan wrote: >>>>>> On 2025-08-09 14:49, David B. wrote: >>>>>>> On 09/08/2025 21:15, Alan wrote: >>>>>>>> On 2025-08-09 10:58, David B. wrote: >>>>>>>>> On 09/08/2025 17:15, Alan wrote: >>>>>>>>>> On 2025-08-09 01:50, David B. wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> On 08/08/2025 23:18, Alan wrote: >>>>>>>>>>> [....] >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Here's what Mr Daniel showed about himself:- https:// >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> i.ibb.co/ bRRy3cwQ/ Screenshot-2022-04-19-at-17-13-29.png >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Please help me understand why none of his other work can >>>>>>>>>>>>>>> be identified. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>>> I wouldn't piss on you if you were on fire. >>>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>>> That’s a colourful turn of phrase, but it does rather >>>>>>>>>>>>> underline my point: >>>>>>>>>>>>> when faced with a fair and reasonable technical question, >>>>>>>>>>>>> you choose to respond with personal abuse instead of facts. >>>>>>>>>>>> I wasn't given a "fair and reasonable" question, because you >>>>>>>>>>>> aren't a fair and reasonable person. >>>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>>> You're an asshole who I wouldn't bother to put out if he was >>>>>>>>>>>> on fire... >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Alan, >>>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>>> Your personal opinion of me is noted, but irrelevant to the >>>>>>>>>>> point at hand. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> It is as relevant as your attacks on someone else. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Alan, >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> The distinction is that I’m questioning software and its >>>>>>>>> developer in >>>>>>>>> the context of user security — not making remarks about someone’s >>>>>>>>> personal worth. >>>>>>>> Bully for you. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> You're a lying piece of shit, so what you say you are doing >>>>>>>> doesn't matter at all. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> Just whose sock-puppet are you, dear boy? >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> No one's, you lying sack of shit. >>>>> >>>>> I don't lie about anything, laddie! :-P >>>> >>>> You're lying about that. >>>> >>>>>> And don't you just hate that. >>>>> >>>>> I'd very much like to know which post(s) you, personally, made in >>>>> THIS thread! >>>>  > > https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/is-etrecheck-safe-to-use- >>>> and-is- >>>>> this-safe-place-to-download.2034144/page-2 >>>>> >>>>> Do tell! >>>> >>>> Sure. I've never seen that thread or to my best recollection ever >>>> posted anything on those forums. >>> >>> Do you know ANYTHING about Apple software?!!! >>> >>> Or hardware?!!! >> How do you get that response from the fact that I haven't read a >> particular thread on a not particularly important forum? > > Alan, > > Fair point — not having read a particular MacRumors thread doesn’t in > itself prove anything about your Apple knowledge. I only asked because > MacRumors is, in my view, the go-to Mac forum, and I was curious if > you’d seen the relevant discussion there. > > That said, in a thread about EtreCheck and Ulbow, it’s fair to ask > whether contributors have first-hand Apple experience to back their > opinions. My focus is on the facts — software behaviour, developer > background, and security implications — not personalities. https://forums.macrumors.com/threads/is-etrecheck-safe-to-use-and-is-this-safe-place-to-download.2034144/page-2 I was slightly phased by poster Applescrumpy! (Another 'will o' the wisp'!) Methinks a Troll!