I'm pretty sure Kevin_Raymer is just yanking everyones chain. His homenode is a cut-n-paste of Lesson 8 from here.. I'm sure there's more clues about his real identity in his posts but please please please stop wasting your time and feeding the trolls.

-derby

update: Since Kevin_Raymer was created on the same day BrowserUk penned Are monks hibernating?, I'm guessing Kevin_Raymer was created to wake us up from a winter slumber.

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Re: Kevin Raymer ... trolling for fun
by planetscape (Chancellor) on Feb 17, 2007 at 23:41 UTC

    Never ascribe to malice that which can be adequately explained by stupidity.
    -- Robert J. Hanlon

    planetscape

      In general I would concur with you.

      But of course, someone who knows/expects that his audience knows can trancend and use it to his advantage.

      In this case I'm fully with derby.

      The subject of "DOS" seems too good a shrewd choice. It will trigger the foe identification of some and pitying commentaries from others. On the other hand it's also old-fashioned enough that unless you want to admit/pretend that you learnt nothing in the last at least 15 years, noone will challenge you on your expertise on this subject either.
      Nearly two decades ago I had a co-worker who really was a DOS-guru, meaning he knew his Int21 table by heart. But such a person would not act today as if he had been in a state of suspended animation since that times.

      Update: On a completely different note: I wonder how the OP of this thread can be hit #3 in a Google search for "Kevin Raymer" since robots.txt here forbids all spidering?!

        I wonder how the OP of this thread can be hit #3 in a Google search for "Kevin Raymer" since robots.txt here forbids all spidering?!
        Interesting - it may not have been actually spidered, but just indexed from offsite links to it? Google doesn't show a snippet of the text, and has the title slightly wrong.

      I'm sorry if my cynicism offends anyone, but

      Never attribute to stupidity that which can be adequately explained by malice.
Re: Kevin Raymer ... trolling for fun
by Gavin (Archbishop) on Feb 17, 2007 at 10:36 UTC
    He may or may not be a Troll.
    But but that is not the point, a lot of interesting comment has emerged from the "Red Neck" ideas, and a lot of fun to boot!
    Gavin
Re: Kevin Raymer ... trolling for fun
by shmem (Chancellor) on Feb 18, 2007 at 23:28 UTC
    The following in On-Site CSS Markup in Display Settings may be helpful:
    [class$="599759"], [class$="599759"] * , a[href$="=599759"], a[href|=" +Kevin_Raymer"] { display: none; }

    --shmem

    _($_=" "x(1<<5)."?\n".q·/)Oo.  G°\        /
                                  /\_¯/(q    /
    ----------------------------  \__(m.====·.(_("always off the crowd"))."·
    ");sub _{s./.($e="'Itrs `mnsgdq Gdbj O`qkdq")=~y/"-y/#-z/;$e.e && print}

      Thanks ... that's good to remember. But in some weird sort of way, I'm kinda enjoying it now. I'm pretty sure he's a troll but I'm wondering who it is ... poll anyone?

      -derby
Re: Kevin Raymer ... trolling for fun
by itub (Priest) on Feb 19, 2007 at 12:50 UTC
    More than a troll, it looks like a prankster to me. I find his posts oddly hilarious. :) Reminds me a bit of Ted Nancy or Borat.
Re: Kevin Raymer ... trolling for fun
by robot_tourist (Hermit) on Feb 19, 2007 at 16:14 UTC

    update: Since Kevin_Raymer was created on the same day BrowserUk penned Are monks hibernating?, I'm guessing Kevin_Raymer was created to wake us up from a winter slumber.
    Maybe that explains why you never see BrowserUK and Kevin_Raymer in the same place...

    How can you feel when you're made of steel? I am made of steel. I am the Robot Tourist.
    Robot Tourist, by Ten Benson

Re: Kevin Raymer ... trolling for fun
by initiated (Acolyte) on Feb 17, 2007 at 00:01 UTC
    please please please stop wasting your time and feeding the trolls.
    Same to you, bub.