Not So Deep Matrix

[K I Hyams]

I seriously doubt that.

It's quite clear future cloners that would have committed that mistake will no longer do it after reading your message.

This deterrent is gone.

If it is kept secret, it is not much of a deterrent.

[zullil]

I seriously doubt that.

It's quite clear future cloners that would have committed that mistake will no longer do it after reading your message.

This deterrent is gone.

If it is kept secret, it is not much of a deterrent.

You're right. But for deterrence, KLO could simply have posted: The Deep Matrix cloner failed because R. Houdart designed his code to prevent simple replacement of the author ID string.

[Uly]

If it is kept secret, it is not much of a deterrent.

Deterrent in the sense that it was stopping people from doing it right (e.g. people would have ended with a clone that set Robert as the Author.)

[K I Hyams]

I seriously doubt that.

It's quite clear future cloners that would have committed that mistake will no longer do it after reading your message.

This deterrent is gone.

If it is kept secret, it is not much of a deterrent.

You're right. But for deterrence, KLO could simply have posted: The Deep Matrix cloner failed because R. Houdart designed his code to prevent simple replacement of the author ID string.

Yes, I know but I was momentarily amused by both Uly’s oxymoron and the apparent irony inherent in the situation. I think that your previous point was correct; anyone capable of benefiting from KLO’s disclosure would not have chosen such a crude cloning technique.