If that poster responded to every comment that showed a lack of self-awareness with the comment "The lack of self awareness here is breathtaking" he'd create a bunch of threads that go on forever.
Haven't you encountered those 1. types that profit by passing on security rumors and pushing papers instead of examining software?
There was a nice presentation by some 2. types that recommended using delimiters in your network protocols instead of [length] data. But I can't find it yet.