> mail('mark@ookoo.org', 'BLOCK IMPORT ERROR', $e->getMessage()."\n\n".$e);
I haven't done much digging around this issue (so perhaps someone can enlighten me on this) but I was curious at what was at that domain (since it seemed the email was going to Mark Karpeles). When I went to the staff page[1] I could see his company Mutum Sigillum LLC takes care of the administration for that IRC network. That same staff page used his nickname MagicalTux and the corresponding page[2] links to his "Professionnal PHP5 certification"[3] but that lists his name as "Robert Karpeles" and not Mark Karpeles. Does anyone know why this is? Did he change his name between 2006 and now?
[1] http://en.wiki.gg.st/wiki/Staff [2] http://en.wiki.gg.st/wiki/MagicalTux [3] http://www.expertrating.com/transcript.asp?transcriptid=1005...
Edit: After more digging and looking at his test scores and code, I have come to the conclusion that this guy's skill level is not what he thinks it is. Here is my favourite: http://code.ohloh.net/file?fid=it28K0-Hdeyw2F2XDguAEU0ZSKI&c...
Notice his fix to stop local file inclusion vulnerabilities in PHP, apparently he has never heard of a null byte.