[One (M8) Android Development] skulldreamz:
Its cool man, I'm going to be honest and let you know that you are assuming I was referring to you. I actually started to not even share and express what I have been dealing with emotionally since the guy who this article is about bricked his phone by me sharing with the community the process of dd'ing. He admitted to not following the directions clearly and that post literally made a tear or two build up in my eyes when I read what had happened to his phone even though I did nothing wrong.

Funny thing is that as I started writing this and got to the part where I was talking about the safety differences of the 2 ways to flash I could not help and think of you and the enormous contributor you have been to this community and me in my favorite field of android which is security. When I got my first HTC one x last year I always was reading your thread thinking that you were the security god at xda which you are and I just always wanted to be like you 1 day and know some stuff about this oh so important subject that is not taken as serious as it should by the newer community. I didn't realize this until posting my own thread and all the questions that have been answered 1000 times already and all the PM's I get about people asking if I can do it for them you know the deal. It's actually funny how my thread came about and it was one day that I had read numerous comments about how people get a knot in their stomach when flashing through ruu mode and feel so scared cuz of the risk and I was talking to a friend 1 day and he and I were joking about how we feel so nervous to flash ruus that can take so long and what could happen and that's when I decided to research about any other ways to flash firmware and such but found none. So the name started out as a joke that we get so scared we feel like we are going to have a panic attack and it stuck when not too long ago I was with my relatives and my cousin was telling me that with htc you can load the firmware on a external_sd and flash it just by booting into hboot. Well my grandfather was the lead software engineer for Harry Diamond Labs which was the biggest company that our military contracted out to have our weapons designed back in the 50's, 60's, 70's, etc... and he actually was the guy who designed the fuse for our patriot missiles and that's how I got into what I love and am now pursuing as my career and going to school and want to follow in the footsteps of my papa.

So in closing sorry if I didn't express correctly or made you feel uncomfortable or that I was talking about you because I look at you with the up most respect and we are so lucky to have you. I was so happy when I saw you come to the m8 and I know our community felt so relieved because of your stance on safety when flashing. To everyone out there I'm not pro DD lol or anything, just the way I got comfortable with dd a img and it just kinda stuck and I don't know as much as you about what exactly happens with the raw data getting flipped, while I understand the whole number part of it but not the chance that a something could happen in that second and cause a brick. Well my goal is to only get smarter and smarter and hopefully 1 day I will have a quarter of the respect that you have around these parts. Thanks again for all you do and sorry that I ramble on and on and on. Lol