Cringley on Microsoft and Linux

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Cringley on Microsoft and Linux

Posted by michael on Thursday October 23, 2003 @10:43AM from the a-week-without-cringley-is-like-a-week-without-sunshine dept.

brentlaminack writes "Time for this week's dose of I, Cringely. This week the Cringe talks about Ballmer's Orlando comments from this week. He compares Ballmer's comments with Linus's. Nothing new here for the /. group, but a good read for the non-technical."

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turd post by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 10:45 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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1. Re:Testing the spam bots... by corsec67 · 2003-10-23 10:48 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Why don't we do this with executives at spam companies and Microsoft employees? Just have the header of every page include a random "Evil" person's email address?
  
  Wow, I am actually serious.
  
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2. Re:Testing the spam bots... by adrianbaugh · 2003-10-23 11:06 · Score: 0, Offtopic
  
  Because we're trying to be better than them. That's the kind of thinking I'd expect from a 13-year-old spotty-face who's just installed Mandrake on his parents' computer and thinks he's l33t (but hasn't quite thought far enough ahead to realise the shit he's in when they get home...)
  Grow up.
  
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  - JRR Tolkien.
3. Re:Testing the spam bots... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 11:12 · Score: -1, Offtopic
  
  Whatever you say, a-j-e.baugh@virgin.net here's a nice plate of spam
Experts say case tilting in Bryant's favor by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 10:46 · Score: -1, Offtopic

EAGLE, Colo. - Kobe Bryant's legal team blasted holes in the rape case against the NBA star, putting pressure on prosecutors to come back with strong evidence at trial, legal experts said Thursday.

Startling details about the sex life of Bryant's accuser and her actions on the day of the alleged rape, revealed in court this week, tilted the case in Bryant's favor, analysts said.

"The prosecution is going to have to pull off a huge comeback," said Craig Silverman, a former Denver prosecutor. "For them to win, this young woman is going to have to be the greatest witness imaginable. They would also need a semi-confession from Kobe."

But a confident Eagle County District Attorney Mark Hurlbert suggested that more evidence was coming. "No prosecutor puts on their whole case at preliminary hearing," he said.

Among the biggest weaknesses in the prosecution's case was the testimony of its key witness, Sheriff's Detective Doug Winters, experts said.

Winters said the 19-year-old front-desk clerk was excited to meet the L.A. Lakers guard and expected him to "put a move on her" when she used a "back way" to sneak up to his room on June 30.

Winters testified Oct. 9 that the woman repeatedly told Bryant to stop when he began groping her. But he acknowledged under defense questioning Wednesday that the woman did not immediately tell cops that she had told Bryant "no."

"There is something wrong when the prosecution's key witness becomes the defense's star witness," Pozner said.

Eagle County Judge Frederick Gannett will rule Monday whether there is probable cause to send Bryant to trial.

Experts say it is all but certain that Bryant, 25, will be ordered to stand trial. But less clear is which evidence the judge will allow prosecutors to use against him.

While the accuser's interview with Winters is fair game, analysts were split whether defense lawyers will be able to tell jurors that the panties the accuser wore on the day of the alleged attack contained semen and pubic hair from a man other than Bryant.

Colorado's tough rape-shield law bars lawyers from delving into an alleged victim's sexual past. But some defense lawyers said Bryant's lawyers may be allowed to use the underwear to cast doubt on the woman's vaginal injuries.
MOD THIS ASSHAT DOWN!!! by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 10:49 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Fucking troll
Re:Don't forget... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 11:08 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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EXPERIMENT: Please do not mod down by ThisIsAnExampleAccou · 2003-10-23 11:15 · Score: -1, Offtopic

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I am currently running an experiment to see which spambots are collecting addresses from Slashdot. Please do not mod this message down. In fact, if you could mod this up, that would be great. I will publish the results of this experiment as soon as it is complete. Hopefully the results will be usefull to all /. denizens. Thanks! ThisIsAnExampleAccountGL@yahoo.com

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hey... by Anonymous Coward · 2003-10-23 11:41 · Score: -1, Offtopic

Can you raed tihs?
Re:Uhh... by damiam · 2003-10-23 11:49 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Which makes good e-mail forwards.
Correction: there is no such thing as a good email forward.

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Wrong section. by WalterDGeranios · 2003-10-23 12:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

. . . but a good read for the non-technical.
Oh. This belongs under Your Rights Online, then.
Re:Forgotten Element in Commercial and Open Source by Second+Vampyre · 2003-10-23 12:10 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Like sneak some code in Slashcode that makes it not validate as proper HTML, not close its tables properly, or possibly randomly spit out 500 server errors? I'll see what I can do about that.
design documents by jkczyz · 2003-10-23 13:31 · Score: 0, Offtopic

Could someone please point me to the design documents for Linux? I'm not sure where they are located. Thanks.