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Hans Reiser To Reveal Location of Wife's Body

dlgeek writes "The story of Hans Reiser is well known to all Slashdotters by now. Some still placed doubts about the conviction, stating that he might be innocent. It now seems that all doubt has been quelled, since Alameda County District Attorney Thomas Orloff has revealed that Hans Reiser will disclose the location of Nina's body for a reduced sentence. The deal is not yet finalized, though. 'There's been some overtures,' Orloff said, 'But everything is in its preliminary stage.' The deal would reduce his conviction from first degree to second degree murder. In addition, an anonymous source close to the situation said that 'the only real leverage he has is if he can provide a body. He really doesn't have any options left. Even if he won a retrial somehow, he'd likely be convicted.'"

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  1. World's Greatest Detective by alcmaeon · · Score: 5, Funny

    BS. This doesn't mean he did it. It means he is the World's Greatest Detective. He's Batman!

    1. Re:World's Greatest Detective by zwei2stein · · Score: 4, Funny

      Well, you'd better hurry tell this to Dexter...

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    2. Re:World's Greatest Detective by jo42 · · Score: 5, Funny

      OJ did it!

    3. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Slimee · · Score: 2, Funny

      Like omg! Linux is run by murders!! Down with Linux! Down with open source! End the murderous rampage and burn your copy of Linux!

    4. Re:World's Greatest Detective by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, sure, blame it on the black guy. That's what they always do.

    5. Re:World's Greatest Detective by elrous0 · · Score: 4, Funny

      I hear "Some Puerto Rican Guy" did it.

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    6. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Slashdot+Suxxors · · Score: 5, Funny

      You must be new here.

    7. Re:World's Greatest Detective by FoolsGold · · Score: 4, Funny

      If the Journal doesn't fit, you must acquit!

    8. Re:World's Greatest Detective by clam666 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I hope this finally serves as a "wake up call" for Linux lickers and lovers that using Linux does increase chances of violence and murder. For too long now Linux lovers have accused Microsoft of tomfoolery, when Microsoft has only delivered wholesome, moral, and radidly patched products.

      Perhaps now they'll finally start listening to the studies that Linux and open-source leads to genital herpes and PWNING your wife with a .45 and a shovel.

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    9. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Skrapion · · Score: 5, Funny

      Are seven-digit users allowed to use that meme?

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    10. Re:World's Greatest Detective by TheGratefulNet · · Score: 5, Funny

      Oh, sure, blame it on the black guy. That's what they always do.

      you aren't keeping current, are you? the moslems are the new 'black guys'. everyone just moved up one peg.

      isn't america great?

      (ob disc: 'mind of mencia' joke. you really need to hear him tell it.)

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    11. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Directrix1 · · Score: 5, Funny

      All coding and no play makes Hans a dull boy.
      All coding and no play makes Hans a dull boy.

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    12. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Fweeky · · Score: 5, Funny

      He doesn't know where he is, but he's got a lot of experience in building b-trees to locate things in sublinear time; how difficult can it be?

    13. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Adriax · · Score: 5, Funny

      I burn copies of linux all the time.

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    14. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      (ob disc: 'mind of mencia' joke. you really need to hear him tell it.)
      Nah... Besides, I probably already heard it from someone else first...
    15. Re:World's Greatest Detective by paintswithcolour · · Score: 5, Funny
      Exactly Reiser doesn't have to say he killed his wife...he just needs to argue that IF he killed her, this is where he would have hidden the body.

      It's mere coincidence that the actual killer thought the same way.

    16. Re:World's Greatest Detective by afidel · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why not, my UID is halfway through the 6 digits and I've been here since about 3 months after the site started. For the longest time there was no real reason to sign up for an account. It wasn't till they allowed you to filter John Katz that I bothered =)

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    17. Re:World's Greatest Detective by dgatwood · · Score: 4, Funny

      Are seven-digit users allowed to use that meme?

      No. You must be new here. :-)

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    18. Re:World's Greatest Detective by GAVollink · · Score: 4, Funny

      True enough... If it weren't for newbies we'd have nobody to pick on. ;-)

    19. Re:World's Greatest Detective by grub · · Score: 2, Funny

      I was going to make a joke but then realized you're an old timer... :P

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    20. Re:World's Greatest Detective by BEI01 · · Score: 5, Funny

      I guess Hans really did shoot first.

    21. Re:World's Greatest Detective by sconeu · · Score: 4, Funny

      But, in a post-JonKatz world, can we really afford to get a UID just to filter JonKatz?

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    22. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Neph · · Score: 5, Funny

      I was going to make a joke but I need to chase some kids off my lawn.

    23. Re:World's Greatest Detective by A+nonymous+Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

      "Newbie"? You calling someone "newbie"?!? That's rich.

      (Let's see if we can get Taco to come in here eventually.)

    24. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Just+Some+Guy · · Score: 4, Funny

      Newb.

      waits for it...

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    25. Re:World's Greatest Detective by sgentry6 · · Score: 3, Funny

      find / -type body -name '.*' | grep -i nina
      /usr/home/.woods/.nina-body

      Sorry, I couldn't help it.

    26. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Erbo · · Score: 5, Funny

      You both are a bunch of steenkin' n00bs. Now get off my lawn. :-)

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    27. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Big+Jason · · Score: 2, Funny

      Poser.

    28. Re:World's Greatest Detective by lars · · Score: 5, Funny

      It's spelled "nOOb", nOOb. Back when I joined we had to use smoke signals. Go ahead and try making a puff look like an "e" or a "w".

    29. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Kartoffel · · Score: 2, Funny

      Ah yes, the Katz filter. One of the benefits of early membership :)

    30. Re:World's Greatest Detective by cixelsyd · · Score: 5, Funny

      Get off my lawn!

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    31. Re:World's Greatest Detective by mollymoo · · Score: 3, Funny

      A six-digit UID might have been here for nine years. Which is probably long enough to qualify. There's a lot of variation in the six-figures though, so we do need a cutoff. Let's say anyone with a UID over 202722 is a noob.

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    32. Re:World's Greatest Detective by TheSpoom · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hans Reiser couldn't have done it, because he lives on the planet Endor. But humans are from the planet Earth! Does this make sense? No! Ladies and gentlemen of this supposed jury, it does not make sense! If Reiser lives on Endor, you must acquit! The defense rests.

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    33. Re:World's Greatest Detective by wurp · · Score: 2, Funny

      It's nice of you to let the guy who signed up after you slide!

    34. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Owyn · · Score: 2, Funny

      Hah.

      The only reason I post any more is to join in on these UID threads...

    35. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Pathwalker · · Score: 4, Funny

      They are amusing when they pop up from time to time.

    36. Re:World's Greatest Detective by Mark+J+Tilford · · Score: 4, Funny

      Darned Whippersnappers!

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    37. Re:World's Greatest Detective by DeathElk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Can I please mow your lawn?

    38. Re:World's Greatest Detective by pez · · Score: 3, Funny

      meept!

  2. Who said Reiser doesn't support robust recovery? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    Weeks ago, there wasn't even a known body!

  3. Got any Line? by Creepy+Crawler · · Score: 5, Funny

    Great comic strip who didnt believe him HERE.

    Got any lime?

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  4. The Anastasia mail order bride ad by edittard · · Score: 5, Funny

    Anyone else consider the Anastasia advert to be in bad taste, given the context of the story?

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    1. Re:The Anastasia mail order bride ad by nfk · · Score: 2, Funny

      Well, I have always felt insulted by the Anastasia ad, given the geekiness of the Slashdot crowd. We don't order them, we build our own.

    2. Re:The Anastasia mail order bride ad by Actually,+I+do+RTFA · · Score: 2, Funny

      So it's like those 3D printers we keep hearing about?

      Nah, these really exist and can completely reproduce. Just most /.'ers will find it easier to aquire a 3D printer.

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  5. Re:*sigh* by hostyle · · Score: 5, Funny
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  6. Re:Who said Reiser doesn't support robust recovery by JonathanR · · Score: 4, Funny

    Yeah, but by now, I reckon they'll only find a few bits.

  7. I would really like to know by Scholasticus · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean that some time soon Richard Stallman is going to tell us where the HURD kernel is?

  8. ReiserFS Undelete Option Shown by cryptodan · · Score: 5, Funny

    Reiser shows off his new methods of undeleting a file and recovering it.

  9. Re:*sigh* by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 5, Funny

    Honestly, I don't see how this invalidates his work. Surely the code didn't drive him to commit murder.
    Are you sure? Have you ever looked at that source? Hell, I almost murdered my wife after spending 15 minutes reading it, never mind trying to write the code!

  10. Re:*sigh* by Frekko · · Score: 5, Funny

    I suggest KillerFS!

  11. Obligatory awful pun: by jockeys · · Score: 2, Funny

    hopefully he journaled the location of the body.

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  12. Re:*sigh* by somersault · · Score: 4, Funny

    Heisenberg also worked for the Nazi's and attempted to build a Nuclear bomb. That one however is debatable. Has anyone ever done a probability distribution for the options?
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  13. Re:*sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    Please mod this guy +1 Bad taste.

  14. Re:*sigh* by Bootle · · Score: 5, Funny

    Now that he confessed, I'm sure he's guilty. Wow, glad to know you're on the case there Matlock!
  15. Re:*sigh* by FictionPimp · · Score: 5, Funny

    If Linus murders, it's obviously for the good of all of us. Just accept it.

  16. Re:*sigh* by Aneurysm · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is of course possible that the file system is riddled with places where the evil bit has been secretly turned on.

  17. I know where it is! by Pienjo · · Score: 2, Funny

    It's in /lost+found.

  18. Re:*sigh* by jimicus · · Score: 2, Funny

    The best part of that joke? The wiki entry is still accurate. Not really. He only murdered his own wife.
  19. Re:*sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Funny

    The penguin he had an incident with has not been seen in years.
    I have my own theories on what happened.

  20. Re:*sigh* by Gilmoure · · Score: 2, Funny

    With a little marketing spin, it could become very popular.

    KillerFS?

    FearTheGeekFS?

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  21. Re:*sigh* by dgatwood · · Score: 3, Funny

    Yeah, while we were initially concerned he might have been a Nazi, when we tried to test that theory, as soon as we measured his rate of allegiance, his position became uncertain....

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  22. Re:*sigh* by ja · · Score: 3, Funny

    It doesn't say he will. The judge is just assuming that Hans will do that to reduce the sentence. Exactly, and if he "won't", this will only prove that he really is wicked and must be burned!
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  23. Re:*sigh* by fyoder · · Score: 5, Funny

    Linus would never murder anyone. He'd get his ninja wife to do it.

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  24. Re:Where is the Corpus Delicti? by mangu · · Score: 3, Funny

    I think you voice the fears of someone who is younger. As you get older, you get a better sense of who is sincere and who has something to hide and I would probably think the juror's judgement is ok. The human mind is a pretty darned good judge of character, if you listen to it.

    Just to show you how faulty that judgement can be, I'm 51 years old. I have enough experience to know that very often those people who think themselves a "pretty darned good judge of character" aren't that good as they think.

  25. Re:Name change by Se7enLC · · Score: 5, Funny

    Not to mention the usage:

    mount /dev/hda1 -t nina
    fsck.nina /dev/hda1

    the joke goes on and on...

  26. Re:Snarky comments by MightyYar · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes, we must never joke about tragedy.

    Have you ever considered that some people might use humor as compensation mechanism to stay sane in an insane world? You may want to stay somber for your own mental health, and that's fine, but have some tolerance for people who want to stay upbeat.

    NASA stands for "needs another seven astronauts", btw.

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  27. Re:*sigh* by citog · · Score: 4, Funny

    You need to update to the latest version in CVS ..

  28. Oblig. User Friendly by Sentry21 · · Score: 2, Funny

    I hope this finally serves as a "wake up call" for Linux lickers and lovers that using Linux does increase chances of violence and murder. Linux is bad juju
  29. No way! by Mr.+Underbridge · · Score: 4, Funny

    They should at least rename it to try to distance the software as much as possible from its creator....

    Nah. I may be a dorky white guy who's never been in a real fight, but now that I'm using a murderer's filesystem I feel, like, totally gangsta.

    Don't take that away from me.

  30. Re:Name change by Prien715 · · Score: 1, Funny

    I didn't know you were into necrophilia;)

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  31. Ad on the /. page... by hiryuu · · Score: 4, Funny


    Am I the only one who got the inline Flash ad image for a Russian dating service on this /. comments page, and who found it somewhere between distasteful and darkly humorous?

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  32. Re:*sigh* by 93+Escort+Wagon · · Score: 4, Funny

    Our German scientists were better than the Russian's German scientists. Certainly better fed, anyway.
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  33. Re:Nerds and Geeks by StormReaver · · Score: 2, Funny

    "We spend so much intellectual focus on concrete matters that the ambiguities and unsolvable problems of relationships seem almost alien and impossible with which to cope."

    Speak for yourself. I'm good at dealing with people. Can't you understand that? What the hell is wrong with you people?

  34. Re:*sigh* by Gilmoure · · Score: 2, Funny

    Werewolf?

                    There. Wolf. There. Castle?

    Why are you talking that way?

                      Thought you wanted to. I'm easy.

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  35. Re:*sigh* by ElMiguel · · Score: 2, Funny

    If Linus murders, it's obviously for the good of all of us

    ... except the ones who are dead.

  36. Re:*sigh* by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Funny

    And when you send your data to /dev/null it fucking stays there and doesn't come back.

  37. Re:*sigh* by salahx · · Score: 2, Funny

    Yeah it needs a name that detracts from murder. How about the "Open Journled File System?

  38. Re:We don't need to imagine. by RedOctober · · Score: 2, Funny

    Tycho Brahms? Are you sure it wasn't Johannes Brahe?