As a former journalist, I used to wonder if this would ever happen to me. Never did, but I did have laws on my side. Tennessee as what's known as a Shield Law, which protects journalists from having to testify. The basis goes like this- if reporters turn in everyone who talks to them- no one will talk to them, and the public goes uninformed. So shield them from talking to police/authorities. All of this started in the early 70s with investigative reporting about drugs in Louisville Kentucky, and a reported who refused to reveal his source.
Tennessee's shield law has never been successfully challanged, and a reported has never been drug in to court and forced to reveal his/her sources. I don't know if there is a law like that in this case. Probably not, as most of the laws protection would evaporate if you quit the news organization.
The reporter should not testify. There's more at stake than corporate ire. A newswriter with integrety is admired in this day and age. It's pretty rare. The paper may not like it, but the reporter is doing the right thing. It always costs to do the right thing, but a new job shouldn't be too far off. Like they say, a good writer can always find work.
I am (God help me) the only Linux guy in a mac hosting service.
If mac wants to get in on the server crowd in a serious way, they need to read the RFCs. None of the stuff we run complies. Our mailserver, for instance, doesn't comply with 821 or 822. Gives me fits when I have a perl script that emails. Had to go get another mail machine that does comply.
And I agree with your admin. I don't know how many times I wanted to crack open a.conf and fix something instead of clicking through some retarded dialog.
Plus there's the limits built in to the os (complete lack of anything like multi-tasking). I've long said the hardware at Apple gets better every time the os gets worse. Maybe Darwin will change that. But if I can run it on an Athlon, I won't buy a G4. Neither will most people.
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As a former journalist, I used to wonder if this would ever happen to me. Never did, but I did have laws on my side. Tennessee as what's known as a Shield Law, which protects journalists from having to testify. The basis goes like this- if reporters turn in everyone who talks to them- no one will talk to them, and the public goes uninformed. So shield them from talking to police/authorities. All of this started in the early 70s with investigative reporting about drugs in Louisville Kentucky, and a reported who refused to reveal his source.
Tennessee's shield law has never been successfully challanged, and a reported has never been drug in to court and forced to reveal his/her sources. I don't know if there is a law like that in this case. Probably not, as most of the laws protection would evaporate if you quit the news organization.
The reporter should not testify. There's more at stake than corporate ire. A newswriter with integrety is admired in this day and age. It's pretty rare. The paper may not like it, but the reporter is doing the right thing. It always costs to do the right thing, but a new job shouldn't be too far off. Like they say, a good writer can always find work.
Bet the FBI is calling Microsoft tech support right now . . .
So let me get this straight:
Microsoft stole the GUI from Apple . . .
So now Apple has to steal a future from BSD . . .
History repeats itself!
Those who cannot innovate on their own are leeches no matter what their logo is.
I am (God help me) the only Linux guy in a mac hosting service.
If mac wants to get in on the server crowd in a serious way, they need to read the RFCs. None of the stuff we run complies. Our mailserver, for instance, doesn't comply with 821 or 822. Gives me fits when I have a perl script that emails. Had to go get another mail machine that does comply.
And I agree with your admin. I don't know how many times I wanted to crack open a .conf and fix something instead of clicking through some retarded dialog.
Plus there's the limits built in to the os (complete lack of anything like multi-tasking). I've long said the hardware at Apple gets better every time the os gets worse. Maybe Darwin will change that. But if I can run it on an Athlon, I won't buy a G4. Neither will most people.
Too bad to kill off a good proc like that.