It is one thing to be a judge with opinions, if you discuss them with the press during the trial those opinions are very likely to be considered bias.
Bias assumes prejudice. (An unfavorable opinion formed without reason.) Given the behavior of Gates and the MS attorneys, I would argue that Judge Jackson's statements were reasonable and logical.
His mistake was attempting to explain this to the population at large. (Heaven forbid that the judicial process might be so transparent that people actually understand it.)
I have to agree that the DoJ didn't seem to get it.
I gave up on Sam's altogether after "C for Linux Programming in 21 Days". This quote is from the beginning of Day One:
If you want to read about the history of Linux or the relationship between Linux and other operating systems, you will find a brief discussion of these matters in Appendix A, "ASCII Character Chart."
Q: If a roomful of monkeys randomly types ASCII characters, how long will it take them to eventually type the history of Linux?
A: Twenty-four hours, but only if nobody proofreads it.
Back when you were in college you didn't e-mail people that left themselves logged in...?
Back when I was in school, we didn't "log in". We walked over to the computer lab, waited for the next availably keypunch machine, and then handed a stack of punchcards to the sysop.
The only break-in I can remember involving the government was Watergate. Most of those responsible were punished by making them serve long sentences as radio talk-show hosts. The remaining culprits were forced to publish highly fictionalized accounts of events leading up to the break-in.
(Maybe that type of punishment would be appropriate in this case...)
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Bias assumes prejudice. (An unfavorable opinion formed without reason.) Given the behavior of Gates and the MS attorneys, I would argue that Judge Jackson's statements were reasonable and logical.
His mistake was attempting to explain this to the population at large. (Heaven forbid that the judicial process might be so transparent that people actually understand it.)
I have to agree that the DoJ didn't seem to get it.
If you want to read about the history of Linux or the relationship between Linux and other operating systems, you will find a brief discussion of these matters in Appendix A, "ASCII Character Chart."
Q: If a roomful of monkeys randomly types ASCII characters, how long will it take them to eventually type the history of Linux?
A: Twenty-four hours, but only if nobody proofreads it.
Back when I was in school, we didn't "log in". We walked over to the computer lab, waited for the next availably keypunch machine, and then handed a stack of punchcards to the sysop.
The only break-in I can remember involving the government was Watergate. Most of those responsible were punished by making them serve long sentences as radio talk-show hosts. The remaining culprits were forced to publish highly fictionalized accounts of events leading up to the break-in.
(Maybe that type of punishment would be appropriate in this case...)