Newton had a giant brain, a caustic personality, and a tendency for wierdness such as sticking pins in his eyball or writing over a million words on the signifigance of 666. The fancy dress was from due to his various high profile day jobs, the head of the royal mint, the first mathematics chair at Cambridge, that sort of thing.
"The smokers have only themselves to blame for outdoor bans. Indoors, they would never even consider throwing a lit cigarette on the floor and walking away"
I'm sorry but banning outdoor smoking is the fruit of well meaning control freaks espousing the kind of hyperbole and sloppy thinking that TFA is trying to deter. I've been a smoker for 30yrs and it has not turned me into a pig yet.
"As long as a large percentage of smokers don't care about the cleanliness of their environments"
So where does the rest of the fith come from? - Judging by the by a council tractor that rakes the beach a 100mtrs from here every day of the year, I would say beach pinics and recreational boating produce 4-5 orders of magnitude more litter than smokers. In other words one 'filthy habit' is completely unrelated to the other 'filthy habit'.
Your assertions and the laws they support are nonsensical and have the potential to intefere with my habit of having a smoke while watching the sunset or the odd thunderstorm from my local beach, that incidently MY rates pay to clean up after others who constantly trash it despite the well maintained litter bins ever 50m or so.
I do agree there is a particular problem with discarded butts and certain marine life and mandating paper filters rather than foam would eliviate that problem. My 'solution' to pigs in general is not fines or bans, I say make them clean up someone else's mess during a public holiday day, preferably in distinctive clothing along highways, trains tracks and beaches so other pigs get the message.
"Respect the rights of others if you want them to respect yours."
You have the words, but you fail to recognise that your post is a call for institutionalised 'lack of respect' based on nothing more than personal prejudice. Banning outdoor smoking is just another pooly thought out extention to the punative 'war on drugs' that if nothing else has demonstrated beyond doubt that the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions.
I agree that in the 'real world' the guy is not doing himself any favours. However in the same real world, old style 'criminal justice' worked because people don't argue with a lynch mob.
"...religious people are a subset of theists. If you are religious you are by definition a theist."
No - theists are a subset of religious people.
Theist belive in one God. The main theist religions are Islam, Christianity and Judaisim all of who happen to belive in the same God. The Christian claim that the prophet Jesus was God's son tends to irrate the non-christian theists.
Polytheists belive in many gods - Hinduisim for example, polytheisim is the oldest form of religion.
Atheists belive in no gods at all and are often evangelical about that belief. Put a bunch of them in a room together and you have a religion without gods.
I'm not sure what the term is for someone who admits they don't know or care. Disinterested agnostic maybe?
I do agree the US is a Christian nation in all but law, however Saudi Arabia vs N. Korea would be a better example for your point.
The OP said..."I'd email this [contrary] story to Reiser's lawyers, but [...] I think he's guilty", his OWN words DO imply something about his ability to give an accused criminal a fair hearing. - How is that a 'twisted interpretation'?
You are simply wrong 1397.
BTW: Your 'raping children' slur also implies something, it implies you like to grab peoples attention by hurling filth at them, it's also kinda reminicent of how the chimps at the zoo hurl their own shit at the visitors.
It so happens that my ex wife is a victim of incest that started at the age of 3 and lasted 12yrs until she stopped it by running away from home. She made up with her 'vilolent, drunken' father before we got married because he stopped drinking and she didn't have to live with his 'violence'. A dozen or so years later after her father died at 54 from an alcohol soaked liver, my ex, her sister and her brother started telling stories of sexual abuse too vile and 'twisted' even for your mind.
Over the next few years the ex turned to alcohol big time, often mimicking her father's drunken arrogance and contempt for everyone around her. Eventually she fucked someone else, trashed the house and ran away again leaving me to raise our 14yo daughter who had withdrawn into her own world alone in her room. My daughter turned it around a has gained strength from her experience, but two of her cousins grew up to be heroine addicts, have both done time, and unfortunately both have kids that are in and out of foster care.
As for your 'debate technique', I offer the following advice straight from my heart: STICK A SHOTGUN UP YOUR ARSE, AND GO FUCK YOURSELF!
I don't doubt you are often misunderstood and disliked. Puffing up your own ego by putting words into other peoples' mouths and then using those words to deflect a point is neither intelligent nor endearing. It's immature, pointless, and worst of all tedious.
Writing/designing a 'good' filesystem depends on your particular definition of 'good', it's a trade-off between KNOWN qualities using KNOWN algorithms with KNOWN limitations. Come up with an algorithm that has new qualities and you have something more than just a variation on a theme. For all I know it may be an optimal trade-off for a particular application but I highly doubt it has removed (or even moved) any pre-existing limitations on what a filesystem can do.
"It's quotes like this that make me not believe you."
Yet, I am supposed to listen in silence to a guy called LiENUS who completely misinterpreted what the OP said, and consequently missed any relevant point he may of had.
Your little FAT clone
I am fat you insesitive clod, but I don't have a clone.
"You really need to get over yourself."
That's what the so-called 'midlife crisis' is all about, I don't need another. If I'm still alive when you have yours, come back and tell me how you once thought ReiserFS was the bee's knees that would revolutionize storage.
Agreed, I used the term incorrectly, should have said 'weak evidence'.
"Not sitting in the jury box, it is not for me to say one way or another"
Agreed, I had not even heard of him until I RTFA. I'm not defending him, I am defending my own right to a fair hearing should I ever be careless enough to find myself in his shoes.
"Put your money where your mouth is then. Designing a file system is harder than it looks"
Get over yourself. Anyone with a half decent CS degree and a few years of systems programming under their belt can/has designed and implemented file sytems, memory managers, job schedulers, etc. We know it's hard to improve on what exists because we know about what exists. That is why the OP said 'I could write a file system' rather than 'I will write a better filesystem'.
I agree, it isn't relevant. You are simply missing my point...
"I'd email this story to Reiser's lawyers, but [...] I think he's guilty" - OP
Still looks like 'discounting contra-evidence because of his beliefs' too me. The OP may be a 'nice guy' and we are not selecting a jury however, that statement makes me think he would have a tendency to ignore evidence that goes against he prejudical assumption of guilt, so I reitterate, I don't wan't him on a jury.
"you should *never* open a pop/soda, particularly a huge 2l bottle, unless you have chilled it."
Many moons ago I put a large unopened bottle of warm soda in the freezer before starting a BBQ. When I later opened it at the table we watched the cold liquid completely freeze in a surprisingly rapid and regular manner. At first the slush formed a distinct 'freeze line' at the top of the bottle which then quickly worked it's way down to the bottom. The entire contents were frozen in a mtter of seconds.
My soda-less ex-wife was singularly unimpressed by the accidental party trick and sent one of the kids down the street to get another bottle.
I get your point and agree with it. However if the empty pie plate is a body, and the kid is a 17yo claiming 'someone framed me' I would need to know more to go beyond reasonable doubt.
"There's a sizable amount of circumstantial evidence that he did it, with little plausible explanations in his defense."
And that is the problem, circumstantial evidence should not be enough to convict. And no, the defense doesn't have to 'explain' the seat, nor does anyone need to answer 'who did it' to aquit him.
Like many Aussies, I thought this woman was guilty simply because she came across as an unfeeling religious zelot that couldn't explain other peoples' assumptions about dingo behaviour. By no means does that imply this guy is innocent but as the judge said 'the evidence is thin'.
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Newton had a giant brain, a caustic personality, and a tendency for wierdness such as sticking pins in his eyball or writing over a million words on the signifigance of 666. The fancy dress was from due to his various high profile day jobs, the head of the royal mint, the first mathematics chair at Cambridge, that sort of thing.
"The smokers have only themselves to blame for outdoor bans. Indoors, they would never even consider throwing a lit cigarette on the floor and walking away"
I'm sorry but banning outdoor smoking is the fruit of well meaning control freaks espousing the kind of hyperbole and sloppy thinking that TFA is trying to deter. I've been a smoker for 30yrs and it has not turned me into a pig yet.
"As long as a large percentage of smokers don't care about the cleanliness of their environments"
So where does the rest of the fith come from? - Judging by the by a council tractor that rakes the beach a 100mtrs from here every day of the year, I would say beach pinics and recreational boating produce 4-5 orders of magnitude more litter than smokers. In other words one 'filthy habit' is completely unrelated to the other 'filthy habit'.
Your assertions and the laws they support are nonsensical and have the potential to intefere with my habit of having a smoke while watching the sunset or the odd thunderstorm from my local beach, that incidently MY rates pay to clean up after others who constantly trash it despite the well maintained litter bins ever 50m or so.
I do agree there is a particular problem with discarded butts and certain marine life and mandating paper filters rather than foam would eliviate that problem. My 'solution' to pigs in general is not fines or bans, I say make them clean up someone else's mess during a public holiday day, preferably in distinctive clothing along highways, trains tracks and beaches so other pigs get the message.
"Respect the rights of others if you want them to respect yours."
You have the words, but you fail to recognise that your post is a call for institutionalised 'lack of respect' based on nothing more than personal prejudice. Banning outdoor smoking is just another pooly thought out extention to the punative 'war on drugs' that if nothing else has demonstrated beyond doubt that the road to hell is indeed paved with good intentions.
Now get off my beach (I don't have a lawn).
KDawson is not the only editor living in a glass house, Zonk has been running AGW trolls for years.
I agree that in the 'real world' the guy is not doing himself any favours. However in the same real world, old style 'criminal justice' worked because people don't argue with a lynch mob.
You toched a nerve both times. Peace.
"...religious people are a subset of theists. If you are religious you are by definition a theist."
No - theists are a subset of religious people.
Theist belive in one God. The main theist religions are Islam, Christianity and Judaisim all of who happen to belive in the same God. The Christian claim that the prophet Jesus was God's son tends to irrate the non-christian theists.
Polytheists belive in many gods - Hinduisim for example, polytheisim is the oldest form of religion.
Atheists belive in no gods at all and are often evangelical about that belief. Put a bunch of them in a room together and you have a religion without gods.
I'm not sure what the term is for someone who admits they don't know or care. Disinterested agnostic maybe?
I do agree the US is a Christian nation in all but law, however Saudi Arabia vs N. Korea would be a better example for your point.
"There were dozens of instances where my arse was tanned because it was 'clear' I had done something wrong when in fact I was innocent."
Bill Cosby was right - "Parents aren't intrested in justice, they just want quiet".
The OP said..."I'd email this [contrary] story to Reiser's lawyers, but [...] I think he's guilty", his OWN words DO imply something about his ability to give an accused criminal a fair hearing. - How is that a 'twisted interpretation'?
You are simply wrong 1397.
BTW: Your 'raping children' slur also implies something, it implies you like to grab peoples attention by hurling filth at them, it's also kinda reminicent of how the chimps at the zoo hurl their own shit at the visitors.
It so happens that my ex wife is a victim of incest that started at the age of 3 and lasted 12yrs until she stopped it by running away from home. She made up with her 'vilolent, drunken' father before we got married because he stopped drinking and she didn't have to live with his 'violence'. A dozen or so years later after her father died at 54 from an alcohol soaked liver, my ex, her sister and her brother started telling stories of sexual abuse too vile and 'twisted' even for your mind.
Over the next few years the ex turned to alcohol big time, often mimicking her father's drunken arrogance and contempt for everyone around her. Eventually she fucked someone else, trashed the house and ran away again leaving me to raise our 14yo daughter who had withdrawn into her own world alone in her room. My daughter turned it around a has gained strength from her experience, but two of her cousins grew up to be heroine addicts, have both done time, and unfortunately both have kids that are in and out of foster care.
As for your 'debate technique', I offer the following advice straight from my heart: STICK A SHOTGUN UP YOUR ARSE, AND GO FUCK YOURSELF!
I don't doubt you are often misunderstood and disliked. Puffing up your own ego by putting words into other peoples' mouths and then using those words to deflect a point is neither intelligent nor endearing. It's immature, pointless, and worst of all tedious.
"Why exactly are you here arguing that Hans Reiser did not accomplish anything special when you have no idea what it is he did?
You are acting like an obtuse moron! - God help Raiser if he is as 'intelligent' and 'difficult' as you are.
Hah - I just posted another reply pointing out the story of 'Twelve angry men'. More of a cautionary tale than a detective story.
As for great detective stories: Why was Mrs Green in the parlor with the candlestick in the first place...Hmmmmm?
Yeah, yeah, and nobody was ever killed by a bullet passing through their head, they were all killed by whoever pulled the trigger, right?
Writing/designing a 'good' filesystem depends on your particular definition of 'good', it's a trade-off between KNOWN qualities using KNOWN algorithms with KNOWN limitations. Come up with an algorithm that has new qualities and you have something more than just a variation on a theme. For all I know it may be an optimal trade-off for a particular application but I highly doubt it has removed (or even moved) any pre-existing limitations on what a filesystem can do.
"It's quotes like this that make me not believe you."
Yet, I am supposed to listen in silence to a guy called LiENUS who completely misinterpreted what the OP said, and consequently missed any relevant point he may of had.
Your little FAT clone
I am fat you insesitive clod, but I don't have a clone.
"You really need to get over yourself."
That's what the so-called 'midlife crisis' is all about, I don't need another. If I'm still alive when you have yours, come back and tell me how you once thought ReiserFS was the bee's knees that would revolutionize storage.
Agreed, I used the term incorrectly, should have said 'weak evidence'.
"Not sitting in the jury box, it is not for me to say one way or another"
Agreed, I had not even heard of him until I RTFA. I'm not defending him, I am defending my own right to a fair hearing should I ever be careless enough to find myself in his shoes.
Two letters make a difference: "beyond all reasonable doubt" - And the way the post was worded indicates the OP did indeed take a law class. ;)
"Put your money where your mouth is then. Designing a file system is harder than it looks"
Get over yourself. Anyone with a half decent CS degree and a few years of systems programming under their belt can/has designed and implemented file sytems, memory managers, job schedulers, etc. We know it's hard to improve on what exists because we know about what exists. That is why the OP said 'I could write a file system' rather than 'I will write a better filesystem'.
I agree, it isn't relevant. You are simply missing my point...
"I'd email this story to Reiser's lawyers, but [...] I think he's guilty" - OP
Still looks like 'discounting contra-evidence because of his beliefs' too me. The OP may be a 'nice guy' and we are not selecting a jury however, that statement makes me think he would have a tendency to ignore evidence that goes against he prejudical assumption of guilt, so I reitterate, I don't wan't him on a jury.
"I think you [have high expectations of] the average juror" - Fixed.
"there's a reason we have 12 of them per trial
Yes!!! And for anyone who has already made up their mind about this guy I recommend they reflect apon the story of 12 angry men.
"you should *never* open a pop/soda, particularly a huge 2l bottle, unless you have chilled it."
Many moons ago I put a large unopened bottle of warm soda in the freezer before starting a BBQ. When I later opened it at the table we watched the cold liquid completely freeze in a surprisingly rapid and regular manner. At first the slush formed a distinct 'freeze line' at the top of the bottle which then quickly worked it's way down to the bottom. The entire contents were frozen in a mtter of seconds.
My soda-less ex-wife was singularly unimpressed by the accidental party trick and sent one of the kids down the street to get another bottle.
I get your point and agree with it. However if the empty pie plate is a body, and the kid is a 17yo claiming 'someone framed me' I would need to know more to go beyond reasonable doubt.
Yes, but since the OP implied he would discount contra-evidence because of his belief I for one wouldn't want him on ANY jury.
"There's a sizable amount of circumstantial evidence that he did it, with little plausible explanations in his defense."
And that is the problem, circumstantial evidence should not be enough to convict. And no, the defense doesn't have to 'explain' the seat, nor does anyone need to answer 'who did it' to aquit him.
Like many Aussies, I thought this woman was guilty simply because she came across as an unfeeling religious zelot that couldn't explain other peoples' assumptions about dingo behaviour. By no means does that imply this guy is innocent but as the judge said 'the evidence is thin'.
"A Phon-o-graph? What the f-eep-is that?" - Child ~13 on 'kid nation' reading the label on a picture of one.
"you might get hit by a stray tomato flying off a truck"
Back in the day when bottles were made of glass, following a coke truck in the Aussie summer heat was somewhat hazardous.
"If voting changed anything, they would make it illegal."
So where did all the child chimmney sweeps go, I haven't accidently caught one in my mantrap for years?