What really bothers me about the Wired articles (which the Washington Post references) is that they make a concerted effort -- in each and every article of the almost daily series, to associate the words "Linux" and "Open Source" with Hans Reiser. I have written them numerous times to say (a) He is not a "Linux" programmer...he is a programmer of a file system, which can be used with any kernel as part of an operating system. Linux is not dependent on ReiserFS and vice versa. Secondly, why does it matter that he is an "open source" programmer. I feel that yes, this case is sensational and should get coverage, but Wired is going way overboard to make these associations. For example, the serial killer John Wayne Gacy was caught because he used Microsoft Word to write a letter to the police (they traced him by using the properties information stored in every document, of which Gacy was unaware). Does that mean that all Microsoft Word users are serial killers?
As far as Reiser himself, it's very difficult. On the one hand, as a "geek" he does stuff that is odd for other people to understand. However, you could also ask, why wouldn't a single person driving a car with not much room, remove the passenger seat for more space and to sleep in. And, at some point, that person might feel the seat is "in the way" and through it out. Rationally, it makes sense, but it doesn't make sense to the typical American (who sees nothing wrong with driving a Hummer during a worldwide energy crises).
A word to the wise, stay away from Russian mail order brides. There was a guy up here in Seattle who killed his in 2001 for fooling around. They basically bootstrap their way into the US on the backs of poor schmucks and then do what they will. There's no fool like an old fool...I guess.
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What really bothers me about the Wired articles (which the Washington Post references) is that they make a concerted effort -- in each and every article of the almost daily series, to associate the words "Linux" and "Open Source" with Hans Reiser. I have written them numerous times to say (a) He is not a "Linux" programmer...he is a programmer of a file system, which can be used with any kernel as part of an operating system. Linux is not dependent on ReiserFS and vice versa. Secondly, why does it matter that he is an "open source" programmer. I feel that yes, this case is sensational and should get coverage, but Wired is going way overboard to make these associations. For example, the serial killer John Wayne Gacy was caught because he used Microsoft Word to write a letter to the police (they traced him by using the properties information stored in every document, of which Gacy was unaware). Does that mean that all Microsoft Word users are serial killers? As far as Reiser himself, it's very difficult. On the one hand, as a "geek" he does stuff that is odd for other people to understand. However, you could also ask, why wouldn't a single person driving a car with not much room, remove the passenger seat for more space and to sleep in. And, at some point, that person might feel the seat is "in the way" and through it out. Rationally, it makes sense, but it doesn't make sense to the typical American (who sees nothing wrong with driving a Hummer during a worldwide energy crises). A word to the wise, stay away from Russian mail order brides. There was a guy up here in Seattle who killed his in 2001 for fooling around. They basically bootstrap their way into the US on the backs of poor schmucks and then do what they will. There's no fool like an old fool...I guess.
A m$ toilet does exist. It's called an Intel processor.