There have been incidents of people having their eyesight damaged momentarily due to lasing. Crews get briefed on lasing events everytime they're going into the AOR because it's happened to us before.
Oh, I completely understand that the capability for instantaneous blindness does exist, but it simply doesn't with the methods and equipment used.
Industrial lasers, putting out 1kW to Military Laser/ABL/SBL/THEL putting out between 100kW and 10MW could easily blind with a millisecond of exposure. That is if they don't burn right through your eyesockets...:)
You evidently don't know dick about laser refraction, aiming, positioning, and angling. There is zero percent chance that even if the damn plane was still in the air that anyone could accurately point and shoot a laser through the air that would refract through the glass properly enough to cause any eyesight issues even if they were only 100' away from the plane.
Stupidity may have been a part of this, definitely. But criminal intent of downing a plane is laughable.
Go and actually try to maintain a steady laser pointing at a small target from any distance and you'll see how impossible blinding a pilot's eye through a moving plane window would be.
Not to mention the equipment to blind, only temporarily, a pilot in the perhaps millisecond that the angles would've been proper is so large and almost unattainable, that having such equipment would be almost impossible.
Think of it this way. The US government can't properly create a ground-based laser system to down missles or aircraft, with all of the resources and scientists at their disposal, but this guy is a threat to aircraft? Bullshit.
Even the feds reject that there was terroristic intent or threat but still, he's a terrorist prosecuted under the PATRIOT act? Once again, bullshit.
Not only that, make sure that at one point, you put the grape on the other side of a multi-plate glass, with a vaccuum central area, at an angle, and shine the laser through, compensating for refraction in the window.
Very good exercise (as someone who works with 100-170 mW laser systems everyday!)
Have you ever sped in your car?
Well, you just intentionally did something which could cause a massive pileup and several car careening off into a subdivision inhabited solely by old people and little children which are all out in the street in the path of flying wreckage.
End of story.
Criminal intent should be a requirement of the application of this law. I work with free-space optics systems, which directly use open-air laser systems, with beam widening lens systems, so I definitely know what laser system exposure is and means.
Given our expansion lenses, we still have a maximum of a 1/3 milliradian laser beam divergance, meaning that for every 100M that the laser signal travels, the beam "widens" by 1 foot in total diameter. Now, the actual signal radiance is minimal, with the most concentrated portion of the laser being about 1/30 of a milliradian large, and that's with our expanded lens system. A concentrated or focused laser would have a much narrower beam divergance, meaning that it'll be much narrower.
Let's also assume that since the plane was on approach it was 500M from the ground. This is *RIGHT* before landing. 500M = 5ft wide laser beam to travel through. Now let's assume that half of that laser beam is powerful enough to "blind" the pilot with 1 sec of exposure(negating that the likelyhood of such an event is infinitely small). That still means that the beam unless actively tracked (which is equipment not normally available and certainly not easy to operate or maintain), is still only 2.5' wide, and a jet on approach covers 2.5' in a minute fraction of a second.
And that's assuming a very very very powerful laser, through a complicated lens system, with highly highly accurate precise positioning and aiming, and also assuming that the angle of reflection and incidence with the bottom-facing windows would happen to coincide perfectly.
Criminal intent in this case is negligible. Any prosecutor in this case would have to rely on how much they could scare the jury into thinking this guy is an "American hating terrorist" for conviction as a terrorist.
I'm not saying it should'nt be a crime, but one that caused no permanent problems, caused no physical loss, and obviously had zero criminal intent shouldn't be what they're prosecuting under.
That's basically how I started...
My first computer was when I was about 5 or so, and was a Commodore Vic20. It was a gift from my Aunt.
I remember the carts and then eventually getting into BASIC and making my own programs.
I ended up with a TRS-80, A KayProII, Commodore 64 and an Apple IIe. I ended up programming on this to kill time while my parents fought. Whenever they'd fight, you'd hear those two diskdrives (not at once) spinning and loading up ProDOS...
Then I moved big-time. A Compaq Portable. 8088. 640k of RAM (with full size memory expansion card), Hercules compatible Video and two 360k 5 1/4" floppys. This thing was awesome. Started with DOS 3.3, and moved up from there.
Then I got a 286 with 2MB of memory and a 20MB hard drive. Ended up starting PASCAL on this thing. Moved up to a 386 SX/16, and then upgraded pretty rapidly thereafter. I remember reading Computer Shopper when it was the size of a small phonebook, with all kinds of tech articles and reading the ads to build my dream 486!
I also had Macs; starting from a Slim Mac, up to an LCII (with the Apple II emulation board), a Color Classic, and then a PowerMac 7200 (which I still have). That and my few Mac laptops (which none have ever failed) and my Dual G5 round-out my current stuff in the Mac arena.
My half-sister is four. I've already started her on Linux, playing small games and showing her some small things in RQBasic. She is already miles ahead of my mother in the computer user knowledge arena.
That's how I would go. Linux. No reason not to. It's got the programming capabilities to start off with, and room to grow into whatever they want. It's got command line (which some prefer to learn on) and GUI capabilities (which others prefer). It's got small games, and I know SuSE comes with far more included games that teach strategy and critical thinking than Windows can even think to include...
But, I'm sort of biased here:)
With IE no longer a requirement to users, Windows is that much less valuable. How many sites are "IE Only" these days. Sometimes that's the only reason people keep Windows around; is to use those sites, like my mother does. If there were no "IE Only" sites, she'd be 100% Linux now. So, that's why it's a problem to them.
Any feature they don't control and becomes available elsewhere takes away a reason to get Windows.
I've never purchased Windows. I run Firefox.
More importantly, who the hell cares what Linus thinks about Solaris?
He's a focused individual, focused on the development of the Linux kernel. He's not a damn product reviewer or tech writer; he's a damn good coder and organizer, and it's good that he keeps his resolve and doesn't get involved in the fluff that the technews industry throws. It shows he's more of the real deal rather than some one-shot pundit who thinks that they have the right to opine on things they know nothing of because they had a singluar accomplishment in a semi-related field.
And Solaris 10, on X86, for the most part is a complete joke. There are aspects that are noteworthy, just as there are on any operating system, but as a whole, I was pretty unimpressed. It's quasi-like Solaris, but not production quality yet on x86 architecture.
Solaris is just fine on it's native systems, but the x86 bastard child is a sort of joke when compared to other things out there.
Look at it from his point of view. He doesn't give two shits about other OSes, save for things that he may adopt and improve upon on his own system. In that respect, X86 Solaris (save for the items mentioned) is a joke.
Given that the Libertarian party has a socially and politically disparate ideaology from the existing and potentially new Democrat or Republican lawmakers in Congress, how do you intend to cooperate with other, non-Libertarian lawmakers, as any successful presidency would ideally help to forge the differences between the parties, and a third party candidate with leanings both ways on different issues would definitely have a distinct edge in moderation.
For what it's worth, when I was going through computer science in high school, back in the mid 90s (and we still started on Pascal), there wasn't much disparity at first.
One professor, on his introduction to Computer Science speech said most women wouldn't make it in his class. He said that traditionally, the women left. We started with a class, at about 22 people, mixed about 1 female to every 2 males.
After Norris' speech; 6 total people. 5 guys, 1 girl. But she stuck it out, and did very well. We constantly made fun (as a class) of the teacher and found ways to irritate him. One example would be variable names. Our favorite was class programming wherein we shifted variable names to be system calls with as small a change as possible, such as PR1NT would be a variable name. So after that he declared that variables should be related. So it became theme programming. while (skittles > 4) {reese_pieces;} with a program Candyland2000 was one of the female's programs.
I digress though. In his class, there was a definite disparity. But, the next year we hired a computer science teacher who was a female. Sadly though, she was only studying about two days ahead of her students. I, as an employee at that time, talked a decent amount to her, beyond what most students would. She was pretty progressive, for ISD mentality. Knew about Linux, which only about three people knew in the time. Didn't mind the script kiddie mentality, that I as an employee tried to combat. We even were able to setup a decent testing station that the students could turn loose on. We got better security (as they would have to explain what they did and why), they got to explore alternative methods of thinking when dealing with the problem (locked computer) and no one got in trouble. Very neat setup.
Anyway, her class was more mixed, just about 1:1 ratio.
FWIW, most of the self-designated "experts" are almost as retarded as those they're trying to help.
Even my girlfriend, who works for a Vet Clinic as a Vet Tech knows how to keep spyware and malware off of their computers; hell she has to tell their IT person what to do. That lump of excretia was able to get 17 separate virii on one machine.
If PC useage to you neccesitates an IT degree, perhaps you should look into alternative education programs.
I started on a Commodore Vic-20, an Apple IIe, and a TRS-80. None required an IT degree. After that, my Kaypro II, and my Compaq luggable (with DOS 3.3). My PMac 6400 didn't require one either. Over the time, I've had these and various other computers and have never needed an IT degree.
Computers (especially these days) generally are fully useable in most aspects to anyone who applies simple common sense and logic to the task at hand. Any Mac user still clinging to the "easier to use" excuse is reaching for justification, IMHO. Especially given that there are many other technical reasons they could afford.
But I don't care how big HP is or how many computers they sell each year. Any 15-year old kid who plays the latest games, watches DVDs, uses Office XP at school, and all that jazz... would NOT want to have the hassle of tweaking Linux just so he can print and have fun.
Why learn programming just so you can use a Linux computer?
Advice from a professional -- Stick with Windows, HP
Progress requires initiative. Thankfully, some in the world have the initiative to innovate and start to solve the "problems" and limitiations rather than bemoan their existance.
It may not have the "lusability" of Windows yet, but Linux offerings are rapidly becoming much more attractive to non-computer-literate end users, and acceptance of this by computer manufacturers will only help speed it up.
So, bitch moan and complain about it, but the more that take this route, the less you'll have to whine about in the end.
Does this mean I've got to send a check to the RIAA if I get a song from the radio stuck in my head?
If I start humming it, does that constitute reproduction and distribution? I'm not very good at it, and it's all off key and I forget half the words; is this still a copyrighted work, or does it fall under as a derivative work, or since I'm pretty damn tone deaf, does it mean it's original?
Dammit; I've got "A Horse with no name" stuck in my head. Get out the checkbook!
They that would trade any liberty for safety deserve neither. - Ben Franklin
While I agree 100% anonymity can have security issues, the reality is that such a system doesn't exist. Privacy is a foundation that this country was based on, and the notion of the relaxing of it deserves all the clamor it gets, if not more.
Well, from one Texas-based "Robert" to another, I make this proposal to Headsurfer.
Make your license with SCO public. You say it wasn't Linux you licensed from SCO, then prove it. Publish your license with SCO. Not only will it quell those that say you padded the coffers of SCO with protection money for Linux, by showing them that you paid for *actual* intellectual property (you did, right?) but it will calm your clients and potential clients if they know that you used money taken from customers and spent it on valid software for their use.
That is unless the license reads "We 0wn j00" (in essence, of course)
Currently, it appears you've done the following.
Paid SCO to not be bullied over using Linux anymore
Got a helluva licensing deal from Microsoft in the interim, which is kinda shady WRT the SCO bit...
Snubbed MANY of the Linux and Open Source contributors, those that you say you respect and that provided MUCH of the software that has made your business economically viable
Snubbed many of the same technical types who *were* considering your services
And have entered into a contract, which currently, appears to be impossible not to violate (GPL + Linux + Kernel redistribution on server + SCO License = revoked GPL and violation of SCO license which opens you up to suits. They've said recently they intend to sue their customers. Helluva time to become one...)
So, do you think the protection was worth it. If so, show us what you got for your Million dollars. That is unless there was a great snake oil sale in Lindon....
Under any type of load, when the vaccuum is sucking air in, that little fan will become more of a hindrance than a helper. It'll just get in the way.
Look up "negative boost" for a decent explanation on that. Plus, if he thought it was a gain:D HAH. All of those neat little "electric superchargers" are no more than an expensive useless hunk of crap.
However a repository of what you *were* like and what you *did in the past* might not accurately reflect what you are today. The use of information can sometimes be scary.
What you have beleived and what you have done in life, sometimes in significant ways, contributed to who and what you are today.
If I go and kill someone, and then start going to church, it doesn't take anything from the fact that I would be a murderer. I may be completely different of a person, but am no less or no more.
If that makes it difficult for me to obtain work, where a murderer isn't an ideal candidate, then the answer isn't to delete any evidence that I did it. The answer would be to have never done it. If nothing else, then it simply means I must to explain myself and my changes to any future prosepctive employers.
Same thing with him. The facts, which are exponentially important when an investor is considering investing their money, are simply that. If he didn't want his credibility hurt by his former actions, he shouldn't have taken those actions.
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There have been incidents of people having their eyesight damaged momentarily due to lasing. Crews get briefed on lasing events everytime they're going into the AOR because it's happened to us before.
:)
Oh, I completely understand that the capability for instantaneous blindness does exist, but it simply doesn't with the methods and equipment used.
Industrial lasers, putting out 1kW to Military Laser/ABL/SBL/THEL putting out between 100kW and 10MW could easily blind with a millisecond of exposure. That is if they don't burn right through your eyesockets...
You evidently don't know dick about laser refraction, aiming, positioning, and angling. There is zero percent chance that even if the damn plane was still in the air that anyone could accurately point and shoot a laser through the air that would refract through the glass properly enough to cause any eyesight issues even if they were only 100' away from the plane.
Stupidity may have been a part of this, definitely. But criminal intent of downing a plane is laughable.
Go and actually try to maintain a steady laser pointing at a small target from any distance and you'll see how impossible blinding a pilot's eye through a moving plane window would be.
Not to mention the equipment to blind, only temporarily, a pilot in the perhaps millisecond that the angles would've been proper is so large and almost unattainable, that having such equipment would be almost impossible.
Think of it this way. The US government can't properly create a ground-based laser system to down missles or aircraft, with all of the resources and scientists at their disposal, but this guy is a threat to aircraft? Bullshit.
Even the feds reject that there was terroristic intent or threat but still, he's a terrorist prosecuted under the PATRIOT act? Once again, bullshit.
Not only that, make sure that at one point, you put the grape on the other side of a multi-plate glass, with a vaccuum central area, at an angle, and shine the laser through, compensating for refraction in the window.
Very good exercise (as someone who works with 100-170 mW laser systems everyday!)
Have you ever sped in your car? Well, you just intentionally did something which could cause a massive pileup and several car careening off into a subdivision inhabited solely by old people and little children which are all out in the street in the path of flying wreckage. End of story. Criminal intent should be a requirement of the application of this law. I work with free-space optics systems, which directly use open-air laser systems, with beam widening lens systems, so I definitely know what laser system exposure is and means. Given our expansion lenses, we still have a maximum of a 1/3 milliradian laser beam divergance, meaning that for every 100M that the laser signal travels, the beam "widens" by 1 foot in total diameter. Now, the actual signal radiance is minimal, with the most concentrated portion of the laser being about 1/30 of a milliradian large, and that's with our expanded lens system. A concentrated or focused laser would have a much narrower beam divergance, meaning that it'll be much narrower. Let's also assume that since the plane was on approach it was 500M from the ground. This is *RIGHT* before landing. 500M = 5ft wide laser beam to travel through. Now let's assume that half of that laser beam is powerful enough to "blind" the pilot with 1 sec of exposure(negating that the likelyhood of such an event is infinitely small). That still means that the beam unless actively tracked (which is equipment not normally available and certainly not easy to operate or maintain), is still only 2.5' wide, and a jet on approach covers 2.5' in a minute fraction of a second. And that's assuming a very very very powerful laser, through a complicated lens system, with highly highly accurate precise positioning and aiming, and also assuming that the angle of reflection and incidence with the bottom-facing windows would happen to coincide perfectly. Criminal intent in this case is negligible. Any prosecutor in this case would have to rely on how much they could scare the jury into thinking this guy is an "American hating terrorist" for conviction as a terrorist. I'm not saying it should'nt be a crime, but one that caused no permanent problems, caused no physical loss, and obviously had zero criminal intent shouldn't be what they're prosecuting under.
That's basically how I started... My first computer was when I was about 5 or so, and was a Commodore Vic20. It was a gift from my Aunt. I remember the carts and then eventually getting into BASIC and making my own programs. I ended up with a TRS-80, A KayProII, Commodore 64 and an Apple IIe. I ended up programming on this to kill time while my parents fought. Whenever they'd fight, you'd hear those two diskdrives (not at once) spinning and loading up ProDOS... Then I moved big-time. A Compaq Portable. 8088. 640k of RAM (with full size memory expansion card), Hercules compatible Video and two 360k 5 1/4" floppys. This thing was awesome. Started with DOS 3.3, and moved up from there. Then I got a 286 with 2MB of memory and a 20MB hard drive. Ended up starting PASCAL on this thing. Moved up to a 386 SX/16, and then upgraded pretty rapidly thereafter. I remember reading Computer Shopper when it was the size of a small phonebook, with all kinds of tech articles and reading the ads to build my dream 486! I also had Macs; starting from a Slim Mac, up to an LCII (with the Apple II emulation board), a Color Classic, and then a PowerMac 7200 (which I still have). That and my few Mac laptops (which none have ever failed) and my Dual G5 round-out my current stuff in the Mac arena. My half-sister is four. I've already started her on Linux, playing small games and showing her some small things in RQBasic. She is already miles ahead of my mother in the computer user knowledge arena. That's how I would go. Linux. No reason not to. It's got the programming capabilities to start off with, and room to grow into whatever they want. It's got command line (which some prefer to learn on) and GUI capabilities (which others prefer). It's got small games, and I know SuSE comes with far more included games that teach strategy and critical thinking than Windows can even think to include... But, I'm sort of biased here :)
With IE no longer a requirement to users, Windows is that much less valuable. How many sites are "IE Only" these days. Sometimes that's the only reason people keep Windows around; is to use those sites, like my mother does. If there were no "IE Only" sites, she'd be 100% Linux now. So, that's why it's a problem to them. Any feature they don't control and becomes available elsewhere takes away a reason to get Windows. I've never purchased Windows. I run Firefox.
Consider it a counter effect to the IE/XP commercials within that article.
More importantly, who the hell cares what Linus thinks about Solaris? He's a focused individual, focused on the development of the Linux kernel. He's not a damn product reviewer or tech writer; he's a damn good coder and organizer, and it's good that he keeps his resolve and doesn't get involved in the fluff that the technews industry throws. It shows he's more of the real deal rather than some one-shot pundit who thinks that they have the right to opine on things they know nothing of because they had a singluar accomplishment in a semi-related field. And Solaris 10, on X86, for the most part is a complete joke. There are aspects that are noteworthy, just as there are on any operating system, but as a whole, I was pretty unimpressed. It's quasi-like Solaris, but not production quality yet on x86 architecture. Solaris is just fine on it's native systems, but the x86 bastard child is a sort of joke when compared to other things out there. Look at it from his point of view. He doesn't give two shits about other OSes, save for things that he may adopt and improve upon on his own system. In that respect, X86 Solaris (save for the items mentioned) is a joke.
www.20vturbo.com FWIW, Caters to the newer 1.8T 20v motors specifically, but we're predominantly uncensored AND we have a bristling pr0n section :D
Given that the Libertarian party has a socially and politically disparate ideaology from the existing and potentially new Democrat or Republican lawmakers in Congress, how do you intend to cooperate with other, non-Libertarian lawmakers, as any successful presidency would ideally help to forge the differences between the parties, and a third party candidate with leanings both ways on different issues would definitely have a distinct edge in moderation.
sure, what the heck... (above username)1 at yahoo.com No spaces or other characters, just my slashdot username above and then the number 1.
For what it's worth, when I was going through computer science in high school, back in the mid 90s (and we still started on Pascal), there wasn't much disparity at first.
One professor, on his introduction to Computer Science speech said most women wouldn't make it in his class. He said that traditionally, the women left. We started with a class, at about 22 people, mixed about 1 female to every 2 males.
After Norris' speech; 6 total people. 5 guys, 1 girl. But she stuck it out, and did very well. We constantly made fun (as a class) of the teacher and found ways to irritate him. One example would be variable names. Our favorite was class programming wherein we shifted variable names to be system calls with as small a change as possible, such as PR1NT would be a variable name. So after that he declared that variables should be related. So it became theme programming. while (skittles > 4) {reese_pieces;} with a program Candyland2000 was one of the female's programs.
I digress though. In his class, there was a definite disparity. But, the next year we hired a computer science teacher who was a female. Sadly though, she was only studying about two days ahead of her students. I, as an employee at that time, talked a decent amount to her, beyond what most students would. She was pretty progressive, for ISD mentality. Knew about Linux, which only about three people knew in the time. Didn't mind the script kiddie mentality, that I as an employee tried to combat. We even were able to setup a decent testing station that the students could turn loose on. We got better security (as they would have to explain what they did and why), they got to explore alternative methods of thinking when dealing with the problem (locked computer) and no one got in trouble. Very neat setup.
Anyway, her class was more mixed, just about 1:1 ratio.
Hi, Nice to meet you.
FWIW, most of the self-designated "experts" are almost as retarded as those they're trying to help.
Even my girlfriend, who works for a Vet Clinic as a Vet Tech knows how to keep spyware and malware off of their computers; hell she has to tell their IT person what to do. That lump of excretia was able to get 17 separate virii on one machine.
If PC useage to you neccesitates an IT degree, perhaps you should look into alternative education programs. I started on a Commodore Vic-20, an Apple IIe, and a TRS-80. None required an IT degree. After that, my Kaypro II, and my Compaq luggable (with DOS 3.3). My PMac 6400 didn't require one either. Over the time, I've had these and various other computers and have never needed an IT degree. Computers (especially these days) generally are fully useable in most aspects to anyone who applies simple common sense and logic to the task at hand. Any Mac user still clinging to the "easier to use" excuse is reaching for justification, IMHO. Especially given that there are many other technical reasons they could afford.
My commute is 38 seconds currently. I wonder just exactly how long it'd take me with that. I wake up two seconds before I'm supposed to be at work!
Actually, Sonny Bono was Republican.
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Actually, part of getting the protections that copyright offers legally means ensuring the rights of valid, legal use.
I want the protections of copyright, then I have to abide by fair use policies.
If I deliberately make fair use impossible, legally I should be offered no recourse in the event of copyright bypass for the purpose of fair use.
Unfortunately, thanks to big media conglomerates, they want the legal end of the control without providing the legal rights of use.
Just wait. I'm watching an episode of Family Guy from last night in my head, and my brain is skipping the commercials.
My next post will probably be from the RIAA/MPAA/BMI/ASCAP/etc Re-Education Camp.
Does this mean I've got to send a check to the RIAA if I get a song from the radio stuck in my head? If I start humming it, does that constitute reproduction and distribution? I'm not very good at it, and it's all off key and I forget half the words; is this still a copyrighted work, or does it fall under as a derivative work, or since I'm pretty damn tone deaf, does it mean it's original? Dammit; I've got "A Horse with no name" stuck in my head. Get out the checkbook!
They that would trade any liberty for safety deserve neither. - Ben Franklin While I agree 100% anonymity can have security issues, the reality is that such a system doesn't exist. Privacy is a foundation that this country was based on, and the notion of the relaxing of it deserves all the clamor it gets, if not more.
Probably next to the multi terabyte array. :)
Make your license with SCO public. You say it wasn't Linux you licensed from SCO, then prove it. Publish your license with SCO. Not only will it quell those that say you padded the coffers of SCO with protection money for Linux, by showing them that you paid for *actual* intellectual property (you did, right?) but it will calm your clients and potential clients if they know that you used money taken from customers and spent it on valid software for their use.
That is unless the license reads "We 0wn j00" (in essence, of course)
Currently, it appears you've done the following.
- Paid SCO to not be bullied over using Linux anymore
- Got a helluva licensing deal from Microsoft in the interim, which is kinda shady WRT the SCO bit...
- Snubbed MANY of the Linux and Open Source contributors, those that you say you respect and that provided MUCH of the software that has made your business economically viable
- Snubbed many of the same technical types who *were* considering your services
- And have entered into a contract, which currently, appears to be impossible not to violate (GPL + Linux + Kernel redistribution on server + SCO License = revoked GPL and violation of SCO license which opens you up to suits. They've said recently they intend to sue their customers. Helluva time to become one...)
So, do you think the protection was worth it. If so, show us what you got for your Million dollars. That is unless there was a great snake oil sale in Lindon....Quite honestly, then, that guy was an idiot.
:D HAH. All of those neat little "electric superchargers" are no more than an expensive useless hunk of crap.
Under any type of load, when the vaccuum is sucking air in, that little fan will become more of a hindrance than a helper. It'll just get in the way.
Look up "negative boost" for a decent explanation on that. Plus, if he thought it was a gain
What you have beleived and what you have done in life, sometimes in significant ways, contributed to who and what you are today.
If I go and kill someone, and then start going to church, it doesn't take anything from the fact that I would be a murderer. I may be completely different of a person, but am no less or no more.
If that makes it difficult for me to obtain work, where a murderer isn't an ideal candidate, then the answer isn't to delete any evidence that I did it. The answer would be to have never done it. If nothing else, then it simply means I must to explain myself and my changes to any future prosepctive employers.
Same thing with him. The facts, which are exponentially important when an investor is considering investing their money, are simply that. If he didn't want his credibility hurt by his former actions, he shouldn't have taken those actions.