That's a big assumption. And even if he did have access to a computer, the likelihood that was not Windows or had any development tools on it, or was not administratively locked down tighter than Dick Chaney's ass, well, that likelihood is extremely slim.
Of course he could write out all his code with paper and pen and send it out to a coconspirator on the outside...
This doesn't make sense. There's a clear reason why nobody stepped up before: Hans Reiser. The guy was clearly a bit of a nutbag...
You're missing the point. Since the murderer nut-job Reiser's file system is "Open Source", there has not been any legal block to anyone forking or using parts of it without having to interact with murderer nut-job Reiser.
...to try to sue someone later who does a better job of what they are trying to do now.
How can you sue someone for doing a "better" job of an illegal thing based on an illegal thing you are doing? Isn't that like calling the cops to report that someone stole some dope from you?
The Slashdot crowd sees that he was convicted more for being a weird awkward geek than on the basis of any evidence
Hog wash. From Wired:
When police eventually located Hans Reiser's Honda CRX a few miles from his home, they found the interior waterlogged, the passenger seat missing, and two books on police murder investigations inside. They also found a sleeping-bag cover stained with a 6-inch wide blotch of Nina's dried blood.
And...
By the time he was done, Reiser had succeeded only in dispelling the cloud of ambiguity surrounding his actions in the case, replacing it with a storm of very specific explanations that each strained credulity. Jurors had to choose between Reiser's strained version of events and the plain conclusion that he was lying.
And...
A battery of police detectives took the stand to testify that Reiser performed countersurveillance maneuvers following Nina's disappearance, and that when he was questioned early in the investigation he had about $9,000 in cash and his passport in his fanny pack.
And...
Reiser couldn't explain why, following his wife's disappearance, he suddenly drove through the Sierra Nevada mountain range to Reno, to sample casino buffets. And he admitted taking evasive maneuvers while walking and driving to determine if he was being followed by the police
All signs of an inocent man? The standard is beyond a "reasonable" doubt, not beyond any doubt.
When police eventually located Hans Reiser's Honda CRX a few miles from his home, they found the interior waterlogged, the passenger seat missing, and two books on police murder investigations inside. They also found a sleeping-bag cover stained with a 6-inch wide blotch of Nina's dried blood.
And...
By the time he was done, Reiser had succeeded only in dispelling the cloud of ambiguity surrounding his actions in the case, replacing it with a storm of very specific explanations that each strained credulity. Jurors had to choose between Reiser's strained version of events and the plain conclusion that he was lying.
And...
A battery of police detectives took the stand to testify that Reiser performed countersurveillance maneuvers following Nina's disappearance, and that when he was questioned early in the investigation he had about $9,000 in cash and his passport in his fanny pack.
And...
Reiser couldn't explain why, following his wife's disappearance, he suddenly drove through the Sierra Nevada mountain range to Reno, to sample casino buffets. And he admitted taking evasive maneuvers while walking and driving to determine if he was being followed by the police
All signs of an inocent man? The standard is beyond a "reasonable" doubt, not beyond any doubt.
I surprised to see so many here defending a man who quite clearly killed or was involved in killing his wife. Just because he invented a file system few people use, the Slashdot Crowd worships him to the point of blindness to the obvious. Is it amazing that he was able to pull it off while leaving such little actual evidence? Sure. But that "getting away with murder" doesn't justify it. It's pretty sad to see so many supporting this sociopath.
There are the D&D players who eventually get into Wicca and other "majik" kind of stuff to the point where they believe that they can cast spells and talk to spirits. I think it's basic psychology that anybody who spends any significant amount of time pretending to be someone else will eventually manifest behavorial changes.
And those pesky Bible Serial readers that actually believe the Jesus myth...
I write crappy computer games in my spare time. I do not expect to be paid for it.
That's your expectation, and given that you say they are crappy games, a realistic view. But not everyone is as crappy a coder as you, some are quite gifted. How is it that you feel you have the right to dictate your views on others, that their labor should have no monetary value? That's quite an arrogant view.
Personally, I think most Metallica was always boring, and I liked the self-title.
Typical remark from a sheep. When a "band" is no longer the "shit" the sheep move on and make comments like "I never really liked them anyway..." You once owned a pair of Ray-Bans, but now you sport the latest Oakley's. In the back of your closet you have a pair of quite servicable Doc Martins, but it's beenyears since they graced your foot. Sheep.
The point of being a musician, or another kind of artist, is to share the art, not to make a profit.
Are you saying that "artists" should not expect to profit from their work? What is the difference between a gifted programmer and a musician? Everyone has the right to profit from their labors and musicians are no different. People have a right to better themselves and their lives through their labors. Musicians are not priests.
But speaking of engines, how did they keep the fuel from igniting from the engine while it was leaking?
I was stationed at Beale and spent many nights on standby while they fueled the Blackbird. Its fuel is almost impossible to ignite without the catalyst tetraethylborane (TEB), which ignites on contact with air. There where often pools of fuel under the plane when they sat in the hangars for a few days.
The thing that I always thought amazing at the time I worked with them was that the avionics seemed so outdated in an age where most older airframes where being fitted with glass. Lot's of round gages and such.
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Whatever Nicholas Negroponte's price was, Microsoft seems to have found it.
I worked at IEG in 1999 - 2000. I was very titillated most of the time. Good thing I sat behind a desk.
Of course he could write out all his code with paper and pen and send it out to a coconspirator on the outside...
I surprised to see so many here defending a man who quite clearly killed or was involved in killing his wife. Just because he invented a file system few people use, the Slashdot Crowd worships him to the point of blindness to the obvious. Is it amazing that he was able to pull it off while leaving such little actual evidence? Sure. But that "getting away with murder" doesn't justify it. It's pretty sad to see so many supporting this sociopath.
And really, I'm sorry, but what doesn't get these leaches in a tizzy? Anything that threatens their profit model....
Amazing to watch take off, specially in the late afternoon.
The thing that I always thought amazing at the time I worked with them was that the avionics seemed so outdated in an age where most older airframes where being fitted with glass. Lot's of round gages and such.