Hmmm, he has the right to not incriminate himself, but he doesn't have the right to destroy evidence. IANAL, but it seems to me that the evidence that might have been on the computer does not constitute incriminating himself. If that were true, then if I were to kill someone and got their blood on my clothes, I would have a constitutional right to destroy my clothes. I don't think that's the case.
I don't know whether this guy is guilty of anything or not (although he's pretty high up in politics so he's probably guilty of something), but from the write-up it seems clear that what he did was wrong. (And, no, I didn't RTFA.) I agree with your statement about needing a third party (and a fourth, and a fifth), though.
This is anecdotal, so take it with a grain of salt: I have a friend that works at Microsoft and a friend that works at Google. The friend at Microsoft works long hours and, when asked about how he likes working at Microsoft, he replies, "Eh, it's a job. Nothing special."
The friend at Google has a long-standing rule that he gives 40 good hours to his work every week and I haven't heard about that changing. He seemed pretty excited about his move to Google.
If it were me, I'd go for Google. But I prefer unix and unix-like environments, so it's more a personal preference kind of thing.
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Well, that would be good because talk radio, as it exists right now, pretty much sucks.
Hmmm, he has the right to not incriminate himself, but he doesn't have the right to destroy evidence. IANAL, but it seems to me that the evidence that might have been on the computer does not constitute incriminating himself. If that were true, then if I were to kill someone and got their blood on my clothes, I would have a constitutional right to destroy my clothes. I don't think that's the case.
I don't know whether this guy is guilty of anything or not (although he's pretty high up in politics so he's probably guilty of something), but from the write-up it seems clear that what he did was wrong. (And, no, I didn't RTFA.) I agree with your statement about needing a third party (and a fourth, and a fifth), though.
Steve
Some of us superstar programmers live in Fremont. But I already have a job :).
Steve
This is anecdotal, so take it with a grain of salt: I have a friend that works at Microsoft and a friend that works at Google. The friend at Microsoft works long hours and, when asked about how he likes working at Microsoft, he replies, "Eh, it's a job. Nothing special."
The friend at Google has a long-standing rule that he gives 40 good hours to his work every week and I haven't heard about that changing. He seemed pretty excited about his move to Google.
If it were me, I'd go for Google. But I prefer unix and unix-like environments, so it's more a personal preference kind of thing.
Steve