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- RedCt, on 07/08/2008, -3/+49My god. Well, now we really know what we thought all along... he was a great programmer but seriously f-ed up in more ways than one.
- drlha, on 07/08/2008, -0/+28I love the fact that his lawyer thinks he's wrong to fess up to the murder after being convicted. Never let the truth get in the way of a good legal strategy eh?
- drachemorder, on 07/08/2008, -1/+20He's a defense attorney... he's supposed to say and do whatever might help his client. That's his job. It's the way the system is designed. The defense makes every possible argument in their favor, the prosecution makes every possible argument in their favor, and the judge and jury decide which one is right. That's one reason lawyers are often seen as dishonest --- they're paid to advocate one particular position, regardless of their own opinion or the truth of the matter.
- bubba9999, on 07/08/2008, -1/+19I've been curious why people jumped to his defense so quickly. A guy in the office who claims he worked with Reiser at one time was adamant that he couldn't have done it and refused to consider otherwise.
- k0rt, on 07/08/2008, -3/+18Damn, I was hoping he was innocent. On the upside he'll have lots of time to finish his file system.
- JohnnyRhino, on 07/08/2008, -7/+22Wired wrote this up a couple of months ago, good read. They pretty much thought he did it also,
- yuanzhoulu, on 07/08/2008, -3/+16"John Fuery, who first represented Reiser in his divorce case which with Nina which began in 2004, said he thought that Reiser made "a mistake" by taking police to the spot where he apparently buried her.
Fuery said leading authorities to the location of a murder victim's body "proves your guilt and is hard to undo" in the future when a convicted murderer goes before a parole board to ask to be released from state prison."
WTF? so Fuery believes that he made a mistake because future guilty murderers will reduce their chances of getting off easy? that's messed up. - BlindingDawn, on 07/08/2008, -15/+25There isn't a ring of hell low enough for this guy. I am glad he told police where they can place her body in peace but... man.
- pcnerd37, on 07/08/2008, -7/+17I was one of the people that thought he was innocent. I am surprised to hear this. He was a great programmer. Im curious to know what kind of a sentence he will get.
- Browzer, on 07/08/2008, -0/+10It is possible to get a murder conviction without a body. If it wasn't, all murderers would just destroy the body after killing someone.
- SpitRage, on 07/08/2008, -1/+11Wonder if Reiser4 will ever be picked up after all this.
- dafragsta, on 07/08/2008, -3/+12This screws up that whole "computer programmer or murderer" game.
- freebsdmike, on 07/08/2008, -4/+13And to think I thought he was innocent. I hope he rots in hell.
- trashhalo, on 07/08/2008, -0/+9so much for "not guilty"
- Setter, on 07/08/2008, -6/+14For a good time, check out the comments at http://tinyurl.com/thisisfunny.
You'll laugh at dugg comments like
"No body found, and very small amounts of Nina's blood found that, in reality, could be from anything (such as a nosebleed)? Strange things are afoot at the Circle K...."
and
"Please never let my fate rest in the hands of a jury of my peers."
And you'll realize that the wisdom of crowds means nothing in a homogenous crowd. - pingpants, on 07/08/2008, -1/+9I wonder if they would really reduce Reiser's sentence to 2nd degree murder/15 years because he led authorities to the body; even after all this time claiming she was living in Russia.
- akilleen, on 07/08/2008, -2/+10They should lock up Paul Reiser while they are at it.
- redcard, on 07/08/2008, -4/+11That's a lie.
That's a cold blooded lie.
He owed her child support that he hadn't paid her. Forget trying to "take his cheddars", he owed her money. As for her trying to take "his kids" to Russia.. here's another fact. Nina had taken a position in a doctor's office, was starting her new job the day after labor day, and had enrolled in classes to become a full fledged doctor in the Oakland area.
She was staying, man.
He killed her because his divorce attorney said he was going to lose, and you don't screw over Hans Reiser. - footodors, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8I suppose he'll move on to help exonerate OJ with his compelling arguments:
http://freereiser.wordpress.com/
"“This has been a sad case, and shaken our faith in the criminal justice system. I’m sure much of this and the obvious bias of Judge Goodman will be exposed in the appeals.”" - DteK, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8What does a programmer do when the dishwasher stops working?
He kills her! - NJank, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8actually, his reaction is the only one that seems understandable (when compared against everyone else who 'knew' he was innocent). He knew the guy from more than just the news and the fact the he made a filesystem. Basing his belief on personal knowledge of his behavior at that time makes sense. Everyone else who jumped on the 'he couldn't have done it' bandwagon based on nothing more than chatroom discussions.
- MalenfantX, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8One of my former coworkers killed his wife last year. Many people here were in denial about it because it's difficult to comprehend that someone who seems normal and happy can snap and do something terrible. We like to think that the people who do these things are horrible outsiders, rather than the people we know personally.
- mal1964, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8If you kill your spouse no matter how smart you are or how genius you think your plan is,You most likely will die in gas chamber or spend the rest of your life in prison. I don't know the percentage of getting caught killing your spouse but i bet its very high.
- patricks, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8Well, that's sort of his lawyers job. To keep him out of prison.
- hokie47, on 07/08/2008, -1/+8That only works in Boston Legal
- inactive, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6Hitler designed the Volkswagen Beetle but people still drive them.
http://www.hitler.org/artifacts/volkswagen/ - inactive, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6@Zerux
The only reason OJ is free is because everybody that handled the case was a complete ***** up.
All the evidence had to be dismissed, the only thing they could legally use was circumstantial evidence, which led to a ruling of doubt and no possible conviction.
They had DNA evidence from the glove used to murder his wife. He couldn't be anymore guilty. - inactive, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6They wont kill him because he told them where the body was.
- ngmcs8203, on 07/08/2008, -0/+6RTFA: Reiser's first-degree murder charge carries a mandatory sentence of 25-years to life in prison, but the deal with prosecutors could reduce his conviction to second-degree murder and a sentence of 15-years to life.
- ninesky01, on 07/08/2008, -2/+7i run his FS, so does that mean if i don't switch to ext3 i'm a bad man? *****... and i had my arch system so badically built...
on a serious note, man that sucks... that lady didn't need to die. i mean, he had his company and his hobbies. what more does a divorced man need? kids on the weekend is perfect... - Orbis, on 07/08/2008, -4/+9Comparison of file systems if you need to switch now:
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Comparis ... - alpinweiss88, on 07/08/2008, -3/+8Proof that lawyers have no soul:
John Fuery, who first represented Reiser in his divorce case which with Nina which began in 2004, said he thought that Reiser made "a mistake" by taking police to the spot where he apparently buried her.
Fuery said leading authorities to the location of a murder victim's body "proves your guilt and is hard to undo" in the future when a convicted murderer goes before a parole board to ask to be released from state prison. - Pixelante, on 07/08/2008, -0/+5You're all overestimating Reiser's "usefulness" to society. Society by far and large doesn't care about one more filesystem, it's relevant only to tech-heads. If he were a cancer researcher, I could understand. But a programmer?
- dtfinch, on 07/08/2008, -2/+7Video of him explaining Reiser4:
http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=6866770590 ... - AshamedAmerican, on 07/08/2008, -4/+9Did anyone else glance at the title and honestly think for a second that Paul Resier had lost it?
Damn I shouldn't come on Digg the minute I wake up. - MrFurious2k, on 07/08/2008, -3/+8Microsoft Marketing: Linux developed by murderers.
- NJank, on 07/08/2008, -3/+8no, he'll get out of being someone's bitch by offering to fix/clean all the computers in the prison library and showing everyone how to get free porn... but then again, that may just fuel the fire... hmmm...
- Jerim, on 07/08/2008, -2/+7That lady? She has a name you know. She had a family; people who cared about her. She had hopes and dreams. I am sure she had plans for the rest of her life. She was an actual person. It sickens me that so many people on here are willing to completely forget about her just because her murderer made a file system.
"Well yes, Hans was a great, great man with excellent programming skills. Sure, he killed a person, but let us not forget all his great accomplishments." What is next, blaming his vicitim for ruining his life? I couldn't care less about his filesystem. Use it, don't use, whatever. But that should never enter a conversation about a human being killing another human being. It is totally irrelevant. Regardless of whatever else he did, Hans is a murderer and should rot in hell. - eddan, on 07/08/2008, -1/+6Face it... There were a lot of suspicious activities after her "disappearance." He had a lot of motivation for her to be gone. It's not like this is the first time someone was convicted of murder without a body.
It's hard to explain the spontaneous removal and disposal of car seats, and hosing down your car afterwards...coupled with the removal of cell phone batteries from multiple cell phones. - mkoby, on 07/08/2008, -4/+9I'm not really into the whole guilty/not guilty debate. What surprises the heck out of me is the fact that the DA landed a murder conviction WITHOUT a body.
Sure they have a body now, but how in the heck to do you prove murder without one? Forget the guilty/not guilty thing and think about that for a moment. No body and they still managed to convict him. That's really what bothers me. - Pixelante, on 07/08/2008, -2/+6They won't let him near a computer. It's laundry time for him.
- patricks, on 07/08/2008, -1/+5um. what?
- itatag, on 07/08/2008, -1/+5So I take it we won't be getting updates on his FS anytime soon?
- lotu, on 07/08/2008, -0/+4Yea he was a good programmer and I will still be using ResierFS. But damn that weird having your files stored on a file system written by a convicted murder.
- bxblox, on 07/08/2008, -1/+5And when you do, they'll be reading this comment in court.
- ZombieLuv, on 07/08/2008, -3/+7What does being a great programmer have to do with anything? Does being great at what you do make you incapable of doing horrible things? And, more importantly, was his great programming the only reason you gave him the benefit of the doubt? That's f-ed up.
Obviously I believe people are innocent until proven guilty… and, he was proven guilty. And no amount of internet speculation could've put us in the court room to see/hear everything that led up to that guilty conviction.
One thing I don't agree with is the black-balling of his code because his conviction/trial. He was a great programmer and his technological advances shouldn't be lost because of his horrible acts. Improve upon it, change the name, and move on. I'd hate to see where art and history would be if we ignored everything created by people who commit horrible acts. - 32bytes, on 07/08/2008, -1/+5For those who haven't played it before:
http://www.malevole.com/mv/misc/killerquiz/
(Requires flash) -
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