such a controversial filesystem, why not just use ZFS or XFS...
On Mon, Jun 13, 2011 at 2:47 PM, Michael Sokolov <msoko...@ivan.harhan.org>wrote: > Hello fellow listmembers, > > It has been brought to my attention that my comment about ReiserFS having > a greater intrinsic value than the life of Nina Reiser has had an > alternate interpretation other than that which I have intended. > Specifically, it's been brought to my attention that my comment has been > interpreted as assigning a low value to women in general - that meaning > was most certainly unintended, and I apologize for having worded my post > in such a way that made this unintended interpretation possible. > > I'm guessing that the primary source for confusion was my use of the > word "bitch". As a clarification, I have used that word to refer > specifically to Nina Reiser and not to women in general. My specific > labeling of Nina Reiser as a "bitch" is based solely on my judgment of > how she has mistreated Hans Reiser prior to her disappearance/death, it > has absolutely nothing to do with her gender or any other characteristics, > and it can't be generalized to other people or situations. > > I believe that Nina Reiser was in the wrong in the child custody battle > that has allegedly led Hans Reiser to a murderous impulse, but once > again that is my personal judgment specific to the Reiser case. I have > had up-close exposure to several other nasty child custody debacles, and > in many cases my judgment is that the man is totally in the wrong > whereas the woman is in the right. In other words, it's a case-by-case > judgment, no generalizations. > > But I still stand by my words that the wrongful incarceration of Hans > Reiser at the hands of the USA nation-state is a tragedy for the Linux > community, and *this* is the part that's relevant to Linux/FOSS mailing > lists such as this one. ReiserFS was/is awesome, and Hans Reiser's > inability to contribute to its further development is a major loss to > our entire community. It is my political opinion that the Linux/FOSS > users of the world should unite and form our own nation, develop and > form our own military, and have the Linux Nation or whatever it should > be called forcefully challenge USA for the release of Hans Reiser - but > it's just that, my political opinion. You may agree or disagree with it > as you like, but I should be able to express it. In any case, let's not > discuss it here further as Chris Louden has asked. > > I also feel that I need to make a clarification regarding my views on > the relative values of software and human life in general. I have said > that ReiserFS had/has a greater intrinsic value than the life of Nina > Reiser, and I stand by this value judgment. The specific case of this > value judgment logically implies that it *is* possible in general to > have a piece of software that's more valuable than human life. If > anyone feels offended by this view, I apologize for my view being > offensive to you, but I'm not going to change my core system of values. > > In my core system of values there exist plenty of things that are more > valuable than human life, and that's just how it is. Furthermore, I am > not a hypocrite in that I consider my own life to be of lesser value > than certain other things: in fact, of all the things I have, my life > itself is the least valuable! As a very specific example, most of you > know that I find most modern technology disgusting and repulsive, and I > absolutely require ancient computing hardware and software in order to > have a happy and meaningful life. To me this ancient hardware and > software has a much greater value than my life itself: losing my HW/SW > would make my life miserable and devoid of meaning, whereas my own death > would be mere cessation of pain and suffering. I very much hope that I > die before my VAX does, and I am dead serious about this (pun intended). > > So if anyone is offended by my judgment of ReiserFS being more valuable > than the life of Nina Reiser, here is my challenge to you: if I value my > own life less than my ancient operating system, why should I not be > allowed to pass the same judgment on others? Why should I be a hypocrite > in reverse? > > Speaking of death, I very much hope that this thread dies. The only > reason I'm making this post is to clarify that there was absolutely no > misogynistic intent behind my original comment. > > MS > _______________________________________________ > LinuxUsers mailing list > LinuxUsers@socallinux.org > http://socallinux.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/linuxusers >
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