Comments on: Poor Hans? Epic Fail! http://www.endperform.org/2008/07/09/poor-hans-epic-fail/ Geekiness to the nth degree Fri, 21 Nov 2008 23:31:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7-beta3 hourly 1 By: Michael B. Trausch http://www.endperform.org/2008/07/09/poor-hans-epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-6715 Michael B. Trausch Thu, 10 Jul 2008 07:07:42 +0000 http://www.endperform.org/?p=253#comment-6715 As it turns out, it would appear that Reiser strangled her during an argument about their divorce, the kids, or something along those lines. He has managed to get a reduced sentence—though it would seem that they offered him a vastly reduced sentence of only 3 years, before the thing ever went to trial, if he were to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and simply reveal the details of what he did. What really bugs me the most about the entire "Poor Hans" statement is that Reiser was known to be somewhat nutty and volatile in his dealings with people (check out his posts to the LKML for example, reading through his history there; Reiser is a rather argumentative individual, it would appear). Unfortunately, trying to find some of the posts that I had in mind is a bit difficult at the moment, with all of the things that are being written about him making their way to the top of Google. The other thing is that I just don't get it. How someone could sit there, knowing that a person killed another (and not even out of self-defense!), and then claim that he's the victim in all of this, further making us users out to be victims by stating that we'll not get the best performing filesystem ever designed… well, I just don't understand that. If Reiser4 is all that and a bag of chips, then the people that worked for Namesys, or someone else entirely, will come up, pick up the filesystem, and continue its development. If nobody does it, then nobody was interested in it. If nobody is interested in it, then it's very likely that it wasn't all of that and a bag of chips anyway. That having been said, I've used Reiser4 on some of my systems, and I did really like the performance that it had with very small files on very fast internal hard drives. However, I use ext3 for all of my systems today, and I will likely switch to ext4 sometime soon, now that at least one of the developers of it is using it, too. I've used (and trusted) the ext[23] filesystems for a very long time, and it'd take a good deal of proof that something else was trustworthy for me to switch over to trusting it for my primary storage needs. So, I guess in a way, I simply don't care if Reiser4 is <em>ever</em> complete or ever manages to make it into the Linux kernel mainline; I have something which works, works well, is reasonably fast, and doesn't limit me in any practical way—oh, and isn't a nearly opaque blob of bits on the hard drive. There is something to be said for filesystems which aren't like databases. :) As it turns out, it would appear that Reiser strangled her during an argument about their divorce, the kids, or something along those lines. He has managed to get a reduced sentence—though it would seem that they offered him a vastly reduced sentence of only 3 years, before the thing ever went to trial, if he were to plead guilty to voluntary manslaughter and simply reveal the details of what he did.

What really bugs me the most about the entire “Poor Hans” statement is that Reiser was known to be somewhat nutty and volatile in his dealings with people (check out his posts to the LKML for example, reading through his history there; Reiser is a rather argumentative individual, it would appear). Unfortunately, trying to find some of the posts that I had in mind is a bit difficult at the moment, with all of the things that are being written about him making their way to the top of Google.

The other thing is that I just don’t get it. How someone could sit there, knowing that a person killed another (and not even out of self-defense!), and then claim that he’s the victim in all of this, further making us users out to be victims by stating that we’ll not get the best performing filesystem ever designed… well, I just don’t understand that. If Reiser4 is all that and a bag of chips, then the people that worked for Namesys, or someone else entirely, will come up, pick up the filesystem, and continue its development. If nobody does it, then nobody was interested in it. If nobody is interested in it, then it’s very likely that it wasn’t all of that and a bag of chips anyway.

That having been said, I’ve used Reiser4 on some of my systems, and I did really like the performance that it had with very small files on very fast internal hard drives. However, I use ext3 for all of my systems today, and I will likely switch to ext4 sometime soon, now that at least one of the developers of it is using it, too. I’ve used (and trusted) the ext[23] filesystems for a very long time, and it’d take a good deal of proof that something else was trustworthy for me to switch over to trusting it for my primary storage needs. So, I guess in a way, I simply don’t care if Reiser4 is ever complete or ever manages to make it into the Linux kernel mainline; I have something which works, works well, is reasonably fast, and doesn’t limit me in any practical way—oh, and isn’t a nearly opaque blob of bits on the hard drive. There is something to be said for filesystems which aren’t like databases. :)

]]> By: dahlia http://www.endperform.org/2008/07/09/poor-hans-epic-fail/comment-page-1/#comment-6714 dahlia Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:25:17 +0000 http://www.endperform.org/?p=253#comment-6714 The comments come from geeks that care more about a pc component than a human being. Reiser might have been a computer genius but his arrogance drove him to believe that he could commit the perfect crime. What a coincidence that in this tale of spousal abuse he decided to confess his guilt and where the body was only before being sentenced for life. Even his own son drew a picture of his dad carrying a bag that had his mother inside. He took the blame, he should be punished for this, after all, his kids do not have any more parents thanks to his genial idea. Let him look at a wall for 15 years and NOT be productive so he understands the magnitude of his actions! The comments come from geeks that care more about a pc component than a human being. Reiser might have been a computer genius but his arrogance drove him to believe that he could commit the perfect crime. What a coincidence that in this tale of spousal abuse he decided to confess his guilt and where the body was only before being sentenced for life. Even his own son drew a picture of his dad carrying a bag that had his mother inside. He took the blame, he should be punished for this, after all, his kids do not have any more parents thanks to his genial idea. Let him look at a wall for 15 years and NOT be productive so he understands the magnitude of his actions!

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