Path: csiph.com!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: rbowman Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc Subject: Re: Case Insensitive File Systems -- Torvalds Hates Them Date: 15 May 2025 05:41:26 GMT Lines: 33 Message-ID: References: <%BwTP.8396$rdEd.2575@fx39.iad> <681f303f$0$16814$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <681fbf93$0$11449$426a74cc@news.free.fr> <87ldr3ttfk.fsf@eder.anydns.info> <87h61rth49.fsf@eder.anydns.info> <1001a0s$2b6qq$2@dont-email.me> <1002v2l$2mf3n$1@dont-email.me> <10035bm$2nn0a$2@dont-email.me> <10037hv$2nvmu$2@dont-email.me> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net qU9mnVXo9Ew9y2fLYP8eagROqs4K5Oe9WTR0Q88RBMdG/HRi/3 Cancel-Lock: sha1:3hUbgJ6xboel0n1xu+YVNHFi7PA= sha256:u9C8biWCrD8CzE/ezNThb7n6XgZUwAFMdB/06pnBH7w= User-Agent: Pan/0.160 (Toresk; ) Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:67524 On Thu, 15 May 2025 00:04:31 +0100, Pancho wrote: > No "Innocent until proven guilty" is a fine maxim. The higher standards > in public life should be codified. For instance, there is a fear that > public officials could be induced to implement policies based on > receiving gifts, i.e. bribes. So the higher standard in public life > should be to prevent them receiving gifts, at all. They should be fired > for breaching this rule, independent of any proof the gift was an > inducement, a bribe. It is easier to prove they received a gift, than > that the gift was effectively a bribe. However, there should be proof > they received the gift. We shouldn't fire a public official just because > someone makes an unsubstantiated allegation against them. In this country one of the current Democratic talking points is Qutar gifting the US with a plane to temporarily use as Air Force One. I'll admit it is a strange situation but it would have helped if Boeing hadn't been working on a replacement for the existing planes for nine years and still aren't done. I wonder how many billions have been pissed down that rat hole? It isn't your standard 747, but still. The US has codified the mordida. It takes millions, if not billions, to win an election so an interested party, say AIPAC or Big Pharma, dumps hundreds of thousands into Senator Simpleton's election fund or PACs. Our ever wise Supreme Court gave the process their blessing: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Citizens_United_v._FEC Oddly, the people who proclaim the great checks and balances afforded by the judiciary seem to forget the odious decisions made by the judiciary, as long as the black robes do the 'right' thing for the moment. A pox on them all.