licentious radio

Monday, May 26, 2003
[11:24:39 PM]

Slashdotters are having a good chuckle on M$ Ballmer....

Seems Steve cut short his ski vacation to offer the city government of Munich a 90% discount on MS software if they would pretty-please not switch to Linux.

It looks like Munich is going to resist. Perhaps resistance isn't futile?

The funny timing is with the news that Steve is selling off a chunk of his M$ shares. It *looks* like he's selling them because he knows he'll lose the big account, and guesses that M$ stock will take a hit in the short run, and the long run, too. It seems more likely that he was already planning the sale, and the timing is coincidence. But it makes for a good chuckle, for now.

Will the Borg quick innovate a new weapon to use on Munich?

[10:15:43 AM]
As a child, when I stood, put my right hand over my heart, and sang our -- my -- national anthem, were military tribunals really part of the promise? Is this the country we will leave to our children?

"Under the rules, defendants are assigned a military lawyer. A defendant can hire a civilian defense lawyer as long as the government does not have to pay. This civilian lawyer must be a U.S. citizen, must be deemed eligible to hear classified information, and must accept conditions set by the Pentagon.

"Defense lawyers, for example, must agree to allow the Pentagon to monitor conversations with defendants, essentially waiving the customary attorney-client privilege.

"The Pentagon can bar civilian defense lawyers from certain closed proceedings. It prohibits the common practice of developing joint defense tactics with lawyers for other defendants.

"There is no provision for a defense lawyer to contest whether a military commission has the jurisdiction to bring his client to trial."

--reuters.com.