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Judge Orders TorrentSpy to Turn Over RAM

Posted by Zonk on from the i-do-not-think-that-word-means-what-you-think-it-means dept.

virgil_disgr4ce writes "In an impressive example of the gap of understanding between legal officials and technology, U.S. Magistrate Judge Jacqueline Chooljian 'found that a computer server's RAM, or random-access memory, is a tangible document that can be stored and must be turned over in a lawsuit.' ZDNet, among others, reports on the ruling and its potential for invasion of privacy."

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  1. Firs7! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    FOR SUCCEsSFUL So on, FreeBSD went my calling. Now I fly...don't fear beyond the scope of

  2. Re:What's the problem? by BosstonesOwn · · Score: 0, Troll

    Think of how ram works.

    The reason ram "clears" is that the pointers are lost. It is very possible to retrieve data.

    On ram a bit is only flipped high to change its value , if the bit is never flipped again the bit doesn't mysteriously drop to low again , it relies on being over written with a higher bit.

    01 must go to 10 before it can reach 11 and must got to 11 before it can be "flipped" to 00 again. All memory works on the same concept.

    There you have it my 2 bit example of ram :) Yes pun intended.

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  3. Seems like a fair turnaround by heinousjay · · Score: 1, Troll

    Considering the sheer stupidity displayed by technologists who expound upon legal matters (for examples, see this site, any given story), why is it fair to expect that legal experts would be strong on technology matters?

    Still, this is an opportunity for nerds to play their favorite game: look how much smarter I am than you.

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  4. Re:What's the problem? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You are wrong moron, now STFU.

    Seriously, do your fucking research before you run your dicksucker again.

  5. Re:What's the problem? by AricC · · Score: -1, Troll

    If you'd read the PDF of the court order you'd have noted the judge understands quite well that the RAM is volotile and that he was asking the relevant parts be stored. Specifically, he wants the ip addresses stored. Attention dipshit: learn to read.
    Actually, the judge is a she.
  6. Re:the D in DRAM by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    God you're stupid. Where do you get this shit from?

  7. Re:What's the problem? by KronicD · · Score: -1, Troll

    Posting this url: http://www.cs.auckland.ac.nz/~pgut001/pubs/secure_ del.html accusing you of being a huge faggot.

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