actually forensics is more narrowly defined than that for insurance purposes. Forensics involves the the investigation and delivery of electronic data from the source material vs. the analysis and extraction of the said data. I do the latter clients or licensed companies deliver the data to us following the 'forensic' collection process for analysis , categorization and review- this law doesn't seem to differentiate between the two processes, but there is a distinct line between the two- though I have done some forensic work, I prefer not as it is a lot slower and drier than the extraction and integration. FTA:
"Forensics is a very new field. And now, anyone with a PI license can take an EnCase class [a popular computer examination tool] and declare themselves a forensic expert," this is a load of crap- I can tell you, having used encase that if you don't know your way around the innards of an OS or what the registry values mean you are going to screw up what you deliver and it will make the process of my job far worse- the last thing I want to do is have to be making more requests for re deliveries and having more useless and corrupt data that I need to sift through as my job is to extract and analyze forensic data because some stupid ambulance chasing PI who doesn't know what they are doing screwed up.
I do metadata extraction and database integration of corporate documents (though in california), I do not analyze or qualify logs or such- I analyze corporate dumps for retention and review- would this be covered under the pending legislation? what if our client were from SC? what if our offices in india did some of the work where there is no such thing as a PI license?
also I have been working in this field for almost 15 years now and it would be completely ridiculous if some moron who chases cheating wives with a camera were told by the state that he was more qualified to do my job than I am- and here in SF they only issue a limited # of PI licenses as PI's are allowed to carry a firearm.
I actually own one of the 3000 series laptops one of the 14.5 inch widescreens- it is a good machine, sturdy built, powerful- I noticed the similar build in the picture- I wonder though if the ideapads will live up to the 3000, it uses a 1.8 inch drive which could be a hindrance if you are using it for robust apps, the 3000 has two hatches on the bottom that make for easy swapping already for the memory and the HD, but encouraging a lot of swapping on a drive tends to lead to damage (as they mention in TFA)
OLPC is also designing a cow-powered generator that works by hooking cattle up to a system of belts and pulleys. I understand the idea of giving these to developing countries, but I would hope that this gets applied to commercial industries as well- think if you hooked them up to treadmills and elipticals in gyms.....
you aren't getting the point of it- the modders have dropped in a 16 gig SSHD in place of the 4/8 gig one in there and once you see one in person they have a really nice construction and form factor-I would never throw out my primary laptop for one, but they are kinda nice for travel and such- though I am going to spring for a wibrain once they are released- the specs on it are more workable, it runs XP and it is only a little bigger than a PSP
mac and windows stole from the commodore, and most of that was taken from PARC project work (xerox)- when was the last time you sat on a xerox computer.....?
I'd put my money on most people not buying music that they can't get for free, but that's debateable.
truly debatable- would I pay $.99 a song? no I wouldn't- I wouldn't pay what is essentially the same price for an album with no backup media and liner notes as I would for a CD- that is a bad deal- if it were say $.10-$.15 a song I would probably pay it, definitely pay it to artists that I want to support on non RIAA affiliated labels or independents- would I pay a monthly subscription fee for a stable site that allowed unlimited non-DRM non-Tracked movies and music with a wide catalog (of what I listen to, which is mostly non RIAA affiliated music anyways) and movie and tv downloads (preferably xvid and divx format since that is best for my archos and my zen) as well as allowing independent music and film uploads- and preferably had a good community building feature allowing users to connect and recommend? 100% yes and $20-$30 per month would be a good price point for that service.
the only thing about the subscription service is that I can tell you for sure that it would be an extremely hard road for members of the RIAA and MPAA to gain the trust of people to actually sign up at this point because people really don't like them. I can tell you that I personally would rather take the word of anyone running a torrent tracker right now over any member of the *IAA- but I am not saying that for me that couldn't change- it would just take a big leap of faith from the industry
Saying that just because consumers want legal digital downloads and are changing the market does not mean that the cartel with a 95% market share is going to be obsolete. they don't have a 95% market share-
they make you think that they have a 95% market share- I can guarantee you that 95% of the world's musicians are not affiliated with the RIAA and i can also tell you with certainty that they don't own 95% of the music copyrights in the world (though they want to control it all). What they do have is $from back catalogs and sales of old records to advertise and distribute.
All record companies aren't stupid and old fashioned, some of them do realize that locked in exclusive contracts, cheating artists and cd sales can't get them where they want to go, but I can tell you that those record companies also don't have the $ and power to change the industry as a whole as they are still working in an industry where the big 4 have the ear of the press and the $ to tell congress what to think.
the ONLY way to get the RIAA to go down is to force them to do so economically- with major retail outlets falling over you can see that this does happen and it is happening from the bottom up it is just very slow.
A decade after Linux became a viable mainstream alternative, two decades after Apple became a viable mainstream alternative, Microsoft Windows is still the most popular operating system in the world. simple reasoning: application support and price
there has always been a more malleable world to windows concerning it's application development (especially back in the day) and it has had a lot of good developers making catalogs and catalogs of software for it, this added with the fact that you can build a kick ass windows box for about a quarter to half of what you spend on a comparable mac makes the decision pretty obvious for the average consumer. So far as linux goes- linux could be really cool, but the communities really need to get off their high horse shut up about how great you think linux is and realize that web servers, internet surfing, database utilities and basic functions make for a stable useless box for a lot of us. Let us play games- let us do multimedia development- the way that apple got a number of people in the 3d world to switch over was by finally offering maya for mac- the problem for linux is that in the communities rather than saying- "we know you want office so we will give you office" they say "we know you want office so we will give you open office..... trust us it is better" and that doesn't fly in the real market world.
The way to get people to switch over will have to happen one two ways:
the linux community gives consumers what they want or
the windows community continues on their vista path and makes OS's that are so shitty and unusable that people want something that actually works
both of those scenarios, though rely heavily on bot linux and mac making a real alternative for people that were previously using windows
there is "attempted manslaughter" on the books here- it is used mainly in drunk driving cases where a person knowingly does something that could cause accidental death- but in the case mentioned the court would need to prove that the couple knew that they could cause the helicopter to crash- barring that like I said before it would be a "public nuisance" charge
Guess what, it was almost attempted murder, or at least negligent homicide (or whatever lawyers like to call being deliberately very reckless in risking someone else's life, unasked.) no it would be attempted manslaughter which carries no fine and a maximum sentence of 20 years, though if it went to court as such- it would more likely be a 90 day max public nuisance charge if it weren't for bush's retarded "everything bad is terrorism" stance
PLEASE, PLEASE, PLEASE create a regular document retention policy that mandates the deletion of all unnecessary emails and other e-documents on a regular basis. You CAN delete these files and you should. But if you wait until the lawsuit is filed, it's too late - and now we have to wade through all this crap. That's the point. actually, that is because you are looking at it the wrong way- I work for a company that actually does all of this for you- we do both active cases and retention programs with review, vetting, status codes, etc for ANY documents.
Is it a pain, well, yes but that is my team in the company's job- to extract the data and run it through our terms and verify the status of these docs for final legal review that happens in-house-
as a lawyer you should know that your job is to present a case which is why people like us exist to prep the e-discovery for you so that you CAN present your case, and if you didn't know that people like us exist, you will have to learn fast because in the end it WILL make or break your cases as we have a MUCH higher accuracy rate than manual review.
I am not trying to advertise our company, but this industry as a whole (which there really aren't many in the market right now) is coming to light in the face of corporate e-discovery and the new rules governing it.
I've heard that from the application developers side, Vista has some useful and expanded functionality over its predecessors. Has anyone developed for Vista yet and can comment? there may in fact be some advantages, but the disadvantages (backwards compatibility, hardware support, DRM, random crashes, etc.) far outweigh the advantages, which is why people don't want it.
Dood, share what you're smoking over there. Yeah, it's a great idea, but it's as likely as me becoming Miss America. For one thing, I'm in my 50's, and for another, I think they'd freak at the beard... yes, but how do you look in a swimsuit?
the broadcasts are covered under the DMCA- before the aliens even get here the *IAA goons will sue them out of existence for capturing and duplicating the broadcasts
Meet the new schmucks, same as the old schmucks. - no, we traded those that want to infringe on people's civil liberties in favor of the war machine and big oil with those that want to infringe on people's civil liberties in favor of entertainment and anti-technology......
So if this new data becomes widely published and accepted, how will the RIAA/MPAA react? Do they say "Our anti-piracy methods and DRM are working, and here's the proof"? That would be exactly what we don't want to see happen. or may be the new music is so crappy that people won't even take it for free
I have to say that I completely disagree- like battlestar and farscape firefly was a show that relied on atmosphere and characters rather than the good guys going after bad guys routine and did an incredible job of it- also on a more nerdly front one thing that I love is that firefly was one of the few shows that had no sound effects in space- which actually added to the atmosphere and suspense.
He's been pretty fair about copyright pursuits and quite often praises fan edits, mixes ind tributes- his main chasing of copyright violators has been real pirates- those manufacturers that brand merchandise with "star wars" and don't license the brand. We will see though what the future holds as word is he has been getting tight with *shudder* disney
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FTA: "Forensics is a very new field. And now, anyone with a PI license can take an EnCase class [a popular computer examination tool] and declare themselves a forensic expert," this is a load of crap- I can tell you, having used encase that if you don't know your way around the innards of an OS or what the registry values mean you are going to screw up what you deliver and it will make the process of my job far worse- the last thing I want to do is have to be making more requests for re deliveries and having more useless and corrupt data that I need to sift through as my job is to extract and analyze forensic data because some stupid ambulance chasing PI who doesn't know what they are doing screwed up.
I do metadata extraction and database integration of corporate documents (though in california), I do not analyze or qualify logs or such- I analyze corporate dumps for retention and review- would this be covered under the pending legislation? what if our client were from SC? what if our offices in india did some of the work where there is no such thing as a PI license?
also I have been working in this field for almost 15 years now and it would be completely ridiculous if some moron who chases cheating wives with a camera were told by the state that he was more qualified to do my job than I am- and here in SF they only issue a limited # of PI licenses as PI's are allowed to carry a firearm.
I actually own one of the 3000 series laptops one of the 14.5 inch widescreens- it is a good machine, sturdy built, powerful- I noticed the similar build in the picture- I wonder though if the ideapads will live up to the 3000, it uses a 1.8 inch drive which could be a hindrance if you are using it for robust apps, the 3000 has two hatches on the bottom that make for easy swapping already for the memory and the HD, but encouraging a lot of swapping on a drive tends to lead to damage (as they mention in TFA)
oh, that's awesome, says it works on the 604wifi too- and the source is on gpl
I have a 604wifi- I want that to be hacked too...
you aren't getting the point of it- the modders have dropped in a 16 gig SSHD in place of the 4/8 gig one in there and once you see one in person they have a really nice construction and form factor-I would never throw out my primary laptop for one, but they are kinda nice for travel and such- though I am going to spring for a wibrain once they are released- the specs on it are more workable, it runs XP and it is only a little bigger than a PSP
mac and windows stole from the commodore, and most of that was taken from PARC project work (xerox)- when was the last time you sat on a xerox computer.....?
the only thing about the subscription service is that I can tell you for sure that it would be an extremely hard road for members of the RIAA and MPAA to gain the trust of people to actually sign up at this point because people really don't like them. I can tell you that I personally would rather take the word of anyone running a torrent tracker right now over any member of the *IAA- but I am not saying that for me that couldn't change- it would just take a big leap of faith from the industry
they make you think that they have a 95% market share- I can guarantee you that 95% of the world's musicians are not affiliated with the RIAA and i can also tell you with certainty that they don't own 95% of the music copyrights in the world (though they want to control it all). What they do have is $from back catalogs and sales of old records to advertise and distribute.
All record companies aren't stupid and old fashioned, some of them do realize that locked in exclusive contracts, cheating artists and cd sales can't get them where they want to go, but I can tell you that those record companies also don't have the $ and power to change the industry as a whole as they are still working in an industry where the big 4 have the ear of the press and the $ to tell congress what to think.
the ONLY way to get the RIAA to go down is to force them to do so economically- with major retail outlets falling over you can see that this does happen and it is happening from the bottom up it is just very slow. A decade after Linux became a viable mainstream alternative, two decades after Apple became a viable mainstream alternative, Microsoft Windows is still the most popular operating system in the world. simple reasoning: application support and price
there has always been a more malleable world to windows concerning it's application development (especially back in the day) and it has had a lot of good developers making catalogs and catalogs of software for it, this added with the fact that you can build a kick ass windows box for about a quarter to half of what you spend on a comparable mac makes the decision pretty obvious for the average consumer. So far as linux goes- linux could be really cool, but the communities really need to get off their high horse shut up about how great you think linux is and realize that web servers, internet surfing, database utilities and basic functions make for a stable useless box for a lot of us. Let us play games- let us do multimedia development- the way that apple got a number of people in the 3d world to switch over was by finally offering maya for mac- the problem for linux is that in the communities rather than saying- "we know you want office so we will give you office" they say "we know you want office so we will give you open office..... trust us it is better" and that doesn't fly in the real market world.
The way to get people to switch over will have to happen one two ways:
the linux community gives consumers what they want or
the windows community continues on their vista path and makes OS's that are so shitty and unusable that people want something that actually works
both of those scenarios, though rely heavily on bot linux and mac making a real alternative for people that were previously using windows
that is what I thought as well- not only an access database, but an unprotected access deatabase
there is "attempted manslaughter" on the books here- it is used mainly in drunk driving cases where a person knowingly does something that could cause accidental death- but in the case mentioned the court would need to prove that the couple knew that they could cause the helicopter to crash- barring that like I said before it would be a "public nuisance" charge
probably when food coloring doesn't fade....india ink on the other hand would be great
Is it a pain, well, yes but that is my team in the company's job- to extract the data and run it through our terms and verify the status of these docs for final legal review that happens in-house-
as a lawyer you should know that your job is to present a case which is why people like us exist to prep the e-discovery for you so that you CAN present your case, and if you didn't know that people like us exist, you will have to learn fast because in the end it WILL make or break your cases as we have a MUCH higher accuracy rate than manual review.
I am not trying to advertise our company, but this industry as a whole (which there really aren't many in the market right now) is coming to light in the face of corporate e-discovery and the new rules governing it.
the broadcasts are covered under the DMCA- before the aliens even get here the *IAA goons will sue them out of existence for capturing and duplicating the broadcasts
go eugenics...... ummm yay social darwinism..... ummm.. go hitler?
that is a good idea, maybe you can make it so that when you do a google image search you have to sign an eula to view each image
I have to say that I completely disagree- like battlestar and farscape firefly was a show that relied on atmosphere and characters rather than the good guys going after bad guys routine and did an incredible job of it- also on a more nerdly front one thing that I love is that firefly was one of the few shows that had no sound effects in space- which actually added to the atmosphere and suspense.
He's been pretty fair about copyright pursuits and quite often praises fan edits, mixes ind tributes- his main chasing of copyright violators has been real pirates- those manufacturers that brand merchandise with "star wars" and don't license the brand. We will see though what the future holds as word is he has been getting tight with *shudder* disney