"the FBI can see data that has been overwritten 12 times"
Bull. Shit.
If the data has been overwritten (actually overwritten, not just "deleted" or disk format) there's not a company/organisation/indivitual in the world that can read the data that used to be stored there.
Granted, an on-track overwrite will in most cases leave residual off-track magnetic trace that could be recovered using exotic forensic techniques, but this can be extremely difficult and highly unreliable - especially for newer HDD's using drive optimization techniques to optimize each individual drive. To successfully recover user-readable data from a drive where the sectors have been overwritten would take a huge amount of man-hours and effort.
Didn't we allready see this in a couple of Star Trek episodes?
Star Trek is once again way ahead of "real" science. Why don't the so-called scientists just watch Star Trek and write their books and scientific papers based on what is portrayed in Star Trek? That way we would leap ahead HUNDREDS OF YEARS in scientific discoveries; we'd allready have faster-than-light travel and transporter technology. That'd be cool. I'd be transporting hot girls into my bedroom all day long. Gaaahhhh drewl.
Seriously, why people chose Firefox is beyond me. The first thing I do once I install a new Linux (or Windows, for that matter) box is install Opera. It takes a lot less time and effort than patching Firefox with plug-ins to mimic Opera behaviour. As a bonus I get a more secure browser...
"For the first time the Army will be integrating a functional hybrid-electric drive system into a combat vehicle. The Army has long been at the forefront of developing hybrid-electric vehicles."
Yeah, the rumors that Toyota, Honda and others have had hybrid vehicles in production for years is just plain FUD.
"In fact, the Army's hybrid-electric vehicles are significantly more robust and more powerful than commercial hybrid vehicles."
Really? Military vehicles even more powerful than a Prius?!? That's just MIND BLOWING.
Hydrogen as fuel for cars - now THAT'S using the old noodle! Thank God for german engineers, they really know how to make hydrogen-fueled transportation!
There already exist Windows software for virtualising applications; these are called sandboxing applications. Sandboxie is a great example. Sandboxie is gratis, but you are encouraged to register/pay. Only drawback with Sandboxie is that it isn't Open Source - although I seriously doubt that "SoftGrid" will be Open Source either...
I don't know if it exists in German, but in the english language there is an old expression for this kind of court decision. It's called "common sense" and seems to be all but extinct these days.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in a new X-Files movie? That's a surprise, now that their individual, off-x-files careers have skyrocketed so completely!
"Evolution" is the only non-x-files movie I can remember having seen either of them in, and belive me; I'd rather I forgot.
I don't normally reply to AC trolls, but I'll bite today:
* No, I don't thrawl through every line of code of every FOSS program I use. * Those programs that I _do_ go through, I can most certainly miss something or not understand something.
But it's still more likely that I'll find a secret backdoor in an open-source program than in a closed-source one. And the real beauty isn't that _I_ have to find something, but that others, like me, can find something. Nothing much can beat the collective scrutiny of a million nerds.
Competition _is_ good, but Google is evil in ways that Microsoft is not. These two evils do not necessarily cancel each other but rather add to each other.
Q: Does the judge really want TorrentSpy to hand over their RAM chips? A: No, f****** moron. The judge simply says that information that exists in RAM can be retrieved.
Q: What's this all about? A: It goes down like this: 1. TorrentSpy has been slapped with an order to log traffic 2. TorrentSpy claims that since their servers have no hard drive (only RAM) there "are no logs" 3. Judge calls bullshit. The logs exist and can be transferred to other media. TorrentSpy must do this cause they are legally obligated to do so.
As usual, the article summary misrepresents the story. TorrentSpy claims that it can't turn over certain data because it was never logged. The judge ruled that since the data in question existed in the RAM, TorrentSpy was in possession of said data and must preserve it for discovery, i.e. start logging it. The judge in no way ruled that they must physically turn over the RAM chips.
Q: But a defendant cannot be compelled to create new documents for the plaintiff, even if the new document would just be a compilation and/or summary of other documents. A: That's just it: the information allready exist. It just need to be stored "permanently" (read: for years instead of miliseconds).
Q: Wouldn't this mean that TorrentSpy has to change the HW configuration of their servers? A: Yes, It basically means that using RAM-based servers without permanently logging traffic is not the legal loophole once believed.
This is not the first time that a company/organization has been ordered to change the way their system works. In the SonicBlue/ReplayTV case [2002] the court ordered ReplayTV to create the technology to record information about subscribers for purposes of determining how much of ReplayTV usage was violating and the law.
Q: Is there no way out of this? Will the MAFIAA have their way? A: The judge doesn't say that the logs have to be stored electronically... Nor that they have to be stored chronologically or otherwise in a logical, searchable manner.
"Together, these useless lights create a visual cacophony of blinking, multicolored lights that make me feel like I'm taking part in a NASA stress test for astronaut candidates."
And still, it's NOTHING compared to a 80's stereo rack.
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
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"the FBI can see data that has been overwritten 12 times"
Bull. Shit.
If the data has been overwritten (actually overwritten, not just "deleted" or disk format) there's not a company/organisation/indivitual in the world that can read the data that used to be stored there.
Granted, an on-track overwrite will in most cases leave residual off-track magnetic trace that could be recovered using exotic forensic techniques, but this can be extremely difficult and highly unreliable - especially for newer HDD's using drive optimization techniques to optimize each individual drive. To successfully recover user-readable data from a drive where the sectors have been overwritten would take a huge amount of man-hours and effort.
For a great introduction to the topic read the paper "Recovering Unrecoverable Data - The Need for Drive-Independent Data Recovery" written by Charles H. Sobey.
They all point outwards from the centre of the universe.
Me.
Didn't we allready see this in a couple of Star Trek episodes?
Star Trek is once again way ahead of "real" science. Why don't the so-called scientists just watch Star Trek and write their books and scientific papers based on what is portrayed in Star Trek? That way we would leap ahead HUNDREDS OF YEARS in scientific discoveries; we'd allready have faster-than-light travel and transporter technology. That'd be cool. I'd be transporting hot girls into my bedroom all day long. Gaaahhhh drewl.
Stoopid scientists. I want girls.
Seriously, why people chose Firefox is beyond me. The first thing I do once I install a new Linux (or Windows, for that matter) box is install Opera. It takes a lot less time and effort than patching Firefox with plug-ins to mimic Opera behaviour. As a bonus I get a more secure browser...
"For the first time the Army will be integrating a functional hybrid-electric drive system into a combat vehicle. The Army has long been at the forefront of developing hybrid-electric vehicles."
Yeah, the rumors that Toyota, Honda and others have had hybrid vehicles in production for years is just plain FUD.
"In fact, the Army's hybrid-electric vehicles are significantly more robust and more powerful than commercial hybrid vehicles."
Really? Military vehicles even more powerful than a Prius?!? That's just MIND BLOWING.
Great article, though. Just suu-peer.
"my wifes computer was a mess when I took control over it"
It wasn't in much better shape when *I* took control over it.
So when she says "I'm not fat, I'm just big-boned" she might actually be telling the truth.
That would be me. Email me, and I'll send you an account number.
Hydrogen as fuel for cars - now THAT'S using the old noodle! Thank God for german engineers, they really know how to make hydrogen-fueled transportation!
There already exist Windows software for virtualising applications; these are called sandboxing applications. Sandboxie is a great example. Sandboxie is gratis, but you are encouraged to register/pay. Only drawback with Sandboxie is that it isn't Open Source - although I seriously doubt that "SoftGrid" will be Open Source either...
I don't know if it exists in German, but in the english language there is an old expression for this kind of court decision. It's called "common sense" and seems to be all but extinct these days.
David Duchovny and Gillian Anderson in a new X-Files movie? That's a surprise, now that their individual, off-x-files careers have skyrocketed so completely!
"Evolution" is the only non-x-files movie I can remember having seen either of them in, and belive me; I'd rather I forgot.
"your" = belonging to you
"you're" = you are
I don't normally reply to AC trolls, but I'll bite today:
* No, I don't thrawl through every line of code of every FOSS program I use.
* Those programs that I _do_ go through, I can most certainly miss something or not understand something.
But it's still more likely that I'll find a secret backdoor in an open-source program than in a closed-source one. And the real beauty isn't that _I_ have to find something, but that others, like me, can find something. Nothing much can beat the collective scrutiny of a million nerds.
Tagging system corrupted? Whatcha talking bout? I can finally search for "yes", "no" and "slownewsday" - how can that not be helpful?
Competition _is_ good, but Google is evil in ways that Microsoft is not. These two evils do not necessarily cancel each other but rather add to each other.
You can take away my liberties, freedom of speech and my ability to influence my own future, but when you take away my flickr I get REALLY pissed!
Ahhh, to be young and have my head totally stuck up my own ass.
Q: Does the judge really want TorrentSpy to hand over their RAM chips?
A: No, f****** moron. The judge simply says that information that exists in RAM can be retrieved.
Q: What's this all about?
A: It goes down like this:
1. TorrentSpy has been slapped with an order to log traffic
2. TorrentSpy claims that since their servers have no hard drive (only RAM) there "are no logs"
3. Judge calls bullshit. The logs exist and can be transferred to other media. TorrentSpy must do this cause they are legally obligated to do so.
As usual, the article summary misrepresents the story. TorrentSpy claims that it can't turn over certain data because it was never logged. The judge ruled that since the data in question existed in the RAM, TorrentSpy was in possession of said data and must preserve it for discovery, i.e. start logging it. The judge in no way ruled that they must physically turn over the RAM chips.
Q: But a defendant cannot be compelled to create new documents for the plaintiff, even if the new document would just be a compilation and/or summary of other documents.
A: That's just it: the information allready exist. It just need to be stored "permanently" (read: for years instead of miliseconds).
Q: Wouldn't this mean that TorrentSpy has to change the HW configuration of their servers?
A: Yes, It basically means that using RAM-based servers without permanently logging traffic is not the legal loophole once believed.
This is not the first time that a company/organization has been ordered to change the way their system works. In the SonicBlue/ReplayTV case [2002] the court ordered ReplayTV to create the technology to record information about subscribers for purposes of determining how much of ReplayTV usage was violating and the law.
Q: Is there no way out of this? Will the MAFIAA have their way?
A: The judge doesn't say that the logs have to be stored electronically... Nor that they have to be stored chronologically or otherwise in a logical, searchable manner.
Actually, that's not really true. We here in Sweden are preparing to invade Italy for their fine wines and olives.
In Putins Russia, the Government controls the media moguls!
"Together, these useless lights create a visual cacophony of blinking, multicolored lights that make me feel like I'm taking part in a NASA stress test for astronaut candidates."
And still, it's NOTHING compared to a 80's stereo rack.
"'The importance of this breakthrough cannot be overestimated,' said Professor Stefan Decker, director of DERI."
This is without a doubt the greatest invention in the history of time!
There, I just proved the professor wrong. Muahaha.
Yes, but as long as the story hasn't been duped more than once or twice on /. it's still news, right?
"The first truth is that the liberty of a democracy is not safe if the people tolerate the growth of private power to a point where it becomes stronger than their democratic state itself. That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power."
-- Franklin D. Roosevelt
Am I the only one who sees "Homeland Security" written all over a lot of inventions lately?