This seems to be an idea about not revealing enough of yourself. But there is a risk too and that is if someone steals the ID token and forces you to reveal the key to it then it can be abused with low risk.
Another issue is that such tokens may be forged. What are the safeties in place to verify that it isn't forged?
Forged identities are likely to be abused by those that really doesn't want to be on the map, like terrorists and major drug dealers. The latter can probably afford a lot to be anonymous - even cracking/theft of the encryption keys in place for the token.
Real security will not be obtained until any instance that makes use of the personal data takes measures to double-verify the person when an actual transaction takes place. You may say that the social security number shall be protected etc. but that is only the key to the information store that can reveal your identity. If that store is used to verify your credentials it's a lot harder for any abusers to gain access to your money or perform illegal transactions using your name.
Of course - some may not trust the government to protect you as a person, and for some governments that may be right. But it's always possible to get under the radar for some time. And by storing the right data on each level it shall still allow for individual protection against abuse. The government already has all records of you that it needs like place of birth etc. It may even have your fingerprints and DNA on file, even if you don't know it yet. The social security number is the key that allows for access to this information store. A national ID will do the same, it's a key that allows anyone to verify your identity to have the correct means to do that. The catch is that in most cases it's never used as a key, it's used as proof itself and that can be abused. For small transactions that's never a problem, and who really cares if X rents a video Y with some fake ID as long as it's returned?
An alternative way to game back is to contest every patent granted as soon as the grant comes out by claiming the "Obviousness" and "Prior art" statements. Just make a short use of Google and most patents will fall short. At least that may make the patent office saturated enough to keep their heads down.
One alternative is to use the Amazon Mechanical Turk to get help to hunt for stupid patents. Just raise some money first.
First it's a bad move to post the actual key on the website. Maybe it works on their ATM:s too?
Second, from the appearance of the key it seems to be a lock that's EXTREMELY easy to pick so the effort to make a copy - even by trial and error - would be small.
So if everybody that knows that Diebold machines are in use during an election makes their own key and just unlocks it and leaves the machine open... That could be for some interesting news. Votes dismissed due to irregularities - 50%. Just make sure that the machines is in the counties populated mostly by your opponent.
And - what stops one from ordering keys from Diebold?
Which means that you don't use it or else you wouldn't be using your original set of batteries.
But - yes it is a very nice calculator and reliable. It certainly belongs to the list of GOOD devices. Compared to the TIIII 555577 that some were punished with...
Just make sure that every count is done using an FPROM (Fusible Link Programmable Read Only Memory) which means that you can never reverse the programming once it's done. UVPROM:s may also be used, but FLASH memories and EEPROM:s shouldn't.
Of course - you may want to have some kind of traceability but it shall not infringe on the vote secrecy. There may be valid cases where you actually want a specific traceability, like when each machine is set up you will want to verify that it actually works, which means that test votes has to be cast and these have to be dismissed when the votes are counted.
Since I implemented filtering using several different services I haven't seen any junk mails.
I have the following config in my sendmail.mc:
FEATURE(`require_rdns')dnl FEATURE(`block_bad_helo')dnl FEATURE(`enhdnsbl', `zen.spamhaus.org', `"Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://www.spamhaus.org/query/bl?ip="$&{client_addr}', `t')dnl FEATURE(`enhdnsbl', `bl.spamcop.net', `"Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://spamcop.net/bl.shtml?"$&{client_addr}', `t')dnl FEATURE(`dnsbl',`combined.njabl.org',`Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://njabl.org/lookup?$&{client_addr}')dnl FEATURE(`dnsbl',`list.dsbl.org',`Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://www.dsbl.orgdnl/ FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsbl.sorbs.net',`"Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://www.sorbs.net/"')dnl FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsbl-1.uceprotect.net',`"Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://www.uceprotect.net/"')dnl FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsbl-2.uceprotect.net',`"Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://www.uceprotect.net/"')dnl FEATURE(`dnsbl',`dnsbl-3.uceprotect.net',`"Message from $&{client_addr} rejected - see http://www.uceprotect.net/"')dnl
And I haven't had any persistent problems with legitimate emails coming through, which means that this setup works relatively well. I can't claim that this list is the ultimate or that it's perfect, but it works for me. The disadvantage is that it requires Sendmail, but for any *NIX hacker this shouldn't be a problem.
There isn't even any problem doing a secure setup for persons roaming, in which case it's possible to set up a SMTP AUTH on a different port. I have at the same time elected to use SMTPS (SMTP over SSL), which means that any password and information sent over the net is encrypted.
Below is the code I use for listening on a secondary port (465/smtps) with AUTH and certificate handling for encryption.
You will have to hack the path "...ssl" into something real if you are going to use the above. And be familiar with OpenSSL.
At least the actions I have taken discourages the spammers good enough and makes me feel reasonable safe. (there is always another leak, but you have to find it first).
My loyalty is at the carrier that provides the most reliable services, not necessarily the cheapest.
This said - I'm still not willing to pay an outrageous sum of money to get good service, but a sensible. If a certain phone has what it takes to satisfy my needs/requirements then I select that phone and uses it with the carrier of my choice. But if the phone is locked to an operator I'm not willing to switch carrier just because I want that phone. In that case it's either an unlocked version or skipping that phone and selecting one with equal capabilities that can be used instead.
One thing that I really try to avoid is the operator-lobotomized versions of the phones (branded phones) since that means that I almost certainly will get some kind of problem with them when using them with a different operator.
This theory assumes that the difference between universes (or as they may be called multiverses) can be quantified.
<Speculation>
If not, if the difference is the same as time or length in a dimension that we aren't able to consciously manipulate or see, then it is possible that we all are floating in roughly the same direction, but since the differences are very small it's impossible to recognize if we are in the same sector as when we started our lives.
All this since there are in theory dimensions that we can't see. Why they are invisible is a different question. It may be that we all are mentally and physically unable to "see" the dimensions or that they are "curled up" or "flattened" in a way that makes them immeasurable. This is just about the same question as if you are on a board (like our universe) on a completely friction-less surface where there is no perception of wind and no reference points. You have every perception of everything on the board, but you can't tell if the board is still or if it's actually drifting at the speed of sound with the wind. If you can't even "see" outside the borders of the board (the universe) you can't really tell if there are other universes out there.
And it's not even possible to say if the laws of physics are general or specific for a universe. It may well be that the laws of physics are the same in any given universe, and that we just are inside a bead of glass. (watch the end sequence of Men in Black to catch this idea...). Just "infinity" is hard to catch up, but it's like living on the surface of a globe - where is the end of the world? And if you walk a straight distance on the surface of a globe large enough - will you ever come home again or will you even recognize that as home?
I think that there is no straight answer, and that Keith Laumer in the "WORLDS OF THE IMPERIUM" may have one approach, and Robert Anson Heinlein had another in "Number of the Beast" (among others), but I think that Douglas Adams got really to the point in the statement "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.". At least his statement will explain a lot.
But this is still in the area of speculation, and I think that it's hard for the human race to get outside the universe. But I don't say that it's impossible - there may be a discovery around the corner waiting to happen!
</Speculation>
What is most important is that we try to keep our minds open - there may be a grain of truth in every theory that at first sight may appear ridiculous. Notice that the continental drift was considered completely outrageous by many until the end of the 1950's. The continental drift is now a widely accepted fact (but there may still be those that doesn't accept it).
Gandhi once said "Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.", and this still applies. If you do nothing nothing will be accomplished, and you will be sure that you are unimportant, but if you do something you may have the force to provide a stepping stone for something that will prevail for generations to come.
They should not be faced with a "Hobson's choice" of "Confess, and pay this meerly ruinous fine - or defend yourself and hope your parents don't mind selling their house & one of your little sister's kidneys if you loose."
The actual effect of all these actions will only be that the record and movie industry will be more and more alienated from the public and that the public in general will either wait until some channel sends the film anyway or until it is on a severe discount sale somewhere with a price that it should have had from the beginning.
The "Damage" inflicted by a copy can never be considered more than the market price, because everything over that is excessive. Since this is a company and not a person there can not possibly be a question of mental injury.
The world is starting to look more and more like the world of Max Headroom.
So it seems like the controversy if the rights to the TV series may actually be a facade that's used to avoid citizens to be too well-informed about the dark future that lies ahead.
The lifetime of a flash memory has been one of the issues with flash memories. How good is that on those memories? Will they die after 1000 cycles or after a billion cycles?
As usual - the lifetime of a product also requires the consumers to buy a new hot version.
I actually think that Microkernels aren't that bad, but it is also about how they are implemented.
The basic idea of a microkernel is that it shall provide very small code that actually has direct access to hardware in a system. This can lead to a bottleneck when it comes to hardware access if the design isn't well done. However, the advantage is that if the design is done right the microkernel can provide for better stability since much code isn't running with the full privileges of the machine and therefore is limited when it comes to the possibility of causing harm to other modules or the microkernel.
This is at least the theory and there are designs that are a lot worse. But as with all technology it can be abused, and you may run into limitations that are bound to that architecture so my opinion is "Your mileage may vary" if you should use a microkernel or not in your design.
I would call such a call to be reason to dismiss the claim completely and also make sure that no other claims could be done ever, but for a judge to make such a statement would be too much to hope for.
It's nothing else than outrageous. But of course if the currency isn't explicitly specified it could be paid in old Turkish Lira.
that his daughter was the one - then he still would have had to pay? Or would his daughter have had that on her when she started earning money? I think that in either case that guy was right to remain silent.
This will be a lot of barfing about similar subjects, you have been warned!
And I see that Mr Hyneman has a point here. Jamie and Adam seems to be two guys that just happened to get well-known. They didn't really plan on being world famous and I doubt that they make a lot of dough off their persons (with exception for the occasional exploding dough-can).
What we all know, but is pointed out by the article is that it's often not the engineers that does the stupid things it's the economy bean-counters that thinks that a saved cent there can make the car no different from before but cheaper. (OK, there are engineer screwups too, so they aren't entirely blameless). Maybe there are at least a few persons that actually reads the article since it's written by a well-known dude.
And I really understand the point behind a 'nag' button. Who wouldn't wanted one one time or another? (but I understand that a seatbelt warning for the driver may be permitted to nag.) And the need for removal of a wheel just to replace the battery seems to be one of those moments... It's almost worth an episode of it's own! And there are a few other problems aside the battery and it's changing bulbs and filling oil on the car. Whenever you try to fill up the oil you will invariably drool it on every other part of the engine too, just because you have a distance between the bottle opening and the engine opening of maybe half a foot, and when you need it most you don't have a funnel...
Operating systems are all bug-filled and bloated over the edge, which we all know by now so nothing new. The cordless tool and phone charger issue is right on the spot! There are far too many variations of batteries and chargers, but when you open up the inside you will find that they actually pack the same Sony Cells or whatever electronics and that it's just the packaging and contacts that are different.
And it's always funny to see all the variations of specifications of batteries and things too. There is an international standard that specifies penlight batteries (LR03, LR6, LR14, LR20 etc, but often the more illogical AA, AAA etc. is used, which for the untrained gives a complete loss of information.)
Even worse is the gauge of wires where a higher number means a thinner wire, which is extremely illogical. Measure the area instead, 1.5 mm2, 2.5 mm2.
It may be possible that in order to become a successful terrorist you will have to know about technology. Terrorists that don't know the difference between sodium chloride and sodium hydroxide won't get far and will probably be more of an amusement than a real problem.
Or it may be with them as with other kids - It's funny to blow things up!
And there may be some truth to the fact that those who can - they do, those who can't become leaders. (This can be applied to any grouping...)
OK, the interesting thing here is: Did they do it for the QT package or for the Linux Phone tech? At least I haven't seen that Nokia has been showing off much Windows phones, but I may be wrong, I'm not too deeply involved in Nokia. (They also used to make boots and tires and a gazillion other things.)
In the '80s they had a computer division called "NOKIA DATA", and if you scrambled that you could get "ADA TAIKON" instead...
Most filesystems only does a removal of the reference to a file when a file is deleted. A few may offer the added feature of overwriting when deleting a file. If I remember right OpenVMS actually has an option to the DELETE command that allows this.
The second question here is if it is possible to recover data that has been overwritten on a solid state device. It is possible on magnetic disks, but a solid state device is encapsulated in a much more rigorous manner which means that it will be a lot harder. However, it may still be possible using the right equipment.
And don't forget: Never store your important data under the directory/tmp or/var/tmp on any *NIX machine. It will be erased! I know that this has happened, since I was working for a company where a consultant did EXACTLY this. That consultant stored all his sources there! And the system erased all files older than 14 days, and since it was/tmp there was no backup. That person had to do it the HARD way because there was no way that there was any possibility to recover that data. I have no idea what became of that consultant after that was cleaned up, but I sure hope that he at least didn't make that mistake again!
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Another issue is that such tokens may be forged. What are the safeties in place to verify that it isn't forged?
Forged identities are likely to be abused by those that really doesn't want to be on the map, like terrorists and major drug dealers. The latter can probably afford a lot to be anonymous - even cracking/theft of the encryption keys in place for the token.
Real security will not be obtained until any instance that makes use of the personal data takes measures to double-verify the person when an actual transaction takes place. You may say that the social security number shall be protected etc. but that is only the key to the information store that can reveal your identity. If that store is used to verify your credentials it's a lot harder for any abusers to gain access to your money or perform illegal transactions using your name.
Of course - some may not trust the government to protect you as a person, and for some governments that may be right. But it's always possible to get under the radar for some time. And by storing the right data on each level it shall still allow for individual protection against abuse. The government already has all records of you that it needs like place of birth etc. It may even have your fingerprints and DNA on file, even if you don't know it yet. The social security number is the key that allows for access to this information store. A national ID will do the same, it's a key that allows anyone to verify your identity to have the correct means to do that. The catch is that in most cases it's never used as a key, it's used as proof itself and that can be abused. For small transactions that's never a problem, and who really cares if X rents a video Y with some fake ID as long as it's returned?
Canadians are by geographical definition Americans, since they reside on the American continent.
But they aren't United States of America citizens.
Never mind - the use of a driving license as a national ID card is already in place for many countries.
Good luck trying to figure out if they are scrambled or just random noise...
The US government (as with any other government) is really good at shooting sitting ducks, but when it comes to elusive ferrets they are left behind.
An alternative way to game back is to contest every patent granted as soon as the grant comes out by claiming the "Obviousness" and "Prior art" statements. Just make a short use of Google and most patents will fall short. At least that may make the patent office saturated enough to keep their heads down.
One alternative is to use the Amazon Mechanical Turk to get help to hunt for stupid patents. Just raise some money first.
Second, from the appearance of the key it seems to be a lock that's EXTREMELY easy to pick so the effort to make a copy - even by trial and error - would be small.
So if everybody that knows that Diebold machines are in use during an election makes their own key and just unlocks it and leaves the machine open... That could be for some interesting news. Votes dismissed due to irregularities - 50%. Just make sure that the machines is in the counties populated mostly by your opponent.
And - what stops one from ordering keys from Diebold?
- The original GameBoy.
- The HP 1xC series like the HP15C.
- GE Portable AM radio.
- Pet rock. (I'm not sure if that counts as a gadget or pet.)
- Zippo lighter
- Ironman watches
- 2nd gen iPod. (well - it's an Apple, but...)
- Atari 2600 controller. (but that's not a complete device)
- Motorola DynaTAC 8000X. (Or why not the Ericsson SH888/I888, also robust enough to take a truck)
- Zen Jukebox
- Palm Vx (or it's next gen siblings m505/m515 will probably do also)
- Rancilio Silvia espresso machine.
- Some 40+ year old Maranz stereo receiver
- Canon Snappy 35mm camera
- A bunch of early computers from the IBM XT and so... Probably because the only thing needing cooling was the power supply.
- squier electric guitar
- The old boring but utterly reliable phones leased from your phone company (probably would have survived WW III without noticing...
- And a device of my own - The Hasselblad 500C camera.
But ultimately - it's more about nostalgia than anything reliable even if a few gadgets on the list may be reliable.But - yes it is a very nice calculator and reliable. It certainly belongs to the list of GOOD devices. Compared to the TIIII 555577 that some were punished with...
(Yeah - this is a really low comment bad for my karma...)
Of course - you may want to have some kind of traceability but it shall not infringe on the vote secrecy. There may be valid cases where you actually want a specific traceability, like when each machine is set up you will want to verify that it actually works, which means that test votes has to be cast and these have to be dismissed when the votes are counted.
I have the following config in my sendmail.mc:
And I haven't had any persistent problems with legitimate emails coming through, which means that this setup works relatively well. I can't claim that this list is the ultimate or that it's perfect, but it works for me. The disadvantage is that it requires Sendmail, but for any *NIX hacker this shouldn't be a problem.There isn't even any problem doing a secure setup for persons roaming, in which case it's possible to set up a SMTP AUTH on a different port. I have at the same time elected to use SMTPS (SMTP over SSL), which means that any password and information sent over the net is encrypted.
Below is the code I use for listening on a secondary port (465/smtps) with AUTH and certificate handling for encryption.
You will have to hack the path "...ssl" into something real if you are going to use the above. And be familiar with OpenSSL.At least the actions I have taken discourages the spammers good enough and makes me feel reasonable safe. (there is always another leak, but you have to find it first).
This said - I'm still not willing to pay an outrageous sum of money to get good service, but a sensible. If a certain phone has what it takes to satisfy my needs/requirements then I select that phone and uses it with the carrier of my choice. But if the phone is locked to an operator I'm not willing to switch carrier just because I want that phone. In that case it's either an unlocked version or skipping that phone and selecting one with equal capabilities that can be used instead.
One thing that I really try to avoid is the operator-lobotomized versions of the phones (branded phones) since that means that I almost certainly will get some kind of problem with them when using them with a different operator.
Either it's a Trek universe where you hear the communicators of a trek team (Kirk Here) or you are referring to something a bit more nasty.
<Speculation>
If not, if the difference is the same as time or length in a dimension that we aren't able to consciously manipulate or see, then it is possible that we all are floating in roughly the same direction, but since the differences are very small it's impossible to recognize if we are in the same sector as when we started our lives.
All this since there are in theory dimensions that we can't see. Why they are invisible is a different question. It may be that we all are mentally and physically unable to "see" the dimensions or that they are "curled up" or "flattened" in a way that makes them immeasurable. This is just about the same question as if you are on a board (like our universe) on a completely friction-less surface where there is no perception of wind and no reference points. You have every perception of everything on the board, but you can't tell if the board is still or if it's actually drifting at the speed of sound with the wind. If you can't even "see" outside the borders of the board (the universe) you can't really tell if there are other universes out there.
And it's not even possible to say if the laws of physics are general or specific for a universe. It may well be that the laws of physics are the same in any given universe, and that we just are inside a bead of glass. (watch the end sequence of Men in Black to catch this idea...). Just "infinity" is hard to catch up, but it's like living on the surface of a globe - where is the end of the world? And if you walk a straight distance on the surface of a globe large enough - will you ever come home again or will you even recognize that as home?
I think that there is no straight answer, and that Keith Laumer in the "WORLDS OF THE IMPERIUM" may have one approach, and Robert Anson Heinlein had another in "Number of the Beast" (among others), but I think that Douglas Adams got really to the point in the statement "There is a theory which states that if ever anybody discovers exactly what the Universe is for and why it is here, it will instantly disappear and be replaced by something even more bizarre and inexplicable. There is another theory which states that this has already happened.". At least his statement will explain a lot.
But this is still in the area of speculation, and I think that it's hard for the human race to get outside the universe. But I don't say that it's impossible - there may be a discovery around the corner waiting to happen!
</Speculation>
What is most important is that we try to keep our minds open - there may be a grain of truth in every theory that at first sight may appear ridiculous. Notice that the continental drift was considered completely outrageous by many until the end of the 1950's. The continental drift is now a widely accepted fact (but there may still be those that doesn't accept it).
Gandhi once said "Nearly everything you do is of no importance, but it is important that you do it.", and this still applies. If you do nothing nothing will be accomplished, and you will be sure that you are unimportant, but if you do something you may have the force to provide a stepping stone for something that will prevail for generations to come.
The End.
The actual effect of all these actions will only be that the record and movie industry will be more and more alienated from the public and that the public in general will either wait until some channel sends the film anyway or until it is on a severe discount sale somewhere with a price that it should have had from the beginning.
The "Damage" inflicted by a copy can never be considered more than the market price, because everything over that is excessive. Since this is a company and not a person there can not possibly be a question of mental injury.
So it seems like the controversy if the rights to the TV series may actually be a facade that's used to avoid citizens to be too well-informed about the dark future that lies ahead.
As usual - the lifetime of a product also requires the consumers to buy a new hot version.
But of course if the court thinks it's new then it's new? Right?
The basic idea of a microkernel is that it shall provide very small code that actually has direct access to hardware in a system. This can lead to a bottleneck when it comes to hardware access if the design isn't well done. However, the advantage is that if the design is done right the microkernel can provide for better stability since much code isn't running with the full privileges of the machine and therefore is limited when it comes to the possibility of causing harm to other modules or the microkernel.
This is at least the theory and there are designs that are a lot worse. But as with all technology it can be abused, and you may run into limitations that are bound to that architecture so my opinion is "Your mileage may vary" if you should use a microkernel or not in your design.
It's nothing else than outrageous. But of course if the currency isn't explicitly specified it could be paid in old Turkish Lira.
that his daughter was the one - then he still would have had to pay? Or would his daughter have had that on her when she started earning money? I think that in either case that guy was right to remain silent.
And I see that Mr Hyneman has a point here. Jamie and Adam seems to be two guys that just happened to get well-known. They didn't really plan on being world famous and I doubt that they make a lot of dough off their persons (with exception for the occasional exploding dough-can).
What we all know, but is pointed out by the article is that it's often not the engineers that does the stupid things it's the economy bean-counters that thinks that a saved cent there can make the car no different from before but cheaper. (OK, there are engineer screwups too, so they aren't entirely blameless). Maybe there are at least a few persons that actually reads the article since it's written by a well-known dude.
And I really understand the point behind a 'nag' button. Who wouldn't wanted one one time or another? (but I understand that a seatbelt warning for the driver may be permitted to nag.) And the need for removal of a wheel just to replace the battery seems to be one of those moments... It's almost worth an episode of it's own! And there are a few other problems aside the battery and it's changing bulbs and filling oil on the car. Whenever you try to fill up the oil you will invariably drool it on every other part of the engine too, just because you have a distance between the bottle opening and the engine opening of maybe half a foot, and when you need it most you don't have a funnel...
Operating systems are all bug-filled and bloated over the edge, which we all know by now so nothing new. The cordless tool and phone charger issue is right on the spot! There are far too many variations of batteries and chargers, but when you open up the inside you will find that they actually pack the same Sony Cells or whatever electronics and that it's just the packaging and contacts that are different.
And it's always funny to see all the variations of specifications of batteries and things too. There is an international standard that specifies penlight batteries (LR03, LR6, LR14, LR20 etc, but often the more illogical AA, AAA etc. is used, which for the untrained gives a complete loss of information.)
Even worse is the gauge of wires where a higher number means a thinner wire, which is extremely illogical. Measure the area instead, 1.5 mm2, 2.5 mm2.
Check Sodium chloride, which was what I meant.
Or it may be with them as with other kids - It's funny to blow things up!
And there may be some truth to the fact that those who can - they do, those who can't become leaders. (This can be applied to any grouping...)
OK, the interesting thing here is: Did they do it for the QT package or for the Linux Phone tech? At least I haven't seen that Nokia has been showing off much Windows phones, but I may be wrong, I'm not too deeply involved in Nokia. (They also used to make boots and tires and a gazillion other things.)
In the '80s they had a computer division called "NOKIA DATA", and if you scrambled that you could get "ADA TAIKON" instead...
The second question here is if it is possible to recover data that has been overwritten on a solid state device. It is possible on magnetic disks, but a solid state device is encapsulated in a much more rigorous manner which means that it will be a lot harder. However, it may still be possible using the right equipment.
And don't forget: Never store your important data under the directory /tmp or /var/tmp on any *NIX machine. It will be erased! I know that this has happened, since I was working for a company where a consultant did EXACTLY this. That consultant stored all his sources there! And the system erased all files older than 14 days, and since it was /tmp there was no backup. That person had to do it the HARD way because there was no way that there was any possibility to recover that data. I have no idea what became of that consultant after that was cleaned up, but I sure hope that he at least didn't make that mistake again!
One of the classical Murphy's law moments...