I'll bet he even puts anthrax in the salt shakers at the Ihop just for kicks!
I would be tempted to 'chroot' his rectum with a fence post,'chdir' his head to his colon, then recompile his kernels with a swift kick to his scrotum.
What he's really saying is they ran out of fingers to plug the holes in the dike,they have their dicks plugging the holes in their customer's ass, and the water is STILL rising.
Thanks for the link, I have been batting around the idea of trying SELinux for a while after chatting with my little brother. He does network security and forensics for the State Dept. and we were talking about SELinux and he got me intrigued. Guess I should check it out finally.
Okay, I checked out your link. However interesting the concept, it seems to be an idea waiting to happen. Maybe I should have paid more attention to the date? (not being/or trying to be an asshat-really, I just read the page in your link.) It seemed there would be at least one sequel to this...I gathered he was just starting this project.
I doubt I could do this with $5,000, but do not dispute that someone else may be able to. (I'm pretty sure I could do it with $10,000 or slightly less though!- Donations anyone?;-)...just kidding, I'm too lazy to do anything past daydreaming on this.)
I could be wrong, but the whole cruise missle thing seems to be most expensive in the software/support/maintenance infrastructure. I would think it trivial for any millionaire (or above-be they an individual or a gov't/large corp/terrosist group.) to develop and deploy these as a short term 'solution' to a perceived problem that is paramount in their world view. I'm not eloquent, so please feel free to fill in the gaps you see....All I ask is that you think, look, listen, be alert and observe, experience, and then think again.
The world is changing, maybe faster than the political entities of the world can keep up. Instant global communication (real time) is a most powerful tool/weapon. Think about it for a moment- Instant Communication(tm) is THE most powerful tool/weapon mankind has developed.That is a scary thought...think about it- to advance past earth as the only human world, we will have to 'get together' globally to make it work. (IMHO) If not for politics, it would be possible.:-(
I've encountered Moonies in bus stations and airports since the 1970's, does that count? They were awesome...have you ever seen some shaved-headed dude dressed in a sheet play a tambourine full of money without either spilling any money or missing a beat? "Well I have." ( think Jimi Hendrix and the song 'Are You Experienced?')
Oops!, sorry for the late 1960-early 1970's flashback!
But I do get your good point about Columbus. I just could not pass up the Moonie reference.
We? Do you have a mouse in your pocket? Better rephrase that to something like 'us MS Fanboys' will be complaining about MS 'Whatever' OS.
Some of us rats have jumped MS's ship to *nix, and like it! Some of us were never on MS's ship to begin with. (disclaimer: I was until WGA)
Your post only expresses your perspective, not everyone's here...there are other options than MS lock-in. The Windows Majority is slowly but surely declining. Sh*t like Vista only helps this along. Unfortunately, there will be some that are locked into the whole MS world through their jobs, but at home they have no excuse.
From my little bit of experience, if you are expecting more of a 'workstation PC' instead of 'just a desktop user's PC', then I would recommend Fedora/Redhat or CentOS. If it's the other way around, then I would recommend Ubuntu/Kubuntu (depending on whether you prefer the Gnome/Ubuntu desktop or the KDE/Kubuntu one), or I have had good experiences in the past with Mandrake (ver. 9 and 10-don't know much about the newer Mandriva versions).
Currently I am using a PC with an older Intel P4 Prescott/478 3.0GhZ, !GB PC2700 RAM, ATI 9550 256 MB AGP vid card, Lite-On 8x DVD R/RW, 52x CD ROM, ATA133 200 GB HDD, 80 GB SATA HDD, 100 GB SATA HDD, floppy and multiple USB ports, and an older Creative Labs Audigy sound card. All of this is running Kubuntu 7.04, but had previously ran Win XP Pro SP2 until WGA declared my retail XP CD as pirated. (Use Google for 'rts008+slashdot+Winxp+WGA or some such parameters- I was vocal!)
All works well except for any hope of 3D acceleration with the vid card-but there is 'supposed to be' a solution coming from ATI/AMD with the release of Doc's and spec's, and some close to ready updated drivers. We will see.
There seems to be pretty good support for the newer imbedded Intel vid chips on the mobo- but no experience here, also I have heard that CURRENTLY nVidia's vid chips have much better support. Do some research on supported hardware before you burn any bridges. (Minor point:I have a Visioneer 6100 USB scanner that will not work with any distro of Linux that I have tried...YMMV)
There are many more *nix options that are all mostly valid...at least as valid as my choices, and there are the *BSD's to check out. My reply is based on my own 'Windows World to Linux World' experience, nothing more. My experience is very limited, but for me, it 'just works'....just my 2 cents.
Also, I have had good luck with Automatix2 and my Kubuntu 7.04 install. You will find the opinion on this pretty well split 50-50. (bugs, problems, etc,) There are longer routes to the same thing as Automatix2, so before going 'hog-wild', do a little research, then make up your own mind.
Win 98Se and Win2k both work well with VMWare on my Kubuntu PC, so I don't feel left out.
I highly recommend upgrading to *nix, but you do need to do a little research first if you are dependant on specific peripheral hardware, or expecting superb audio/visual experiences 'out of the box'. Also again, no personal experience, but there seems to be some wireless issues with some chipsets.
Don't be scared, just look before you leap, or use a dual boot or live CD option to check it out.
LOL!! My mental 'cue card department' visions of this almost had me wetting my pants from laughing so hard.
Picture this:
A nice little laptop- not fancy, but serviceable...a small but okay battery- gets 2 hours on a full charge...built-in hand crank generator....Hmm!! Need more power!....Ahaa! A human sized hamster wheel hooked to a large generator!...that can be broken down into it's own cart! *hears Frank Zappa's 'Dynamo Hum' in background*....Yes! Yes! The crowd roars!!!
*wakes up*
Thanks for the good old fashioned 'belly laugh' you provided, much needed after a hard evenings work, trying to relax on/. (Relax on/.? What am I thinking?!!?!?)
Enough already. You are just being annoying now. We heard you the first time, but some of us were not interested. This is your 4th post saying the same thing.
Wait a few minutes and use your browser's "Back" button or click here to try again.
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The solution would be to optimize your applications to use less CPU. Adding appropriate indeces to your SQL tables can often help reduce CPU. Using static.html documents instead of painful.php scripts will practically eliminate CPU usage."
If anyone has a working link, please share. I was actually interested in *GASP!* reading the article.
Probably so, but what would the University of Kansas know about submarines?
I guess that's why they went with landing gear, and will probably home in on miles-flat wheatfields to land in...or maybe not.
But using an UAV to explore beneath the ice sheets? Maybe watched too much Wizard of OZ..."I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!" (or something like that)
But what do I know about Kansas landing gear and exploring under Arctic ice sheets? Nothing, really. I've maybe seen Kansas landing gear on some crop dusters, but here in Oklahoma there are no Arctic ice sheets that I know of in spite of the ice storms we seem to get instead of snow.
Hey, at least we could give them credit for their ability to con a budget from someone to play with this.
Not likely, but a good scrubbing the brain out with bleach usually works good here. Yes, a bottle brush and a jug of bleach will fix any IQ problems you may have if you give the old brain a good scrubbing...brush in one ear and out the other- repeat ten times, then switch ears and repeat. Now your almost done. A good brushing up each nostril ( you want to feel it poke the back of the skull) will complete the job.
After several of these, no IQ means no problems!
At least you replied before the goatse post!! *shudders!*
I don't see either the RIAA or the MPAA turning down any chance to turn a buck their way- even soliciting BJ's in rest area bathrooms.
Remember, this is the same crew that established 'payola' in the late 1950's and refined it in the decades since despite several court cases decided against them for this. Reminds me of a Pennsylvania farmer I once knew. He made his living by poaching deer and selling the meat to some fancy, high dollar Maryland and D.C. restaurants. He would get caught poaching, pay the stiff fines out of a roll in his pocket and claim that it was only 3 days profits, and only got caught several times a year. Just a small operating expense...no big deal. He just laughed it off and even bragged about it.
I see the same mentality with the RIAA and MPAA, just throw crap against the walls as fast as you can...surely some of it will stick!
hard drives are getting pretty cheap now days. Pick up a drive and add it as a slave and install Linux on this drive, leaving your primary Windows install as is...sort of.
During installing Linux to the slave drive, you will get boot-loader options. Different distro's of Linux handle this a little differently, but basically they all give you an option to 'see' the Windows install and give it a place in the boot menu. Don't let this scare you for two reasons: 1. You can always quit the install if in doubt. 2. It is really pretty well a straight-forward process now days in my experience. (just google search my username + slashdot + Kubuntu or Linux)
I used to be a pretty good hand with a Windows system until MS's WGA claimed my retail XP cd was pirated, on the same PC. I quit beating my head against the wall then and instead of dual booting between Win98se and XP Pro, I went to Kubuntu 6.04 (?) Breezy and Win98se for some old games, and my Connectix Virtual Game Station (PS1 emulater) for Front Mission III.
Now it's still (default) Kubuntu, but 7.04 and Win98se with my old games...no XP, and never will Vista reside anywhere within my network here at home.
My wife will not give up XP, but her PC is a tri-boot (default- XP, Win98se, and Kubuntu 7.04) machine, and it's a toss up whether Win98 or Kubuntu run quicker, but Win98 is not network capable, and running services reflect this- I pare it down to the bone in 98 as it is only running some old games. Kubuntu, however is fully network capable and readily connects to the internet.
This (my wife's) PC is an old Dell Demension XPS T500- P3 slot A 500 mhz Intel cpu, 512 MB PC 100 RAM, 40 GB Pri. HDD (with Win98 and XP), 60 GB HDD with Kubuntu, ATI AIW 7500 AGP vid card, 8x DVD ROM, Lite-On 32x/12x/48x cdrw, SB32 sound card, and the good ole floppy drive. I have to say it is the most stable PC on my network at home. When my wife is out of town, I will boot into Kubuntu and get updates/upgrades then back up the media files across the network. (also duplicated on my server)
Give the dual boot a try, or at least the live cd, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Interesting points, especially #2. #1 seems to have some gaps though IMHO.
Okay, #2: The first two sentences are cool, but after that you are proposing illegal activities. (not that this has EVER happened! see Sony rootkit fiasco, among others)
Installing the software to do all of this can easily happen, but is mostly illegal. The ability to monitor and then bust you for ANY shady activities is also mostly illegal, especially for a 'third party' like the MPAA or RIAA.
As to the "Failing that, an inside look in a file sharer's machine could be very helpful for rights holders." part, it is (or has been) being addressed. I cannot remember whether it was on http://www.arstechnica.com/, or here on/. last night...too beat from work (got home from a 12 hr. shift about an hour ago) to do the link legwork. From what I understood from RTFA's was this: When a defendant's (how does that go? hereafter referred to as 'd/d's) PC is to be used as evidence (more or less only the HDD is relevant), then the plaintiff (p/p's) gets to make two identical images of the defendant's HDD under both d's and court appointed third party Computer Forensics Expert. One image is held 'in escrow' by the court as a backup/verification device, the other 'clone' is sent to the d's lawyer to get with d to tag any personal/private data that was not relevent to the media filetype case. The edited image goes back to the prosecutor to be entered as evidence (after review by the judge and the 3rd party 'expert' to discourage foul play), then they go at it tooth and nail.
It seems a good way to handle it- the plaintiff gets to image the HDD, but under both an *hehheh* objective 3rd party Expert in forensics, but also the defendants representative's 'looking over the shoulder' during the cloning/imaging. (yes, I'm sure my suspicions are over played here- feel free to apply that filter!)
The cool part is if either side calls 'foul!', the judge can pull out his cloned image of the d's HDD and check the facts...seems to me this could work really well if implemented right.
I had trouble with parsing #1, but you were very concise and easy to understand where you were coming from with #2.
BTW, I also need convincing, but "I'm rough, tough, and hard to bluff!" ( I have no clue where this quote came from, but I've heard it for decades)
How did you get modded insightful?!?! (the modders must not have RTFA)
"If this were the internal emails of an abortion provider we would all be disgusted if a pro-life group sent the names, addresses, and social security numbers of clinic secretaries and janitors around."
The emails in TFA are from the top end of this scum-sucking organization, not the peons and peripheral employees, so you must be trolling or flaming deliberately...unless you did not RTFA, in which case you are just another clueless knee jerk reactionary and not appreciated.
You have only made yourself look clueless to most here. You lucked out that there were a few clueless modders this time around.
*note to the modders that modded WaltBusterkeyes insightful: GET A CLUE!....and oh yeah, I've karma to burn- do your worst.*
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The one you use for the appetizers?
Lights used to read maps by? Like these http//www.alibaba.com/showroom/Map_Light.html, or maybe these, http//www.tirerack.com/accessories/hella/map_light.jsp perhaps?
Do you feel more enlightened now?
I'll bet he even puts anthrax in the salt shakers at the Ihop just for kicks!
I would be tempted to 'chroot' his rectum with a fence post,'chdir' his head to his colon, then recompile his kernels with a swift kick to his scrotum.
"What?!?" *dies from gunshot*
Yep, stupidity can trump simple and concise communication, among many other things.
What he's really saying is they ran out of fingers to plug the holes in the dike,they have their dicks plugging the holes in their customer's ass, and the water is STILL rising.
LOL!!
Thanks for the link, I have been batting around the idea of trying SELinux for a while after chatting with my little brother. He does network security and forensics for the State Dept. and we were talking about SELinux and he got me intrigued. Guess I should check it out finally.
I learned in college (Oklahoma) that the only relevant fact needed was: In Texas the men are men, and the sheep are scared.
This corollary got me into many bar fights in Texas for some reason....Hmm.
Does this mean that DHS and the NSA will 'police' my private network?...Cool!!
But I have to ask, does it run on Linux...natively?
Okay, I checked out your link. However interesting the concept, it seems to be an idea waiting to happen. Maybe I should have paid more attention to the date? (not being/or trying to be an asshat-really, I just read the page in your link.) It seemed there would be at least one sequel to this...I gathered he was just starting this project.
;-)...just kidding, I'm too lazy to do anything past daydreaming on this.)
:-(
I doubt I could do this with $5,000, but do not dispute that someone else may be able to. (I'm pretty sure I could do it with $10,000 or slightly less though!- Donations anyone?
I could be wrong, but the whole cruise missle thing seems to be most expensive in the software/support/maintenance infrastructure. I would think it trivial for any millionaire (or above-be they an individual or a gov't/large corp/terrosist group.) to develop and deploy these as a short term 'solution' to a perceived problem that is paramount in their world view.
I'm not eloquent, so please feel free to fill in the gaps you see....All I ask is that you think, look, listen, be alert and observe, experience, and then think again.
The world is changing, maybe faster than the political entities of the world can keep up. Instant global communication (real time) is a most powerful tool/weapon. Think about it for a moment- Instant Communication(tm) is THE most powerful tool/weapon mankind has developed.That is a scary thought...think about it- to advance past earth as the only human world, we will have to 'get together' globally to make it work. (IMHO) If not for politics, it would be possible.
I've encountered Moonies in bus stations and airports since the 1970's, does that count? They were awesome...have you ever seen some shaved-headed dude dressed in a sheet play a tambourine full of money without either spilling any money or missing a beat? "Well I have." ( think Jimi Hendrix and the song 'Are You Experienced?')
Oops!, sorry for the late 1960-early 1970's flashback!
But I do get your good point about Columbus. I just could not pass up the Moonie reference.
We? Do you have a mouse in your pocket? Better rephrase that to something like 'us MS Fanboys' will be complaining about MS 'Whatever' OS.
Some of us rats have jumped MS's ship to *nix, and like it! Some of us were never on MS's ship to begin with. (disclaimer: I was until WGA)
Your post only expresses your perspective, not everyone's here...there are other options than MS lock-in. The Windows Majority is slowly but surely declining. Sh*t like Vista only helps this along.
Unfortunately, there will be some that are locked into the whole MS world through their jobs, but at home they have no excuse.
That makes me feel better. Thanks.
The only other times I have heard the term venerable has been in reference to really old and distinguished Chinese dudes.
Otherwise, it would be Will XP do my laundry using 'Ancient Chinese Secrets'?
From my little bit of experience, if you are expecting more of a 'workstation PC' instead of 'just a desktop user's PC', then I would recommend Fedora/Redhat or CentOS. If it's the other way around, then I would recommend Ubuntu/Kubuntu (depending on whether you prefer the Gnome/Ubuntu desktop or the KDE/Kubuntu one), or I have had good experiences in the past with Mandrake (ver. 9 and 10-don't know much about the newer Mandriva versions).
Currently I am using a PC with an older Intel P4 Prescott/478 3.0GhZ, !GB PC2700 RAM, ATI 9550 256 MB AGP vid card, Lite-On 8x DVD R/RW, 52x CD ROM, ATA133 200 GB HDD, 80 GB SATA HDD, 100 GB SATA HDD, floppy and multiple USB ports, and an older Creative Labs Audigy sound card. All of this is running Kubuntu 7.04, but had previously ran Win XP Pro SP2 until WGA declared my retail XP CD as pirated. (Use Google for 'rts008+slashdot+Winxp+WGA or some such parameters- I was vocal!)
All works well except for any hope of 3D acceleration with the vid card-but there is 'supposed to be' a solution coming from ATI/AMD with the release of Doc's and spec's, and some close to ready updated drivers. We will see.
There seems to be pretty good support for the newer imbedded Intel vid chips on the mobo- but no experience here, also I have heard that CURRENTLY nVidia's vid chips have much better support. Do some research on supported hardware before you burn any bridges. (Minor point:I have a Visioneer 6100 USB scanner that will not work with any distro of Linux that I have tried...YMMV)
There are many more *nix options that are all mostly valid...at least as valid as my choices, and there are the *BSD's to check out. My reply is based on my own 'Windows World to Linux World' experience, nothing more. My experience is very limited, but for me, it 'just works'....just my 2 cents.
Also, I have had good luck with Automatix2 and my Kubuntu 7.04 install. You will find the opinion on this pretty well split 50-50. (bugs, problems, etc,) There are longer routes to the same thing as Automatix2, so before going 'hog-wild', do a little research, then make up your own mind.
Win 98Se and Win2k both work well with VMWare on my Kubuntu PC, so I don't feel left out.
I highly recommend upgrading to *nix, but you do need to do a little research first if you are dependant on specific peripheral hardware, or expecting superb audio/visual experiences 'out of the box'. Also again, no personal experience, but there seems to be some wireless issues with some chipsets.
Don't be scared, just look before you leap, or use a dual boot or live CD option to check it out.
LOL!! My mental 'cue card department' visions of this almost had me wetting my pants from laughing so hard.
/. (Relax on /.? What am I thinking?!!?!?)
Picture this:
A nice little laptop- not fancy, but serviceable...a small but okay battery- gets 2 hours on a full charge...built-in hand crank generator....Hmm!! Need more power!....Ahaa! A human sized hamster wheel hooked to a large generator!...that can be broken down into it's own cart! *hears Frank Zappa's 'Dynamo Hum' in background*....Yes! Yes! The crowd roars!!!
*wakes up*
Thanks for the good old fashioned 'belly laugh' you provided, much needed after a hard evenings work, trying to relax on
Enough already. You are just being annoying now. We heard you the first time, but some of us were not interested. This is your 4th post saying the same thing.
So very true. So many idiots, and so few dark alleys, so little time...
Tried to RTFA and got this instead:
.html documents instead of painful .php scripts will practically eliminate CPU usage."
"This Account Has Exceeded Its CPU Quota
Please contact this site's webmaster.
Wait a few minutes and use your browser's "Back" button or click here to try again.
If you are the webmaster, your account may have gotten this error for one or more of the following reasons:
* Your account has used more than its share of the cpu in the past 60 second sliding window.
* Your account has too many concurrent processes running simultanously.
* Your account has consumed too much memory.
* Your site was recently very busy trying to run inefficient scripts.
The solution would be to optimize your applications to use less CPU.
Adding appropriate indeces to your SQL tables can often help reduce CPU.
Using static
If anyone has a working link, please share. I was actually interested in *GASP!* reading the article.
Probably so, but what would the University of Kansas know about submarines?
I guess that's why they went with landing gear, and will probably home in on miles-flat wheatfields to land in...or maybe not.
But using an UAV to explore beneath the ice sheets? Maybe watched too much Wizard of OZ..."I don't think we're in Kansas anymore, Toto!" (or something like that)
But what do I know about Kansas landing gear and exploring under Arctic ice sheets? Nothing, really.
I've maybe seen Kansas landing gear on some crop dusters, but here in Oklahoma there are no Arctic ice sheets that I know of in spite of the ice storms we seem to get instead of snow.
Hey, at least we could give them credit for their ability to con a budget from someone to play with this.
Not likely, but a good scrubbing the brain out with bleach usually works good here.
Yes, a bottle brush and a jug of bleach will fix any IQ problems you may have if you give the old brain a good scrubbing...brush in one ear and out the other- repeat ten times, then switch ears and repeat. Now your almost done. A good brushing up each nostril ( you want to feel it poke the back of the skull) will complete the job.
After several of these, no IQ means no problems!
At least you replied before the goatse post!! *shudders!*
I just spewed half my beer on my monitor, you insensitive clod!!!
LOL! That was a masterful display of wit, sir! My hat's off to you. Excellent.
I don't see either the RIAA or the MPAA turning down any chance to turn a buck their way- even soliciting BJ's in rest area bathrooms.
;-)
Remember, this is the same crew that established 'payola' in the late 1950's and refined it in the decades since despite several court cases decided against them for this.
Reminds me of a Pennsylvania farmer I once knew. He made his living by poaching deer and selling the meat to some fancy, high dollar Maryland and D.C. restaurants. He would get caught poaching, pay the stiff fines out of a roll in his pocket and claim that it was only 3 days profits, and only got caught several times a year. Just a small operating expense...no big deal. He just laughed it off and even bragged about it.
I see the same mentality with the RIAA and MPAA, just throw crap against the walls as fast as you can...surely some of it will stick!
Remember: IP means Internet Protocol.
NeverVotedBush is spot on.
My only addition to his reply to you is this:
hard drives are getting pretty cheap now days. Pick up a drive and add it as a slave and install Linux on this drive, leaving your primary Windows install as is...sort of.
During installing Linux to the slave drive, you will get boot-loader options. Different distro's of Linux handle this a little differently, but basically they all give you an option to 'see' the Windows install and give it a place in the boot menu. Don't let this scare you for two reasons:
1. You can always quit the install if in doubt.
2. It is really pretty well a straight-forward process now days in my experience. (just google search my username + slashdot + Kubuntu or Linux)
I used to be a pretty good hand with a Windows system until MS's WGA claimed my retail XP cd was pirated, on the same PC. I quit beating my head against the wall then and instead of dual booting between Win98se and XP Pro, I went to Kubuntu 6.04 (?) Breezy and Win98se for some old games, and my Connectix Virtual Game Station (PS1 emulater) for Front Mission III.
Now it's still (default) Kubuntu, but 7.04 and Win98se with my old games...no XP, and never will Vista reside anywhere within my network here at home.
My wife will not give up XP, but her PC is a tri-boot (default- XP, Win98se, and Kubuntu 7.04) machine, and it's a toss up whether Win98 or Kubuntu run quicker, but Win98 is not network capable, and running services reflect this- I pare it down to the bone in 98 as it is only running some old games.
Kubuntu, however is fully network capable and readily connects to the internet.
This (my wife's) PC is an old Dell Demension XPS T500- P3 slot A 500 mhz Intel cpu, 512 MB PC 100 RAM, 40 GB Pri. HDD (with Win98 and XP), 60 GB HDD with Kubuntu, ATI AIW 7500 AGP vid card, 8x DVD ROM, Lite-On 32x/12x/48x cdrw, SB32 sound card, and the good ole floppy drive.
I have to say it is the most stable PC on my network at home. When my wife is out of town, I will boot into Kubuntu and get updates/upgrades then back up the media files across the network. (also duplicated on my server)
Give the dual boot a try, or at least the live cd, you might be pleasantly surprised.
Interesting points, especially #2. #1 seems to have some gaps though IMHO.
/. last night...too beat from work (got home from a 12 hr. shift about an hour ago) to do the link legwork.
Okay, #2: The first two sentences are cool, but after that you are proposing illegal activities. (not that this has EVER happened! see Sony rootkit fiasco, among others)
Installing the software to do all of this can easily happen, but is mostly illegal. The ability to monitor and then bust you for ANY shady activities is also mostly illegal, especially for a 'third party' like the MPAA or RIAA.
As to the "Failing that, an inside look in a file sharer's machine could be very helpful for rights holders." part, it is (or has been) being addressed. I cannot remember whether it was on http://www.arstechnica.com/, or here on
From what I understood from RTFA's was this:
When a defendant's (how does that go? hereafter referred to as 'd/d's) PC is to be used as evidence (more or less only the HDD is relevant), then the plaintiff (p/p's) gets to make two identical images of the defendant's HDD under both d's and court appointed third party Computer Forensics Expert. One image is held 'in escrow' by the court as a backup/verification device, the other 'clone' is sent to the d's lawyer to get with d to tag any personal/private data that was not relevent to the media filetype case.
The edited image goes back to the prosecutor to be entered as evidence (after review by the judge and the 3rd party 'expert' to discourage foul play), then they go at it tooth and nail.
It seems a good way to handle it- the plaintiff gets to image the HDD, but under both an *hehheh* objective 3rd party Expert in forensics, but also the defendants representative's 'looking over the shoulder' during the cloning/imaging. (yes, I'm sure my suspicions are over played here- feel free to apply that filter!)
The cool part is if either side calls 'foul!', the judge can pull out his cloned image of the d's HDD and check the facts...seems to me this could work really well if implemented right.
I had trouble with parsing #1, but you were very concise and easy to understand where you were coming from with #2.
BTW, I also need convincing, but "I'm rough, tough, and hard to bluff!" ( I have no clue where this quote came from, but I've heard it for decades)
How did you get modded insightful?!?! (the modders must not have RTFA)
"If this were the internal emails of an abortion provider we would all be disgusted if a pro-life group sent the names, addresses, and social security numbers of clinic secretaries and janitors around."
The emails in TFA are from the top end of this scum-sucking organization, not the peons and peripheral employees, so you must be trolling or flaming deliberately...unless you did not RTFA, in which case you are just another clueless knee jerk reactionary and not appreciated.
You have only made yourself look clueless to most here. You lucked out that there were a few clueless modders this time around.
*note to the modders that modded WaltBusterkeyes insightful: GET A CLUE!....and oh yeah, I've karma to burn- do your worst.*
"dreddnott (555950)"
/.!
:-)
Well that shoots down the "You must be new here" option for my reply, but yes, there MUST be a CowboyNeal option in every poll...after all, this is
BTW, LOL! for the quick wit.