But anyone can say anything on the internet and get away with it--or so I thought. Considering what I read online, I'm certainly surprised there aren't more cases like this.
I believe that the point of this suit was defamation, not "Internet"-based defamation. Libel is libel, regardless of the medium used to communicate it. Had the remarks been published in a "Letters To The Editor" column in the local rag, I'm sure a suit would have still been filed.
It appears that the investigators were presumptuous unless there is some additional information they have that they did not release.
I'm sure that murderers have been convicted on circumstantial evidence in the past (IANAL), but it sure sounds hard to get this case to stick without a body. If I were a juror, I'd be hard-pressed to buy the premise that a murder occurred without so much as a severed limb.
And the OEM version of Windows XP Pro is supported by whom?
I can answer that (used to do tech support at Dell). Microsoft puts support for OEM XP on the hardware vendor. The extent of that support is that the OEM will help you reload that copy of XP and their specific device drivers. That's it. No troubleshooting error messages or BSODs. Support of that nature costs extra. In other words, basic OEM support for the desktop OS is slim to nil.
You should look into using Darik's Boot and Nuke [sourceforge.net]. It is very easy to use and works great
That is incumbent on the fact that the drive still spins up. He said the drive was dead. I don't know what his definition of "dead" is, but if it is clicking/banging, can DBAN still do its work? If it is a controller problem, the same question is raised.
Don't get me wrong. I use DBAN at work (80-seat computer lab). But if you can't access the drive, you can't wipe it.
The school I'm sure will make the ethical argument that if they are not cheating, they should have no reason to object to this service.
I also call major bullshit on this school's administration. This is precisely the same argument used by law enforcement to trick us into submitting to "voluntary" searches without probable cause or a warrant. I'd like to see how the school's principal would feel to a surprise forensic analysis of his computer. After all, if he is doing nothing wrong, he should not object.
Actually most cities fail miserably at accomodating *car* traffic (at least in Europe where they haven't been designed around them). I'd expect the Segway like devices to be taken into account somewhere around the 24th century at best.
Hell; by that time, we should well have plenty of these.
As to why this doesn't happen for Linux, well it's because the US government doesn't take Linux seriously.
Uhh, could it also be due to the fact that the source code for the Linux kernel and apps is readily available without resorting to a court order or warrant to obtain it?
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But as the OP said, both sides have lost.
A Dutch Oven, perhaps?
Why buy the cow when the milk is free? :p
No rocket science required here.
Don't get me wrong. I use DBAN at work (80-seat computer lab). But if you can't access the drive, you can't wipe it.
Great. Now they can start using GIFs on their Web pages
It's actually the piece of radium they hid in the mouse that gives it the germicidal quality.
Anybody remember this little jewel? It didn't last very long. I'm just glad I didn't have to support it when I was at He^H^H Dell.
After all, Netcraft has confirmed it.
It's not the Internet that's addictive. It's the pr0n.
Well, you can actually read the liner notes on the cover of a 7" vinyl LP without breaking out an electron microscope.
yet another reason not to let your dog hump the guests' legs at your next party.
Or is that already slated for the sequel?