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ObSpoliationClaim: "Those who buy such machines are obviously trying to hide evidence. Mr. Happy Fun Court is "not amused.""
That is very true. Someone trying to defeat a charge of being a boss in a drug gang would certainly not be helped if they found Starium units in his house and in houses of people who were distributing drugs. This would look bad for Starium, too.
Irony is wasted on some people.
On 7 Aug 2001, at 8:19, Dr. Evil wrote:
I know you were being ironic, but PR is an important consideration, far more important than is generally understood on this list.
The argument "Using X shows you have something to hide" is unlikely to impress in a world where most respectable middle class people have committed multiple felonies theoretically worth seven years each. Similarly, there is much truth in Black Unicorn's argument that the systematic destruction of potentially inconvenient records is illegal. However since many other things that large companies with deep pockets is doing are even more illegal, nothing is going to stop them from systematically purging records. The court will no doubt be unamused by Micorosoft's new email policy, but it was even less amused by the emails that turned up last time. --digsig James A. Donald 6YeGpsZR+nOTh/cGwvITnSR3TdzclVpR0+pr3YYQdkG H9q6eEZeMsGPCWsKCGfr2xddMa6h0gxbjk3/Z/7P 4O6wKWO9uIpG9Af81TlzJc2iiHMjCsCtR9xpR6VF7