On Sat, 11 Dec 2004, Bill Stewart wrote:
The more serious problem is what this means for computer evidence search and seizure procedures - the US has some official rules about "copy the disk and return the computer" that came out of the Steve Jackson case, not that they're always followed;
Actually (at least here in the Midwest), it's copy ("image") the machine and provide a copy of that image. The computer and original drive stay locked in the evidence locker till the case is over. -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.org 0xBD4A95BF Civilization is in a tailspin - everything is backwards, everything is upside down- doctors destroy health, psychiatrists destroy minds, lawyers destroy justice, the major media destroy information, governments destroy freedom and religions destroy spirituality - yet it is claimed to be healthy, just, informed, free and spiritual. We live in a social system whose community, wealth, love and life is derived from alienation, poverty, self-hate and medical murder - yet we tell ourselves that it is biologically and ecologically sustainable. The Bush plan to screen whole US population for mental illness clearly indicates that mental illness starts at the top. Rev Dr Michael Ellner