6:06 PM - Judge orders the impossible; I propose all judges must pass a technology test before starting their job
http://yro.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=07/06/14/180222
The judge ordered that RAM be turned over because it contains documents! Well RAM is not long term storage like a flash drive or hard drive. Lamers tend to use it as such but its not. Its temporary space. If i pull out the chips, everything is lost. If I turn off a computer, everything is loss. It would be impossible to have memory dumps of RAM and still have computers operate at any useful speed. I can't emphasize how ignorant about technology this judge is.
I'm having trouble coming up with an example, but let me try. Imagine someone got busted for drinking alcohol underage. The judge ordered the glass that held the beer to be turned over expecting to find beer even though it had been six months and it had been washed. That's not the same thing, but it does point out how impossible it is. Now imagine you had to keep an exact copy of any beverage in that glass. How on earth could you do that? How many glasses would that be? Each of those would in turn be evidience and need to be turned over too.
The judge ordered that RAM be turned over because it contains documents! Well RAM is not long term storage like a flash drive or hard drive. Lamers tend to use it as such but its not. Its temporary space. If i pull out the chips, everything is lost. If I turn off a computer, everything is loss. It would be impossible to have memory dumps of RAM and still have computers operate at any useful speed. I can't emphasize how ignorant about technology this judge is.
I'm having trouble coming up with an example, but let me try. Imagine someone got busted for drinking alcohol underage. The judge ordered the glass that held the beer to be turned over expecting to find beer even though it had been six months and it had been washed. That's not the same thing, but it does point out how impossible it is. Now imagine you had to keep an exact copy of any beverage in that glass. How on earth could you do that? How many glasses would that be? Each of those would in turn be evidience and need to be turned over too.
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