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bktheirregularVia Penny Arcade, the following popped up:
A computer that Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow says he built as a backup server for his office contained documents related to eBay sales, personal e-mails and a cheat sheet for a computer game, an FBI computer expert testified Monday morning.
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The computer – equipped with two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light – is designed for playing video games, prosecutors say.
Half right, I'd say.
If I were the DA's attorney, I'd ask whether his rig had a black light; if not, the UV-reactiveness of the cables would be a secondary concern. If he'd mounted a black light in his case, I'd look into pleading out and make sure he paid me my fee.
Here's Penny Arcade's take on the case.
A computer that Rockwall County District Attorney Ray Sumrow says he built as a backup server for his office contained documents related to eBay sales, personal e-mails and a cheat sheet for a computer game, an FBI computer expert testified Monday morning.
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The computer – equipped with two hard drives, seven fans, high-end video and audio cards, a wireless Internet connection and cables that glow under ultraviolet light – is designed for playing video games, prosecutors say.
Half right, I'd say.
- Two hard drives? I can see that, for data backup or a redundant disk array; heck, having multiple hard drives saved my bacon enough times that I've lost count.
- Wireless Internet connection? That's practically standard for a computer these days; if you're in an apartment, it's often the only choice for getting online.
- High-end video and audio? Well, maybe a little less justifiable.
- Cables that glow under ultraviolet light? Occasionally, those are the only cables available when one goes looking; I went to replace an 80-millimeter fan in my old PC case (the fan was making a godawful racket, probably out of balance or something), and all I could find were UV-glow fans and LED-glow fans, so I went for a UV-glow fan because it was the cheaper option, and it wouldn't glow without a black light.
- Seven fans? Either the rig's going to sound like an aircraft, or it's going to be the size of an aircraft.
If I were the DA's attorney, I'd ask whether his rig had a black light; if not, the UV-reactiveness of the cables would be a secondary concern. If he'd mounted a black light in his case, I'd look into pleading out and make sure he paid me my fee.
Here's Penny Arcade's take on the case.
