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Steve,

You and I have definitely driven around the same block a few times…

Hope you’re feeling better.

DRW

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Its possible that Raid 5 is just too slow, because in general SATA is much faster than firewire. At Raid 0 or Raid 1 you’d be cooking.

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Doug,

What you’re saying certainly sounds logical and it seems like a logical interpretation to most laypersons, but, the interpretation of “as part of his or her official duty” is interpreted differently by the courts. If you are employed by the government and on duty while taking a snapshot for your own enjoyment, that snapshot is more than likely PD. You see, regardless of your intent, the fact that you were being paid by the Federal Gov., and on your shift at the time, means that your work product or intellectual property is not your own. You’d have every right could to contest it, but that would cost you if you were forced to fight it, and the burden of proof would be on you. There’s no automatic feature at play that says its yours because it seems right and because you feel like it should be yours.

Now, this is where it gets interesting again, because insurance companies aren’t always in 100% agreement with prevailing law. Often they just take easy way out and make you replace the stuff with something they know about.

DRW

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Ron and Doug,

You both have good personal arguments, and this is why I opened his topic up for discussion. I thought it was a good subject for this forum, as it brings up the realities of copyright search, which are not always clear, even to lawyers who specialize in IP matters.

As you both know, sometimes laws may seem a bit (or a lot) counterintuitive and even unjust. For example, on the well-known website, Wikipedia, certain wartime images taken by individuals in the military have the following copyright info attached, “This image is in the public domain because it is ineligible for copyright. This applies worldwide. Pictures taken by U.S. military personnel on duty are ineligible for copyright, unless the photographer successfully claims that the photographs were not taken as part of his or her official duties. The photographers of the Abu Ghraib prisoner abuse photos have not made this claim, and have in fact denied it under oath.”

The Dept. of Defense unsuccessfully attempted to suppress the publishing of the Abu Gharib photos, claiming they were DOD property, but, a coalition of various press organizations sued and won on grounds similar to that stated in the Wikipedia disclaimer.

Now, the issue where we are all concerned is, would these arguments suffice when applying for E&O insurance or when a broadcaster or motion piture company does its due dilligence?

DRW

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Disk Warrior might help, or it might not. If the OS is not able to sense the drives then no utility will help.

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Ed,

Those bad blocks you “fixed” have a tendency to grow. They are more than often a sign of platter damage. Don’t consider the raid to be reliable until you can replace the bad drive, which you should do ASAP.

DRW

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Rick,

Try moving the drives to your other enclosure, they should fire up fine as the raid info is stored onboard the drives on ROM chips. But, its highly likely that one or more drives may be on the way out. On the other hand, maybe just a bit of cooling from the fan in the other enclosure could keep them going for a while. Heat, more than anything else, causes these suckers to die a premature death.

Good luck,
DRW

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I was gonna go stump them on something, but the with the Hollywood Bowl in action there was no chance I was heading anywhere near Hollywood.

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Shane,

Aren’t you supposed to be that LAFCPUG meeting???

DRW

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Excellent reel Fabien. If I were doing commercial work I’d most certainly want to work with you.

Good luck,
DRW