Swtnlnly
05-31-2000, 02:22 PM
Judge Lane,
In watching your show containing the case in regard to the alledged computer upgrade botch I found the case both humourous and very sad in both the litigants and in the courts judgement.
Your (self admitted) miniscule knowledge of computers sprouted a (minor) mis-carriage of justice through illiteracy.
The judgement is made, and since appeals are probably waived through contractual agreement with the litigants appearing on the show. There is no point in pointing fingers in the instant matter. However I would like to inform you of a few things for future knowledge which you may find useful in regard to hard drives and computers which this and I am sure other cases may involve.
General Charastics of personal computer hard drives:
A Hard Drive (HDD) is in laymens terms more or less the sub-conscious memory of a computer and although on a different technology and design level, basically works identically to a cassette tape player/recorder. The hard drive never forgets anything unless it is erased.
The defendant claimed that the information on the old hard drive had not been touched. The plaintiff did not deny that. The defendant merely claimed that the old information (data) was not on the new hard drive...OF COURSE NOT, the old information was/is on the old hard drive which she held up and showed you in court! The information was NOT LOST it merely was no longer PHYSICALLY installed for access in her computer.
Instead the Plaintiff evaded losing the case by telling you a brass faced lie in claiming that reclaiming the old information off the old hard drive would cost thousands of dollars... <Sigh>
Judge, the plaintiff should have been hung from a yard arm for claiming that. Anyone with a little computer knowledge can take a $2 data ribbon, set the configuration pins on the HDD, physically connect the old hard drive to the proper location on a mother board, and either use it "as is" on the computer as an active second HDD or transfer all the data from the old HDD to the New HDD in less than 20 minutes tops.
The defendant was asked to perform upgrade services of a new motherboard, modem, audio card, and hard drive for the Plaintiff...The Defendant performed the services as asked per testimony of both parties.
The plaintiff thorugh testimony never asked for the service of data transfer between new and old hard drives. Instead the Plaintiff filed suit and screwed the defendant out of not only court cost and service fees, but the cost of new hardware installed also. Both the Defendant and the court has fallen prey to a corrupt and perhaps ignorant Plaintiff.
Judge, You may personally have little or no computer knowledge however in your studio Im sure there are people who do know... Ask them about what I have told you...19 years of computer experience tells me the answers you get in regard to the technical aspects of computer HDD will concur with me.
In watching your show containing the case in regard to the alledged computer upgrade botch I found the case both humourous and very sad in both the litigants and in the courts judgement.
Your (self admitted) miniscule knowledge of computers sprouted a (minor) mis-carriage of justice through illiteracy.
The judgement is made, and since appeals are probably waived through contractual agreement with the litigants appearing on the show. There is no point in pointing fingers in the instant matter. However I would like to inform you of a few things for future knowledge which you may find useful in regard to hard drives and computers which this and I am sure other cases may involve.
General Charastics of personal computer hard drives:
A Hard Drive (HDD) is in laymens terms more or less the sub-conscious memory of a computer and although on a different technology and design level, basically works identically to a cassette tape player/recorder. The hard drive never forgets anything unless it is erased.
The defendant claimed that the information on the old hard drive had not been touched. The plaintiff did not deny that. The defendant merely claimed that the old information (data) was not on the new hard drive...OF COURSE NOT, the old information was/is on the old hard drive which she held up and showed you in court! The information was NOT LOST it merely was no longer PHYSICALLY installed for access in her computer.
Instead the Plaintiff evaded losing the case by telling you a brass faced lie in claiming that reclaiming the old information off the old hard drive would cost thousands of dollars... <Sigh>
Judge, the plaintiff should have been hung from a yard arm for claiming that. Anyone with a little computer knowledge can take a $2 data ribbon, set the configuration pins on the HDD, physically connect the old hard drive to the proper location on a mother board, and either use it "as is" on the computer as an active second HDD or transfer all the data from the old HDD to the New HDD in less than 20 minutes tops.
The defendant was asked to perform upgrade services of a new motherboard, modem, audio card, and hard drive for the Plaintiff...The Defendant performed the services as asked per testimony of both parties.
The plaintiff thorugh testimony never asked for the service of data transfer between new and old hard drives. Instead the Plaintiff filed suit and screwed the defendant out of not only court cost and service fees, but the cost of new hardware installed also. Both the Defendant and the court has fallen prey to a corrupt and perhaps ignorant Plaintiff.
Judge, You may personally have little or no computer knowledge however in your studio Im sure there are people who do know... Ask them about what I have told you...19 years of computer experience tells me the answers you get in regard to the technical aspects of computer HDD will concur with me.