And you know, it worked. I would ask Salon, which showed the good sense to print Brin's article in the first place, to reread it and heed its advice. I t is inconceivable to me to think that investigators in Colorado are this ignorant, and thus I hope I am misinterpreting. The platters in all hard drives retain their ones and zeroes by magnetic coding, simply put. All data is on those platters, in a magnetic image.
Recovery is very expensive and sophisticated, but also likely.
Conn. T he news media, especially television, has become a tragic joke in this country, unable to get anything right. They routinely and swiftly broadcast wild rumors as fact and are silent or incredibly tentative and slow about disseminating the truth, especially if it isn't particularly interesting. Television news has simply become rumor-mongering and entertainment. After getting nearly everything wrong and milking every sentimental or sensational drop out of the situation, they move on to the next breaking story and repeat the farce. Pathological dandies dominate the news field, making accuracy subordinate to ratings.