Off-topic, but noteworthy nonetheless ;) - "There's nothing stopping me from creating a CD that *SAYS*: @ x8B2D - "1973022815440000" totally ignoring the fact that CD's didn't exist in that year." Not so! "James T. Russell invented the digital compact disc, now commonplace in stereos and computers, in the late 1960s Russell succeeded in inventing the first digital-to-optical recording and playback system (patented in 1970). He had found a way to record onto a photosensitive platter in tiny "bits" of light and dark, each one micron in diameter; a laser read the binary patterns, and a computer converted the data into an electronic signal --- which it was then comparatively simple to convert into an audible or visible transmission. This was the first compact disc." Today's "Totally Useless Computer Trivia" brought to you by the letters C and D, and the number F. Cory Altheide Computer Forensics Specialist NNSA Cyber Forensics Center altheidecat_private > -----Original Message----- > From: Valdis.Kletnieksat_private [mailto:Valdis.Kletnieksat_private] > Sent: Monday, July 14, 2003 11:01 AM > To: Andrew Sheldon > Cc: forensicsat_private > Subject: Re: Creation / modification / access dates > > > ----------------------------------------------------------------- This list is provided by the SecurityFocus ARIS analyzer service. For more information on this free incident handling, management and tracking system please see: http://aris.securityfocus.com
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