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[Bird of Prey]

As I understand it...

What I described would not necessarily "shut down" a site. In Particular I was considering IH. I believe you have numerous "redundancies" in the system (multiple HD's and whatnot). With such a setup it is my understanding that any single HD would contain the data needed. Therefore the entire site would not have to be shut down. However, a recent example of how strange the three letter entities can behave shows the following...

After the Payne Stewart crash, the company that owned the plane was raided by the FBI, ostensibly to evaluate the potential cause of the crash. They removed all of the computers, all files and records from the company...everything. Essentially they shut the company down. Months later it was determined that they hadn't violated any laws. the maintenance records of the plane in question were correct and up to date.
If they only needed to review the maintenance records of one plane...why take everything?

Just something to consider.

On "The Blue Nowhere"...
It is an interesting book, especially for self proclaimed "geeks". Short version of the storyline... super hacker released from prison to help agents track down another superhacker that is using computer hacking techniques to stalk his potential victims. You see, he's become a serial killer.

BTW, I *make* time to read. Like my wife says "Reading causes Ideas!"

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