brn

I stopped reading here.  Life in the corporate world is not as simple as having competent vs incompetent engineers.  If you make this assumption, I distrust your insight into the problem.

It is as simple as this.  Your backups must be taken offline.  You must have multiple backups.  Do this, and you're protected.

miggo, that's a very strange sales tactic.

The cut was what it was. If I had the ability to do it, I'd do the same and maybe even post to youtube. Not sure how it made it to dpreview. Certainly not funny though.

I agree with your premise. Their examples are cartoon like. However, it seems they're scalable via a slider. A [much] more moderate application might make for quick and easy adjustments.

How is this "insane"?

Very unlikely. First, let's assume the assertions by a criminal organization are true, in stating that CIA has this capability.  We then need to understand that the actions of an Executive branch ...

That's the definition of "native", not "native American". Let's go to Websters.

Native American: a member of any of the indigenous peoples of the western hemisphere

What's that mean? Let's to...

If you find a service that does it for less, pay very close attention to the terms of service.  It's likely that they'll claim usage rights of your data.

Let's not be so hasty. Gary, open it up and see what you have for GPU power cables.  Looking at the interwebs, many 9100's comes with 525W power supplies.  You may be in good shape.  If not, you ...

From the description, sounds like he committed a crime by taking the photo the way he did. He then posted his crime in an article. Given the date, I suspect the statute of limitations has expired.

Maybe we just learned something about ourselves. /s

Discover Card used to offer the ability to generate temporary card numbers for online purchases, but they stopped offering that service.  I'm not sure why.  Always thought it was a good idea.

Most people (not me) use an operating system that was put on the HD in China.

Your first computer had a monitor?  Mine had a teletype.  :-)

I'm sure they paid a $5 fine for shooting the video.

Some people just don't know how to take good news.

Not to sound ungrateful, but spam (uppercase SPAM is a Hormel product) that claims to be from a legitimate company is an everyday occurrence.

I have one and was (water under the bridge) quite annoyed as to how poorly it worked. I'm glad to see they're releasing it to the world. Makes me feel a little bit better about them. Never...

How long do you give it?  Let it run overnight and see if it produces an error. Reformatting might work.  If you do, use a long format and let it finish.  Your disk may simply be bad and need to be ...