RE: [PLUG] City Lawyer: We Don't Store Data on Hard Disk

[Bob Schwier <schwepes@netaxs.com>]

Back in 1970, these were reasonable statements.  What stasis was this
attorney frozen in?
bs


On Thu, 15 May 2003, John Fiore wrote:

> I especially like the phrase:
> 
> "No one understands its computer system and the CAMA
> process better than the BRT."
> 
> As though just because they use it they understand it.
> 
> I've used my heart every day for the last few decades.
>  That must mean that I'm more qualified to talk about
> it than any cardiologist.
> 
> 
> --- Eugene Smiley <eugene@esmiley.net> wrote:
> > Ed wrote:
> > > The City lawyer, Mimi Choksi, spent a good deal of
> > time rebutting
> > > our affidavits in her legal brief.  Read how she
> > went about it
> > > here: 
> > > 
> > >
> >
> http://www.hallwatch.org/rtkasuits/suits/brt/briefs/choksi_response
> > 
> > Questions to present to Ms. Choksi:
> > 
> > Q: Okay, so the data resides on the mainframe. Are
> > you saying that 
> > the requested fields reside in random access memory
> > on the mainframe,
> > and if so what happens to this information if the
> > mainframe should 
> > "go down" or is turned off?
> > 
> > Q: How does the City's disaster recovery plan cover
> > the loss of 
> > this information? How is this information protected
> > from accidental
> > loss?
> > 
> > Q: A mainframe is not a storage medium, it's a
> > computational device.
> > As a computational device, it is likely to have a
> > CPU, memory, and 
> > storage media. What are the storage media used in
> > the City's 
> > mainframe?
> > 
> > Eugene
> > 
> > 
> >
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