Case thrown out due to it hogging storage space

Rob Williams · 08-17-2012, 08:42 PM

Alright, I'm not sure how reliable this story is, but if true, it's jaw-dropping.

"The federal government has more than 400,000 pages of evidence against fugitive Miami doctor Armando Angulo, taking up some two terabytes of digital space. On the surface, it sounds like a pretty solid case. But at the urging of prosecutors, charges were dropped against the doctor because the evidence is simply taking up too much space on government servers."

http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...184830159.html

/me looks around at the 20TB of storage in his room. Gloats at being better-off than the government.

Big Red Machine · 08-18-2012, 01:05 AM

Holy crap.

That is beyond ridiculous.

Big Red Machine · 08-18-2012, 01:28 AM

Sorry for the double post, but an addendum: After you get over the outrage you feel from the article, you can recover your balance by reading the comments after the article. Some of them are hilarious but very insightful and profound.

08-17-2012, 08:42 PM	#1
Rob Williams Editor-in-Chief Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Atlantic Canada Posts: 13,246	Case thrown out due to it hogging storage space Alright, I'm not sure how reliable this story is, but if true, it's jaw-dropping. "The federal government has more than 400,000 pages of evidence against fugitive Miami doctor Armando Angulo, taking up some two terabytes of digital space. On the surface, it sounds like a pretty solid case. But at the urging of prosecutors, charges were dropped against the doctor because the evidence is simply taking up too much space on government servers." http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/sideshow...184830159.html /me looks around at the 20TB of storage in his room. Gloats at being better-off than the government. __________________ Intel Core i7-990X EE @ 3.43GHz, GIGABYTE X58A-UD5, Kingston 12GB DDR3-1333, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 680 2GB Kingston HyperX 3K 240GB SSD, WD VR 1TB, WD 2TB, Seagate 2TB, LG BD-ROM, ASUS DVD-RW, Corsair 1000HX, Corsair H60 Cooler Corsair 800D, Dell 2408WFP 24", ASUS Xonar Essence STX, Gentoo (KDE 4.10, 3.7 Kernel) "Take care to get what you like, or you will be forced to like what you get!" - H.P. Baxxter <Toad772> I don't always drink alcohol, but when I do, I take it too far.

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08-18-2012, 01:05 AM	#2
Big Red Machine Hellfire and Brimstone Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 81	Holy crap. That is beyond ridiculous.

08-18-2012, 01:28 AM	#3
Big Red Machine Hellfire and Brimstone Join Date: Jul 2012 Location: SoCal Posts: 81	Sorry for the double post, but an addendum: After you get over the outrage you feel from the article, you can recover your balance by reading the comments after the article. Some of them are hilarious but very insightful and profound.