Esta mañana he presentado esta ponencia en el congreso UNIJES 2010: La prueba judicial.

He añadido una sección con algunas de mis presentaciones y publicaciones aquí.

Estoy preparando una entrada un poco elaborada sobre semiótica y prueba informática.

Mientras tanto…

Unusual quantum states may shake up quantum computing. Via arstechnica.

Steve Steinberg on weak AI. Via BoingBoing.

Thanks to PACER system those of us interested in adjective law in USA we never run out of interesting examples.

The last addition is a wonderful example of class action complaint: KEVIN MCCAFFREY and LINDA WRINN vs. APPLE, INC. and AT&T, INC.

Reference is UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND, 1:10-cv-01776-RDB.

See here for some background.

As for the use of PACER system, let me remind you this:

IMPORTANT NOTICE OF REDACTION RESPONSIBILITY: All filers must redact: Social Security or taxpayer-identification numbers; dates of birth; names of minor children; financial account numbers; and, in criminal cases, home addresses, in compliance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 5.2 or Fed. R. Crim. P. 49.1. This requirement applies to all documents, including attachments.»

I’ve found documents on the web showing information in clear that should be redacted. Please guys, be careful and REDACT before making this kind of documents available.

After 35 years serving, justice  John Paul Stevens will leave his position at the Supreme Court by the end of the current month.

Via arstechnica.

White Berberian charges $249 to negotiate a settlement on behalf of accused file sharers. That fee will not cover any «litigation-related activities» the attorneys said on the site. Steven White, one of the two founders of the firm, stressed in an interview with CNET late Friday that he and law partner Sean Berberian won’t charge any client, unless they save the client money. He acknowledged that neither he nor Berberian are experts in intellectual-property law but said they have a good understanding of the issues. The way they see the landscape looks like this: it is in Dunlap Grubb’s interest to get the cases settled as quickly as possible, and this is where White Berberian hopes it can persuade the lawyers and Voltage Pictures to negotiate.

That’s fine, but what about people who claim to be innocent and refuse to settle? White said that for people who are innocent and want to fight, he would have a «frank discussion» about the facts of their case and the cost. According to White, the first thing that people accused of copyright infringement by Dunlap Grubb should know is that the firm is probably willing to sue a few people so that they can prove to everyone that their threats about litigation are real.»

Arizona law firm White Berberian offers help to settle case for people accused of illegal file sharing by «U.S. Copyright Group» (represented by Dunlap Grubb & Weaver). They don’t seem to be willing to litigate, which would help to see if the strategy in place works or not…

Via CNET, via BoingBoing.

The case I introduced here is progressing.

The last episode ends with the examintation of the evidence seized while serving the search warrant at Mr. Journalist house.

I had to look up the role of the special master.

If there were ever any truth in the esoteric tales of Umberto Eco’s bestselling novel Foucault’s Pendulum, it seems that the key to that knowledge has been lost.

The original pendulum, which was used by French scientist Leon Foucault to demonstrate the rotation of the Earth and which forms an integral part of Eco’s novel’s labyrinthine plot, has been irreparably damaged in an accident in Paris.

The pendulum’s cable snapped last month and its sphere crashed to the marble floor of the Musee des Arts et Metiers.»

TimesHigherEducation via BoingBoing.

Thus, if the plaintiff wants to sue these 2,094 defendants, it owes this court 2,094 separate filing fees, and it must file individual actions. Plaintiff then would be unable to combine together a single, massive discovery request with which to burden non-party ISPs such as TWC.»

From arstechnica:

The power of self-interest

Time Warner Cable has not always had the reputation of a white knight when it comes to helping its subscribers—the company famously tried to squeeze more cash from broadband users by applying ridiculous data caps, an issue so sensitive to it eventually drew the wrath of senators and congressmen.

But in this case, with its own self-interest also on the line, TWC has made an argument that strikes not just at a single subpoena but also at the overarching legal strategy behind the US Copyright Group’s work.»

Esta mañana he participado en un encuentro organizado por Javier Fernández-Samaniego y su equipo de Bird & Bird en España que se ha celebrado en la sede de FIDE en el marco de las actividades de CEA -40 del Club Español del Arbitraje. Alrededor del tema de la sesión «Arbitraje y nuevas tecnologías», hemos actuado como ponentes Javier y su compañero en Bird & Bird Pablo Berenguer en la vertiente  jurídica y en referencia a aspectos más técnicos Raúl Maldonado de Tecnoperitaciones y yo mismo.

Mi agradecimiento desde aquí a los organizadores. Ha sido un placer saludar a los compañeros de CEA -40 de Madrid y la jornada ha dado para discutir y aportar; a mi desde luego ma ha resultado enriquecedora.

Os dejo el guión de mi ponencia aquí.

We’ve been covering the progression of SandForce for over a year now, creator of smart SSD processors that extend the life of flash storage by better spreading writes across them, boosting performance and reliability along the way. This, according to the company, makes them reliable enough for enterprise use, and IBM has added its vote of support, configuring a 9189 Power 780 server with 56 177GB SSDs (10.5TB in all) sitting behind SandForce’s SF-1500 processor. That combination, when running the TPC-C benchmark, delivered a performance of 150,000 transactions per minute per CPU core. That’s 50 percent higher (per-core) than other entries in the TPC-C benchmark — and considerably cheaper, too. IBM’s configuration is set to be available around October of this year, perhaps ushering in a new era of the platter-free enterprise.»

Find the benchmark here.
Via Engadget, via StorageReview.