Server recovery and backup

Just in case anyone out there suddenly finds the need to pull data off of a Linux hard drive onto their Windows machine.

http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm

Works extremely well.

(no subject)

It's a step.

Federal Judge Orders Halt to NSA Wiretapping
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/08/17/AR2006081700650.html?nav=rss_email/components
"A federal judge in Detroit ordered a halt to the National Security Agency's warrantless surveillance program, ruling for the first time that the controversial effort ordered by President Bush was unconstitutional."

Friends and allies.

http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/politics/article1129827.ece
"In the guise of fighting terrorism and maintaining public order, Tony Blair's Government has quietly and systematically taken power from Parliament and the British people. The author charts a nine-year assault on civil liberties that reveals the danger of trading freedom for security - and must have Churchill spinning in his grave."

Keep in mind that while reading this, the Secretary for Homeland Security (Michael Chertoff) thinks we need tougher laws like the UK has.