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Forget all those windows rescue programs, they are severely hobbled by windows.
Use System Rescue CD or Hiren's Boot CD (which can both be booted from a USB stick)
they are linux - so using direct access they can do a lot more with the disk than windows can (doesn't rely on the windows folder structure being correct to find files, it can find orphaned folders/files/blocks.)
Yes it does mean you need to enter obscure linux commands similar to "mount /dev/sd0a /mnt/dos" and suchlike - there's plenty of instructions out there, it will take time, but the results are well worth it.
I've used these at client sites, and usually the final count of files lost/not recovered can be counted on 1 hand - even when were are some pretty severe bad blocks.
Never found any windows rescue software that even came close to the abilities of these - but it's not their fault, it's because the windows OS/calls just wont let them have the low-level access to access disks where the expected windows structure is broken.
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Are steak puns rarely well done?
Bad command or file name. Bad, bad command! Sit! Stay! Staaaay...
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Who did you sirloin that from?
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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obscure statement like that, probably from a medium
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Good mediums are rare.
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I hear there's a good one at the Porter House.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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Oi! that looks like spam
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I was looking to Skirt the spam rules.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
"I don't drink any more... then again, I don't drink any less." - Mike Mullikins uncle
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Well thanks, I Chuck it up to lots of practice.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
"Facebook is where you tell lies to your friends. Twitter is where you tell the truth to strangers." - chriselst
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If they aren't, you can always chuck them.
If it happens too often, you might try grilling the chef rather than the steak.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Curd you elaborate? Bean that I don't eat that stuff I have nothing to soy on the subject
(It's quite salad to think about)
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Would you work for a BitCoin Salary?
Think about it, both sides of the transaction are anonymous. So you would keep your whole earned paycheck, nothing taken out for taxes.
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Yes, I would. And then convert half of it to normal cash because that's what is accepted here.
You'd still have to pay taxes, and they could simply ask the employer how much he/she is paying. As for being anonymous; you're part of a public blockchain.
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littleGreenDude wrote: nothing taken out for taxes.
Just like a cash business. You'd have to declare your earnings for tax purposes.
There are two kinds of people in the world: those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.
There are only 10 types of people in the world, those who understand binary and those who don't.
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- Most local supermarkets don't accept payment in BitCoin, so at some stage you are going to have to convert your BitCoin into local currency. This can be traced.
- The Infernal Revenue Service (of whatever country) has quite sophisticated models concerning the costs of living, etc. If it comes to their notice that you are living at a certain standard and have no visible income, they are bound to get interested.
- The penalties for tax evasion are usually quite severe. I have my doubts about the quality of the food in the local prisons, and I look terrible in uniform (any uniform!)
If none of the above apply to you - go ahead!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
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Daniel Pfeffer wrote: The Infernal Revenue Service (of whatever country) has quite sophisticated models concerning the costs of living, etc. If it comes to their notice that you are living at a certain standard and have no visible income, they are bound to get interested.
In the US large cash transactions for many businesses must be reported to the US Federal government.
Those are triggers that can not only trigger internal revenue investigations but can also trigger criminal investigations (drugs, gangs, etc.)
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No.
I'd rather be phishing!
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Nope.
"the debugger doesn't tell me anything because this code compiles just fine" - random QA comment
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If it's above board why cant they convert it to local $ and pay you in that?
Same as if being paid by an overseas company.
Is it really salary, or contact?
If it's the latter then you can deal with the tax differently - still have to pay but for instance can take out expenses and so pay less tax. (Tax evasion is illegal, tax avoidance isn't.)
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It is just a hypothetical question. Probably could have been suggested as a weekly poll question.
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Not unless they gave me an absolutely cast-iron guarantee that I'd never have to try to embed a b***tard COM interop assembly into a web service.
98.4% of statistics are made up on the spot.
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"Progress doesn't come from early risers – progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." Lazarus Long
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