Objection, calls for paladin nerf

Rockwall County, Texas, has the hippest prosecutor anywhere. I don't even know where it is, but the county DA, Galen Sumrow, used fees collected partially from bad checks to build a freakin' sweet computer - ostensibly as a backup server for his office. An FBI analyst and master of the subtle understatement said, "I would not configure a backup server in that way." I don't know about you, but my backup server has cables that glow under UV light. There's little mention of the actual hardware involved; it was bought at Fry's, and the chassis appears to be Alienware. No word on if he used an ATI or Nvidia graphics card. Amazingly, Sumrow appears to have forged his assistant's signature on checks to pay for the equipment.

Court transcriber Tycho and sketch artist Gabe have provided coverage of the proceedings.