[NMLUG] backup storage trade

[sbrowne at ix.netcom.com (Steve Browne)]

On Tue, 07 Dec 2004 23:50:38 -0700, you wrote:

>I think if you keep a local backup and a single remote, then you're
>pretty safe.  If my ISP burns down, you still got your local copy.  If
>you lose your local copy, I got a copy over here.  Sure, the powers that
>be could really have a hard-on for you and burn both your house and my
>ISP, then you'd be hosed, but that's pretty low-risk.

Hey, you are all forgetting the Zen Buddhist redemption of computer
data. One stray magnetic field, and it's all gone! One large solar
flare, and it no longer exists. No mess, no clutter to burden future
generations. Think green!                                ;-)

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
sbrowne@ix.netcom.com
"Ubi bene, ibi patria."