Perfectly true of course Adrian like Bruces' comments but I think the good thing about threads like this every now and again is that it reminds everyone to have a backup strategy in place and to implement it. I have been amazed at how many companies I have come in contact with ( I am not an IT pro just an enthusiastic amateur who seems to be the fixit guy for friends , neighbours etc ) that have no backups in place and they include a couple with twenty to thirty employees !
Stewie From: [email protected] Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2009 19:24:17 -0500 Subject: Re: Backups? !!! To: [email protected] On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 12:59 PM, Bruce Johnson <[email protected]> wrote: On Nov 9, 2009, at 10:46 AM, Wallace Adrian D'Alessio wrote: > > Mac users need to all buy more drive hardware. The industry needs a > cash > injection. > > That's what I saw. Ummm... I have witnessed irrevocable data loss from each and every one of those scenarios. The key questions to ask yourself: How much is my stuff worth to me? How much will it cost me to recreate all of it? If your answer to the second question involved financing research into practical methods of time travel, you need a better backup strategy. Besides, corporations, Google and the Internet Archive are keeping the hard drive industry afloat. Drive sales to individual users are a vanishingly small segment of the industry. ___________________________________________________________ Bruce,Bruce, Bruce, Bruce, Bruce! tongue in cheek ( even when rather true) is lost here right? Of course we need backups if we have data to protect. That is a given. But look at the page that was backlinked. Look at the links off of that. My comments were more about the page linked to and the motivations and agendas that they represent. I suppose I have studied media production too long and see and hear people with their suggestions in my ears and eyes rather than a friend giving me sage advice that's all. Yes by all means, do backups. Abso-posi-lutely! But do we really need to be told this by an ad filled with ads disguised as a magazine? Layers of irony like those of an onion were at play when I saw that linked page. And it is perfectly alright for me to express this queasiness, when I see the 24/7/365 oversell we are subjected to in daily life. -- Adrian D'Alessio aka; Fluxstringer [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/FluxStringer http://www.linkedin.com /in/fluxstreamcommunications http://flux-influx.blogspot.com/ http://fluxdreams.designbinder.com/ http://twitter.com/FluxStringer http://mog.com/FluxMuse _________________________________________________________________ Download new and classic emoticon packs at Emoticon World Brought to you exclusively by Windows Live http://windowslive.ninemsn.com.au/emoticon.aspx? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
