Re: [LINK] Gn: '... Google erases blog without warning'

2016-07-16 Thread Roger Clarke
On 15/07/16 09:16, Karl Auer wrote: > ... is there anyone working in the digital world who doesn't > understand "backup"? These three papers argue that *most* people don't, including the people who provide 'cloud-based services': Practicable Backup Arrangements for Small Organisations and Indivi

Re: [LINK] Gn: '... Google erases blog without warning'

2016-07-16 Thread Tom Worthington
On 15/07/16 09:16, Karl Auer wrote: ... is there anyone working in the digital world who doesn't understand "backup"? Yes, there are many people who do not understand "backup". It is difficult for them to understand that an on-line site may not always be available. Even those keeping their o

Re: [LINK] Gn: '... Google erases blog without warning'

2016-07-14 Thread Andy Farkas
On 15/07/2016 09:16, Karl Auer wrote: On Fri, 2016-07-15 at 08:18 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote: Dennis Cooper fears censorship as Google erases blog without warning Leaving aside all the other considerations, did this chap really have the only copies of all his work in the now-deleted blog? If so,

Re: [LINK] Gn: '... Google erases blog without warning'

2016-07-14 Thread Karl Auer
On Fri, 2016-07-15 at 08:18 +1000, Roger Clarke wrote: > Dennis Cooper fears censorship as Google erases blog without warning Leaving aside all the other considerations, did this chap really have the only copies of all his work in the now-deleted blog? If so, then he's an idiot. Seriously, is ther

[LINK] Gn: '... Google erases blog without warning'

2016-07-14 Thread Roger Clarke
[A long, long time ago, I wrote about 'the new Dark Ages': http://www.rogerclarke.com/II/DarkAges.html [Here's a mini-case that doesn't involve China.] Dennis Cooper fears censorship as Google erases blog without warning The author and artist's 14-year-old blog, in the same vein as his transgressi