On 19 May 2005 at 19:44, Stephen Bird wrote:

> So, it seems to me, a simple solution would be to store the data in encrypted
> form so that any loss would be reduced/eliminated.
> 
> On Thu, 19 May 2005 19:00:02 -0400, Bernie wrote:
> 
> >I think you're misunderstanding what the problem here is: the data wasn't 
> >corrupted and so no-longer available... but that the media it was one 
> >have vanished -- presumably the tapes/disks/cartridges/whatever are still 
> >readable and still easily accessible... only who knows whose hands 
> >they're in...
> 
> On 19 May 2005 at 23:24, Kylde wrote:
> 
> >> in my (limited) experience with big cos. thay know enough not to make 
> >> this the ONLY physical copy of the data, and accidents happen
>  
>  RichK wrote:
>  
> >>  > And yet, we can't seem to go a week without some company reporting
> >>  > another -- usually boneheaded -- data loss.

That's right, only precious few folk do that...   /b\

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