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Lol reminds me of this flash based advertisement for an offsite backup solution with John Cleese.
Wish I had remembered it when all the moaning about backups/RAID/ZFS/etc was going on a couple weeks ago.

Cleese describes people who failed to back up properly as having gone insane following mental breakdowns.

I think it is a therapeutical thing.

The video is funny.

http://www.backuptrauma.com/

Though, using rsync to backup to rotating partitions works as well.

On odd days, rsync to B1
On even days, rsync to B2
On odd weeks, rsync to B3
On even weeks, rsync to B4
On odd months, rsync to B5
On even months, rsync to B6
On every two odd months, rsync to R7
On every two even months, rsync to B8
On every odd year, rsync to B9
On every even year, rsync to B10

So with 10x the space, you can have easy instant access to:
a day or two ago.
a week or two ago.
a month or two ago
4 or 8 months ago.
a year or two ago.

Reminds me of the sketch John Cleese did for LiveVault http://www.backuptrauma.com/video/default2.aspx.

I specifically remember there being something in there about leaving tapes on the seat of a car :)

I have no idea how good LiveVault's service actually is, but their advertisement starring John Cleese is damn funny, and anything but "cookie cutter".

I doubt men are that repelled by advertisements...

I'd think men want anything that has sex in them, and are generally receptive to scenes that promote tribal behavior, if pop-culture is any indication.

Hence the popularity of memes originating in beer commercials.

I'd like to think people in general are receptive to clever amusement, advertising included; although that is a bit less substantiated, people do share such advertisements as interesting memes in spite of their corporate message.
E.g.: I'm currently not looking for a backup solution, but If I ever do, a company that hires John Cleese is more likely to get my money.

www.backuptrauma.com

Watch the video

www.backuptrauma.com

Watch the video

Suffering from Backup Trauma? Check out this hilarious new video starring John Cleese

Pehaps they should have used a better backup solution.

This is not SPAM, it is honestly funny.. if you like over the top British humor.

backuptrauma.com

I have nothing to do with these people and there are no kick-backs for linking to them.

Therefore, I am entirely disinterested in anything they have to say and have mapped *.backuptrauma.com to 127.0.0.1

A direct link to the movie: http://www.backuptrauma.com/video/FLV/LVCleese_LG. flv