What Do You Do When the Cloud Shuts Down?

jbrodkin writes "Can you trust your data to the cloud? For users of an online storage service called The Linkup, formerly known as MediaMax, the answer turned out to be a resounding 'no.' The Linkup shut down on Aug. 8 after losing access to as much as 45% of its customers' data. 'When we looked at some individual accounts, some people didn't have any files, and some people had all their files,' The Linkup CeO Steve Iverson admits. None of the affected users will get their lost data back. Iverson called it a 'worst-case scenario.'"

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Re:Religion is peer pressure manifest.

[Anonymous Coward]

If enough people tell you that silly claims of non-living proteins somehow coming together on their own over billions of years to form living cells are true, despite zero evidence, many soft-headed folks will buy-in to feel part of the group.

Congratulations!

Re:Religion is peer pressure manifest.

[fluffman86]

You're right. There is zero tangible evidence for eternal life. Good point (really).

So that means that if *YOU* are right that there's no eternal life, then both of us are going to rot in the ground when we die. Really, that's not such a bad thing for me. Plus, I will have lived my life respectfully, to its fullest, without bondage to drugs or material things, and I will have hopefully helped people along the way.

But, on the other hand, if *I* am right about heaven, then my life still hasn't changed all that much, except you are in for a whole new world of hurt when you die.