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  1. Who are these companies? on Why Do Companies Backup So Infrequently? · · Score: 1

    We do incremental daily backups of main data to LTO4, they go offsite the next day, and a full backup every week, per set. We have 3 sets - there is always one off-site. We also locally sync startup disks, Exchange data goes over the wire every night, finance database is backed up every night via FTP over the wire. I think we worked it out that we would only lose a weeks worth of data if the office burned down AND the van carrying one set of backup tapes crashed and exploded.

  2. Re:delusional thinking on Usage Based Billing In Canada To Be Rescinded · · Score: 1

    Hence we someday invented something called judicial and legislative power. I hear it's a great counterweight to economical power.

    You must be new here.

  3. Re:Cool, but too scary for me to do. on 19-Year-Old Makes Homemade Solar Death Ray · · Score: 2

    How To Keep Your Solar Death Ray Safe:

    Step 1) When not burning things, keep your Sola Death Ray covered with an opaque fabric.
    Step 2) ...
    Step 3) Profit!!

  4. Why is episode 6 hard to find? on 20 Years of Commander Keen · · Score: 1

    It's the only version I have played, and I have a copy that runs under DOSBox.

  5. O RLY? on Harry Potter Blamed For India's Disappearing Owls · · Score: 1

    YA RLY.

  6. Re:Interns? on Oxford Expands Library With 153 Miles of Shelves · · Score: 2, Funny

    Temp implies "temporary" but they still get paid. Interns are unpaid. Where did you learn English, Cambridge?

  7. Nothing like Wipeout on Wipeout Recreated With an RC Car · · Score: 0

    I remember the PSOne, such a popular console with its massive arcade cabinet and steering wheel. Wha?

  8. Where's my frickin... on Permanent Undersea Homes Soon; Temporary Ones Now · · Score: 1

    ..flying car? I wont be happy until I can fly home and play Duke Nukem Forever.

  9. Re:Is there anyone not terminal? on TV Show Seeks Terminally Ill Volunteer for Mummification · · Score: 1

    Life is too short as it is.

    How can life be too short when it is the longest thing anyone can do?

  10. Re:Doom on LHC Reaches Record Energy · · Score: 2, Interesting

    you missed out step 3: natalie portman's hot grits.

  11. Re:The question is... on Ambassador Claims ACTA Secrecy Necessary · · Score: 1
  12. Re:Sweet, but needs a lot of work still on Radio-Controlled Cyborg Beetles Become Reality · · Score: 1

    mini wave-power generator.

  13. Re:This is nonsense on Universal "Death Stench" Repels Bugs of All Types · · Score: 1

    Snaaaakkkkkee!

  14. Re:As an Australian on Church of Scientology Proposes Net Censorship In Australia · · Score: 5, Informative

    woosh

  15. Re:sheeple on BSkyB To Launch 3D TV Service In 2010 · · Score: 2, Informative

    Get freesat.

  16. Re:Already exists? on Database of All UK Children Launched · · Score: 2, Insightful

    Such a fragmented system introduces security through obscurity, but by collating it we ensure everyone involved has the entire picture, rather than just what they need to know about the child.

    Fixed that for you.

  17. Re:Obligatory XKCD on Ten Features To Love About Android 1.5 · · Score: 2, Informative

    (On Safari 4)

    Step 1) Triple click to highlight
    Step 2) Right click
    Step 3) Select "Open Address in new tab"

  18. Re:Why, that's a nice gift horse on Macs With 3G — More Connectivity, More Problems · · Score: 4, Insightful

    And then Steve Jobs comes to your house in the middle of the night, and drags you kicking and screaming to the store and forces you to buy it with a gun to your head... oh wait...

  19. Re:Illegal to Photograph Cops in Britain on UK Government To Monitor All Internet Use · · Score: 1

    And since the police presumably wear uniforms and are thus identifiable even without photos

    Yeah, don't count on that. Some members of the Metropolitan police (London) during the G20 protests a few weeks ago had hidden their ID numbers, presumably so they could have an afternoon of hippy-bashing (and worse) without getting in trouble.

  20. Re:Counterproductive on UK Government To Monitor All Internet Use · · Score: 1

    Unfortunately, your argument falls down when repeated surveys suggest the general populace is less and less trusting of the government and more and more cynical of the expansion of the database/surveillance state.

    The General Public deserve slightly more credit here.

  21. Re:you set the precedent..... on UK Government To Monitor All Internet Use · · Score: 2, Insightful

    ...but I can't think of a single major breakthrough that led to all of the rest.

    The election of Tony Blair as Prime Minister and the rise of New Labour, 1997.

  22. Re:Running injuries... on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 1

    I don't run, and I've never had any running injuries. I think I can safely say that most running injuries are caused by running.

  23. Re:Football is the same on Do We Need Running Shoes To Run? · · Score: 5, Funny

    Sound like the "divorce" statistic that is often quoted: "50% of marriages end up in divorce".

    They're the lucky ones. The other 50% end in death.

    (Not my joke, can't remember whose though)

  24. Re:Obligitory on Some of the Weirder Ideas From CHI 2009 · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, eye movements track you? That's usually the case. Nothing to see here. Move along please.

  25. Re:Obama Policies Will Bankrupt USA Tsarkon Report on Obamas Give Queen Elizabeth an iPod · · Score: 3, Informative

    yeah, its 2009, we have multi-region players in this country. Have had them for years. In fact, my first budget player was multi-region. No codes or chips required.