Yeah, no. I've been in that channel before - as a tourist going out to an island on a "bumboat". I've been on boats my whole life, and it was somewhat anxiety-inducing. There is so much shipping that they have the ships separated right and left like a highway. This little bumboat was weaving perpendicular to these massive ships and all I could think was, man, I hope this old bus engine doesn't die.
That works OK with my workflow, though. Everything is already backed up to a basement server - I just use "the cloud" for offsite replication of the backup. If I need it, it means my house burned down or I was burgled or something. Even if a restore takes days, I just need the data to reliably be there.
is your $100 per year still worth it when the company providing the (LOL) 'service' goes tits up on you, and tells you "we DGAF about your data, get it or don't, not our problem anymore" and you end up having to store it locally anyway?
Ah, there's the disconnect. I'm already storing it locally. Crashplan is the backup of my backup. Frankly, it would be very annoying to download multiple TB in the event of a hard drive failure. Crashplan could go out of business tomorrow and I still have two copies of the data.
then go to your bank and get a safety deposit box,
I have one for important paperwork. I could easily fit a drive in it, but frankly that is a major PITA. Banks are only open when I would otherwise be at work, and I'm simply not disciplined enough to manually run backups. Even if I were, $100 per year is worth not having to do that.
If you want to complain about 'convenience' then get a 1TB USB drive and use that for a 'local' backup copy.
I have a basement server that is a backup target for all of my devices. Crashplan is the backup to THAT.
Is that true? Even if you use the slowest service? It's steep, but honestly might still be worth it if you lose both your primaries AND backups. There seem to be other cheap services competing with Glacier. B2 from Backblaze looks very competitive.
Oooo, at $0.005/GB per month this is pretty competitive. They nail you on download at $0.02/GB, but honestly if I've lost my primaries, AND my backups I'll be thrilled to pay $20/TB to retrieve them!
Crashplan is not "the cloud". It's backup software that has "cloud" storage as one element. You can use it for free without cloud storage, or you can pay them to host your backups. This is no different than open source solutions, but as usual you are at the mercy of the company who makes and supports the software. Anyway, I have a year to find another solution so it's not exactly an emergency. Worst case I could just rsync (or similar) the crashplan directory on my server to any provider that supports rsync. Suggestions?
Because if I have a house fire or robbery, I don't want to lose all of my photos and videos. I can "offsite" my backup to work or a friend's house, but honestly it's worth the $100/year to not need to do that. "The cloud" is also great because when I set up a friend or family member's computer, I point it at my basement server. When they drop the computer, it gets stolen, or even if it just gets crapped up/ransomed - no biggie, my free tech support just got much simpler.
There is also a video component on the record. Even if the sounds are meaningless to the species that finds it, chances are that they will find the non-random patterns and make the connection to either sound or light.
Yeah, except we've had them since the 1970s. One example is CIWS. While it requires an operator to turn it on to fully automatic mode, once engaged it is fully autonomous - selecting threats and engaging them entirely on its own.
Is there anyone posting on Slashdot who didn't learn the same lesson the hard way?
No, that was my sentiment exactly. This guy was going to lose his data. I'm not saying the software is well designed, simply that his lack of backups meant this was inevitable.
There may very well be a user interface problem with the product. I don't want to blame the victim.
However, this guy was going to lose his work someday. Maybe it would be a hard drive failure. Maybe a corruption. House fire. Who knows? The point is eventually he was going to have data loss because he doesn't back up. Microsoft may very well be the direct cause here, but this guy was NOT following any kind of best practices.
I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to make a judgement on that. Presumably if that is true the case will be thrown out.
Were you even ALIVE when the original was released?
Yes, but copyright lasts for 90+ years so that is irrelevant.
No. This is where "intellectual property" becomes nothing more than a pointless burden on new works and commerce.
Like I said, I'm generally very anti-copyright. With that said, if you make commercials for a living, run everything by your copyright experts. There's no excuse, this is supposed to be your domain of expertise.
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Are you my Tim Cook stalker? I'm glad your life finally has purpose.
Only problem is the scripts only work with the business plans, which are much more expensive.
Yeah, no. I've been in that channel before - as a tourist going out to an island on a "bumboat". I've been on boats my whole life, and it was somewhat anxiety-inducing. There is so much shipping that they have the ships separated right and left like a highway. This little bumboat was weaving perpendicular to these massive ships and all I could think was, man, I hope this old bus engine doesn't die.
So no, they should not have been bored.
That works OK with my workflow, though. Everything is already backed up to a basement server - I just use "the cloud" for offsite replication of the backup. If I need it, it means my house burned down or I was burgled or something. Even if a restore takes days, I just need the data to reliably be there.
Yup, someone else gets my $100, and I'll be thankful that I switched to FIOS :)
is your $100 per year still worth it when the company providing the (LOL) 'service' goes tits up on you, and tells you "we DGAF about your data, get it or don't, not our problem anymore" and you end up having to store it locally anyway?
Ah, there's the disconnect. I'm already storing it locally. Crashplan is the backup of my backup. Frankly, it would be very annoying to download multiple TB in the event of a hard drive failure. Crashplan could go out of business tomorrow and I still have two copies of the data.
then go to your bank and get a safety deposit box,
I have one for important paperwork. I could easily fit a drive in it, but frankly that is a major PITA. Banks are only open when I would otherwise be at work, and I'm simply not disciplined enough to manually run backups. Even if I were, $100 per year is worth not having to do that.
If you want to complain about 'convenience' then get a 1TB USB drive and use that for a 'local' backup copy.
I have a basement server that is a backup target for all of my devices. Crashplan is the backup to THAT.
Is that true? Even if you use the slowest service? It's steep, but honestly might still be worth it if you lose both your primaries AND backups. There seem to be other cheap services competing with Glacier. B2 from Backblaze looks very competitive.
Oooo, at $0.005/GB per month this is pretty competitive. They nail you on download at $0.02/GB, but honestly if I've lost my primaries, AND my backups I'll be thrilled to pay $20/TB to retrieve them!
Anyone try IDrive? The pricing seems too good to be true, and they are offering 90% off the first year for Crashplan users.
I seem to be headed down that road. Use Time Machine / Windows Backup to basement server, sync basement server to Glacier.
Crashplan is not "the cloud". It's backup software that has "cloud" storage as one element. You can use it for free without cloud storage, or you can pay them to host your backups. This is no different than open source solutions, but as usual you are at the mercy of the company who makes and supports the software. Anyway, I have a year to find another solution so it's not exactly an emergency. Worst case I could just rsync (or similar) the crashplan directory on my server to any provider that supports rsync. Suggestions?
Because if I have a house fire or robbery, I don't want to lose all of my photos and videos. I can "offsite" my backup to work or a friend's house, but honestly it's worth the $100/year to not need to do that. "The cloud" is also great because when I set up a friend or family member's computer, I point it at my basement server. When they drop the computer, it gets stolen, or even if it just gets crapped up/ransomed - no biggie, my free tech support just got much simpler.
Amazing that the two of you think you said something different.
You complete me.
If history has taught us anything, it is that our ancestors will create a portal in space-time through which we can jump to distant solar systems.
There is also a video component on the record. Even if the sounds are meaningless to the species that finds it, chances are that they will find the non-random patterns and make the connection to either sound or light.
Yeah, except we've had them since the 1970s. One example is CIWS. While it requires an operator to turn it on to fully automatic mode, once engaged it is fully autonomous - selecting threats and engaging them entirely on its own.
People understanding Far Side references is why I'm here.
Fear in headlines is apparently good business. I'd have gone with: "Echo Location With Your Echo". Or some other play words.
By why not go full retard? "Hackers added hidden sounds to a pop song - you won't believe what happens next!"
Preaching to the choir!
The industrial revolution wouldn't even have been a gleam in James Watt's eye if Thag hadn't invented fire.
Is there anyone posting on Slashdot who didn't learn the same lesson the hard way?
No, that was my sentiment exactly. This guy was going to lose his data. I'm not saying the software is well designed, simply that his lack of backups meant this was inevitable.
There may very well be a user interface problem with the product. I don't want to blame the victim.
However, this guy was going to lose his work someday. Maybe it would be a hard drive failure. Maybe a corruption. House fire. Who knows? The point is eventually he was going to have data loss because he doesn't back up. Microsoft may very well be the direct cause here, but this guy was NOT following any kind of best practices.
Nestle crossed no line.
I'm not sufficiently knowledgeable to make a judgement on that. Presumably if that is true the case will be thrown out.
Were you even ALIVE when the original was released?
Yes, but copyright lasts for 90+ years so that is irrelevant.
No. This is where "intellectual property" becomes nothing more than a pointless burden on new works and commerce.
Like I said, I'm generally very anti-copyright. With that said, if you make commercials for a living, run everything by your copyright experts. There's no excuse, this is supposed to be your domain of expertise.
Does it mean I need permission to eat dorritos in a movie?
Probably. I suggest before you make your film, you have your copyright experts give this advice, as it can be a minefield.
there needs to be some allowance for fair use
There seems to be, but the allowance is a lot less generous.
I think you should need to actually show harm or loss of revenue to sue someone.
Not with copyright, nor with certain other things like trespassing.