Just pop in another HD and use a script like http://storebackup.org/ to do the incremential backups. I do not zip my files, so the restore is the most importand part. What I use it for is if I did something stupid, more then being afraid of hardware failure.
The main things I backup are settings and some files. Things I do not backup: CDs and DVDs I ripped. Those are on another HD that is read-only. Website stuff, as that is already backed up with my hoster. Scripts and such I have are with my webhoster as well.
I often see that people do a complete overkill with backups. I understand that if you are a geek, it is fun to play with it. If you are a standard user, first lok at how you want the restore to be happening.
So what I do is have the backup HD mounted as read-only and read-write by root when doing the actual backup. Yes, I have lost data, but as it was for my home, who cares if I lost 3 years from a mailing list? In all that time I have never really missed it. I now even do a yearly cleanup of all my mails. I just delete them, as I never look at them anyway.
Just because I can do backups does not mean I must.
And that is it. They will play music for an audience without paying to the local RIAA. It is almost like Sicilian Security. The next thing they must do is go by the houses, see who has invited friends for a BBQ and arrest say daddy Fawkes in front of little boy Guy (Guido), so he learns what a bad person daddy is and he won't go against government.
In Belgium when you move, the local cop will make a visit when you moved. This is to see if you live where you say you live. This can go from just knocking on your door and say hello to actually walk around and see if you live there, not just rent the place as a fake address.
A friend of mine had a nice chat and some coffee with the guy.
For me it took some three months and he really looked if I lived there, because each time he could I worked or was in another country and when I could he was not available. So he might have thought I was just renting the place with nothing in it, so e.g. debt collectors can not take away my stuff, while in reality I was living in a mansion.
In another town, my local cop was somebody who I often shared a beer with. And when I had a ticket, I just gave him the money and he would do the rest. He then would put the proof of payment in my mailbox. That way I did not need to go to the post office and buy the stamps. The system is now changed and I can pay directly via my bank.
In those days, the local cops would get the first beer free in the pub and payed for everything after that. I liked it, because I knew they knew what was going on in their neighborhood and so what if they where sometimes drunk. It showed the rest they were people as well and made the distance much smaller.
But then in Belgium drinking is not something that is frowned upon and the result is that we have the world largest brewery company.
openSUSE has its version numbers due to marketing, or at least somewhat. SLE goes 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. openSUSE goes around that. In general the version just befor a new SLE is X.0, the ones after that X.1 S.2 and so on, till they start with the Y.0.
The whole process of development is continues.
The strange thing is that many people still think that the X.0 is beta and will wait for X.1. I have seen differences that are huge between e.g. X.1 and X.2 and minor differences between X.3 and Y.0 and it has been confirmed by SUSE people that the numbering in itself means nothing in a technical sense.
I have a multitude of different logins and passwords. Some of them are the same, some of them are different, some of them I can change, some of them I must change. Change is between 30 days (Not 1 month) and 3 months. Some logins and passwords I can not select myself and are given to me and can not be changed at all.
At this moment I have some 20+ logins and passwords.
Most are not systems that I have control over. They just give me a login and password and thats it. If I change it, they mail the new random password again.
So I have a file with my logins and passwords. Unsafe? You bet. I just do not see any other way to do this. Access is through different ways, browser, ssh,... Some are via Citrix where I can not save the passwords in the browser.
I have tried to explain that changing the passwords every month makes things LESS secure, instead of more.
Well, as Fisherman's Wharf is a tourist attraction, I would think that the majority of the people are tourists.
And about the part that says about what people should do, people should design a secure system where one of the factors is that people WILL carry them around on Fisherman's Wharf. Do not blame the users for usage, blame the designer for not putting it in the design.
The 'stupidity' of the users is well known and well documented. Persons are smart, people are stupid. If you deal with security, that is what you have to think about. If you don't, your design will be flawed.
So now what I do in my lawn is not considered privacy anymore? Great. Even though I disagree with people who say "If you are in public, people should be able to film you at all times." I understand their point.
Now a camera pointing down will be able to see what I am doing in my back garden that has a very high fence around it. What if the camera films at an angle?
Well, at least people are innocent until proven guilty, but it is best to do your hardest to prove them guilty.
You can call it stupid. However perhaps you spend a certain amount of your income on things other people who have less call stupid.
How many clothes could you still wear and yet you buy new ones. And I am not talking about walking around in rags. Or a new cellphone. Or the most stupid thing in the world: bottled water.
If I would have several hundred millions to spend on fun, I would not buy it, as I have no interest in owning one. I would perhaps spend it on other things you think are stupid.
Just because they spend money on things you would not spend it on does not make it stupid. It just shows you are different.
and seem to think that no company should have more than 50% marketshare for any reason.
In Belgium there must be at least three mobile operators BY LAW. Due to circumstances that does not mean we are so much cheaper. In fact in Belgium it os very expensive. However we have at least three to choose from.
If that law would not have been enterd, we would have been lucky with two and most likely only one. Fixed lines is a duopoly at best.
I am in Belgium, so if they want to sue me, they have to have some legal representation here.
In Belgium the courts do not like to go after people if those people do not make money of it. Selling CDs? They are happy to help. Sharing stuff for your own use? That can be considerd as obstructing the working of the courts.
A few years ago the courts even told the Belgian *AA so in a letter. Unfortunately I do not have the letter anymore.
Well, clearly I am not everyone. I did not verify it. I could not care less if he is dead or alive. I do like some of his music, but whether he is dead or not does not affect the music he already made. It does not affect the way I live my live.
To be honest, the same applies to all 'celebrities' dead or now alive, including Linus and Bill. Graveyards are full of irreplaceable people.
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Just pop in another HD and use a script like http://storebackup.org/ to do the incremential backups. I do not zip my files, so the restore is the most importand part. What I use it for is if I did something stupid, more then being afraid of hardware failure.
The main things I backup are settings and some files.
Things I do not backup: CDs and DVDs I ripped. Those are on another HD that is read-only. Website stuff, as that is already backed up with my hoster.
Scripts and such I have are with my webhoster as well.
I often see that people do a complete overkill with backups. I understand that if you are a geek, it is fun to play with it. If you are a standard user, first lok at how you want the restore to be happening.
So what I do is have the backup HD mounted as read-only and read-write by root when doing the actual backup. Yes, I have lost data, but as it was for my home, who cares if I lost 3 years from a mailing list? In all that time I have never really missed it. I now even do a yearly cleanup of all my mails. I just delete them, as I never look at them anyway.
Just because I can do backups does not mean I must.
And that is it. They will play music for an audience without paying to the local RIAA. It is almost like Sicilian Security.
The next thing they must do is go by the houses, see who has invited friends for a BBQ and arrest say daddy Fawkes in front of little boy Guy (Guido), so he learns what a bad person daddy is and he won't go against government.
In Belgium when you move, the local cop will make a visit when you moved. This is to see if you live where you say you live. This can go from just knocking on your door and say hello to actually walk around and see if you live there, not just rent the place as a fake address.
A friend of mine had a nice chat and some coffee with the guy.
For me it took some three months and he really looked if I lived there, because each time he could I worked or was in another country and when I could he was not available. So he might have thought I was just renting the place with nothing in it, so e.g. debt collectors can not take away my stuff, while in reality I was living in a mansion.
In another town, my local cop was somebody who I often shared a beer with. And when I had a ticket, I just gave him the money and he would do the rest. He then would put the proof of payment in my mailbox. That way I did not need to go to the post office and buy the stamps. The system is now changed and I can pay directly via my bank.
In those days, the local cops would get the first beer free in the pub and payed for everything after that. I liked it, because I knew they knew what was going on in their neighborhood and so what if they where sometimes drunk. It showed the rest they were people as well and made the distance much smaller.
But then in Belgium drinking is not something that is frowned upon and the result is that we have the world largest brewery company.
Please stop thinking OR/OR and start thinking AND/AND
A marketing department trying to spin things in favor of their own company? I am shocked, SHOCKED, I tell you.
openSUSE has its version numbers due to marketing, or at least somewhat.
SLE goes 8, 9, 10, 11, 12. openSUSE goes around that. In general the version just befor a new SLE is X.0, the ones after that X.1 S.2 and so on, till they start with the Y.0.
The whole process of development is continues.
The strange thing is that many people still think that the X.0 is beta and will wait for X.1. I have seen differences that are huge between e.g. X.1 and X.2 and minor differences between X.3 and Y.0 and it has been confirmed by SUSE people that the numbering in itself means nothing in a technical sense.
You only have one password to change?
I have a multitude of different logins and passwords. Some of them are the same, some of them are different, some of them I can change, some of them I must change.
Change is between 30 days (Not 1 month) and 3 months.
Some logins and passwords I can not select myself and are given to me and can not be changed at all.
At this moment I have some 20+ logins and passwords.
Most are not systems that I have control over. They just give me a login and password and thats it. If I change it, they mail the new random password again.
So I have a file with my logins and passwords. Unsafe? You bet. I just do not see any other way to do this. Access is through different ways, browser, ssh, ...
Some are via Citrix where I can not save the passwords in the browser.
I have tried to explain that changing the passwords every month makes things LESS secure, instead of more.
Well, as Fisherman's Wharf is a tourist attraction, I would think that the majority of the people are tourists.
And about the part that says about what people should do, people should design a secure system where one of the factors is that people WILL carry them around on Fisherman's Wharf. Do not blame the users for usage, blame the designer for not putting it in the design.
The 'stupidity' of the users is well known and well documented. Persons are smart, people are stupid. If you deal with security, that is what you have to think about. If you don't, your design will be flawed.
So now what I do in my lawn is not considered privacy anymore? Great.
Even though I disagree with people who say "If you are in public, people should be able to film you at all times." I understand their point.
Now a camera pointing down will be able to see what I am doing in my back garden that has a very high fence around it. What if the camera films at an angle?
Well, at least people are innocent until proven guilty, but it is best to do your hardest to prove them guilty.
That will be his revenge for Europe unbundeling Windows and IE.
I went for 24" 1920x1200. I have two of them next to each other and thinking of either buying one more or two. That is for my home.
In the last 10 years each place I worked I had at least two screens and that is for standard desk work.
I have a cellphone so people DON'T (need to) know where I am. Otherwise I could use a land line.
I can imagine that there will be a "$10 annual fee" very soon.
http://www.neatorama.com/2007/07/29/get-a-perfect-smile-in-minutes/ Not sure if this is funny or scary.
You can call it stupid. However perhaps you spend a certain amount of your income on things other people who have less call stupid.
How many clothes could you still wear and yet you buy new ones. And I am not talking about walking around in rags. Or a new cellphone. Or the most stupid thing in the world: bottled water.
If I would have several hundred millions to spend on fun, I would not buy it, as I have no interest in owning one. I would perhaps spend it on other things you think are stupid.
Just because they spend money on things you would not spend it on does not make it stupid. It just shows you are different.
In Belgium there must be at least three mobile operators BY LAW. Due to circumstances that does not mean we are so much cheaper. In fact in Belgium it os very expensive. However we have at least three to choose from.
If that law would not have been enterd, we would have been lucky with two and most likely only one. Fixed lines is a duopoly at best.
With "Two girls, one cup" everybody can imagine things. Unfortunately what has been seen can not be unseen.
... but they had to wait for the copyright to expire.
I also get a dark field in FF and IE.
This is great, especially as there is no way to abuse this.
I am in Belgium, so if they want to sue me, they have to have some legal representation here.
In Belgium the courts do not like to go after people if those people do not make money of it. Selling CDs? They are happy to help. Sharing stuff for your own use? That can be considerd as obstructing the working of the courts.
A few years ago the courts even told the Belgian *AA so in a letter. Unfortunately I do not have the letter anymore.
The summery first talks about the PC and then about a platform. Which is it?
For the PC I prefer MPlayer-plugin with Firefox. As a platform I use my Linux hosting and as a player I use http://www.gdd.ro/gddflvplayer.html
Insert Soylent Green reference joke here.
Uh, the article is about Google, not about Michael Jackson.
Well, clearly I am not everyone. I did not verify it. I could not care less if he is dead or alive. I do like some of his music, but whether he is dead or not does not affect the music he already made. It does not affect the way I live my live.
To be honest, the same applies to all 'celebrities' dead or now alive, including Linus and Bill. Graveyards are full of irreplaceable people.