"Well it's not dirt cheap for 500GB - that's $75/month. But who really has 500GB of critical data."
Photographers! Or any image-oriented media for that matter.
My company (a photo-equipment rental company) is starting a long-term secure-storage service as an answer to the very questions asked of this thread, not to mention the dozens of data-loss stories we hear each day from our photographer clientelle. It is a huge investment for a company our size, but one of the reasons we began is that - no-one is doing it yet. At least not in a way adapted to our (and our clientelle's) needs.
In the many months of research preceding the development of our service, one of the most frustrating things I saw was a total lack of transparency; very few sites disclose how they 'secure' data (if they do at all). Also, after having reviewing and testing the many storage architecture/media solutions out there, and the cost/capacity ratios of each, I tend to doubt the 'security' of a system that only charges $75 for 500gb a month.
Hmmmm - most of the ad was in real-time - there were only two cuts as far as I could see - but where it *did* cut was where the map was loading (after the user hits the map button, the camera "zoom-cuts in"). The exaggeration in the rest of the real-time part of the ad was in the *choice* of gestures - the pdf was probably a very light one, as was the web page shown.
This is not so misleading if the iPhone screen content was real (it was really filmed live), but on the other hand, if only the gestures were filmed and the screen content "added" later, that would be an entirely other story.
I've opted for twin server-managed raid5 arrays clustered using drbd - should one disk in an array go down - or the server managing the array go down - the 'twin' server/raid5 array will take over until the 'down' array's repair cycle is complete. Once this is done, the newer data will be written to the 'repaired' twin when it comes back up. This is the cheapest/most reliable solution I could find - with HA thrown in in the bargain.
If it hasn't happened, that doesn't mean it shouldn't have. Grandparent is completely correct, and those making the false claims, precisely because of a past lack of reaction to the same type of claim, are betting their top dollar on more of the same - in addition to the accused's fear of hefty legal bills.
I'd translate "wasn't possible" to "couldn't be bothered". Once SSH installed (and it is there by default in most *nix distros), you have but one 'user' file to configure (to 'jail' you within a certain hierarchy). Ta-da! Change your host and use SFTP.
First off, everything you send over the web using the FTP protocol is non-encrypted - even your password. Secondly, to achieve your goal, you would need the modern-day technological equivilent of a '60's-era 'scrambler' telephone device - a coder on your end, and a decoder on the other (in this case, one on the server). I'm not so sure many hosts allow their clients to install programs on their servers (chuckle).
All you desire exists in a protocol that uses one additional letter - sftp. Its existence is partly due to the weaknesses of FTP, so I wouldn't worry yourself over trying to make an older outmoded technology 'work'. If your host won't take the SFTP (SSH) protocol, I suggest you find another.
Oh yes - and we must leave 50% of the air time to creationists, only because they have a 'differing opinion' that (somehow) merits air time that equals that of scientists. Never mind that only a wee percentage of the public actually follow their (blithering) doctrine, nor that nothing of their 'views' is based on real observation or fact...
In short, the net will regulate itself without regulation. In fact, for the time being, it is our only chance at objectively observing what people really think.
Okay, the scientists dancing are tragically white, but the lyrics and graphics rock - even grade-schoolers would 'get it'. This should be teaching material.
As for ftp, it is not secure, thus not an option; java allows local I/O interaction with ssh, ftp does not, at least not without a pre-programmed stand-alone client program. I need in-browser cross-platform capability.
The brain is an amazing piece of machinery; it's doubt that makes us 'over-think' and override decisions it instantly makes.
Take throwing a basketball into a hoop for example; there's the 'instinctive' way of going about it, that is to say leaving your brain/body rely on its past experiences/judgement to generate the right angle/force to get it to its target. Then there's the 'white boy' way of going about it: "now, if I have a ball that weighs x kilograms, and the hoop is x height above a lateral distance of x metres"... white boy fucks up most every time.
How do they do that? Developing countries. There's literally billions of first-time PC users just waiting to be endoctrinated the 'MS way' from the first time they turn on their computers.
There are some things java does that no other language can do: for example, java is the only means of making a link between hard-disk content and remote servers that can up/download entire directories through a browser interface.
If you have the right to call satisfied Mac customers 'fanboys', then they have the right to call MS users 'ignorant fools'.
One of the only reasons the MS market is so large is the fact that 90% of all computer manufacturers since the late '80's shipped their PC's with Windows pre-installed - and first time users 'learn' to use the first thing they see. Already indoctrinated, most MS users won't change to another OS because a) they never tried it and/or b) they fear/loathe change, or c) they are tied into a network relying on years of accumulated soft/hard-ware and can't afford to change. But it's MS's targeting of the 'first-time-user' that gets all the credit for the present situation.
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"Well it's not dirt cheap for 500GB - that's $75/month. But who really has 500GB of critical data."
Photographers! Or any image-oriented media for that matter.
My company (a photo-equipment rental company) is starting a long-term secure-storage service as an answer to the very questions asked of this thread, not to mention the dozens of data-loss stories we hear each day from our photographer clientelle. It is a huge investment for a company our size, but one of the reasons we began is that - no-one is doing it yet. At least not in a way adapted to our (and our clientelle's) needs.
In the many months of research preceding the development of our service, one of the most frustrating things I saw was a total lack of transparency; very few sites disclose how they 'secure' data (if they do at all). Also, after having reviewing and testing the many storage architecture/media solutions out there, and the cost/capacity ratios of each, I tend to doubt the 'security' of a system that only charges $75 for 500gb a month.
...not to mention "suits" who haven't a clue about programming, yet are somehow supposed to "manage" their programmer's "productivity"...
Hmmmm - most of the ad was in real-time - there were only two cuts as far as I could see - but where it *did* cut was where the map was loading (after the user hits the map button, the camera "zoom-cuts in"). The exaggeration in the rest of the real-time part of the ad was in the *choice* of gestures - the pdf was probably a very light one, as was the web page shown.
This is not so misleading if the iPhone screen content was real (it was really filmed live), but on the other hand, if only the gestures were filmed and the screen content "added" later, that would be an entirely other story.
I find it more than a bit ironic that the /. story two down from this one is titiled "Microsoft Working For Samba Interoperability".
I've opted for twin server-managed raid5 arrays clustered using drbd - should one disk in an array go down - or the server managing the array go down - the 'twin' server/raid5 array will take over until the 'down' array's repair cycle is complete. Once this is done, the newer data will be written to the 'repaired' twin when it comes back up. This is the cheapest/most reliable solution I could find - with HA thrown in in the bargain.
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...you can do the same thing without all the cussing.
...but today we are expected to vote for them.
If it hasn't happened, that doesn't mean it shouldn't have. Grandparent is completely correct, and those making the false claims, precisely because of a past lack of reaction to the same type of claim, are betting their top dollar on more of the same - in addition to the accused's fear of hefty legal bills.
Mod parent up! I've never seen it stated more clearly.
...profit!!!
I'd translate "wasn't possible" to "couldn't be bothered". Once SSH installed (and it is there by default in most *nix distros), you have but one 'user' file to configure (to 'jail' you within a certain hierarchy). Ta-da! Change your host and use SFTP.
First off, everything you send over the web using the FTP protocol is non-encrypted - even your password. Secondly, to achieve your goal, you would need the modern-day technological equivilent of a '60's-era 'scrambler' telephone device - a coder on your end, and a decoder on the other (in this case, one on the server). I'm not so sure many hosts allow their clients to install programs on their servers (chuckle).
All you desire exists in a protocol that uses one additional letter - sftp. Its existence is partly due to the weaknesses of FTP, so I wouldn't worry yourself over trying to make an older outmoded technology 'work'. If your host won't take the SFTP (SSH) protocol, I suggest you find another.
Oh yes - and we must leave 50% of the air time to creationists, only because they have a 'differing opinion' that (somehow) merits air time that equals that of scientists. Never mind that only a wee percentage of the public actually follow their (blithering) doctrine, nor that nothing of their 'views' is based on real observation or fact...
In short, the net will regulate itself without regulation. In fact, for the time being, it is our only chance at objectively observing what people really think.
Okay, the scientists dancing are tragically white, but the lyrics and graphics rock - even grade-schoolers would 'get it'. This should be teaching material.
A modern versioning system called "Git"? You old...
Am I the only one who found the above funny?
My collegues vote for "stupide bureau de la langue française", but note that the choice of 'stupide' is not the best one; they vote for 'putain' ; )
That would be "Bureau stupide de la langue française". It's the 'bureau' that is stupid; not 'la langue française'.
There, fixed that for you - from France.
With additional #$&^&# code fixes.
That would be "Bureau stupide de la langue française". It's the 'bureau' that is stupid; not 'la langue française'.
There, fixed that for you - from France.
I wouldn't even credit that logic as being as such - it's just a load of spin and distortion.
It's called the 'computer market', and they're both in it.
There, with parent, I learned something.
As for ftp, it is not secure, thus not an option; java allows local I/O interaction with ssh, ftp does not, at least not without a pre-programmed stand-alone client program. I need in-browser cross-platform capability.
The brain is an amazing piece of machinery; it's doubt that makes us 'over-think' and override decisions it instantly makes.
Take throwing a basketball into a hoop for example; there's the 'instinctive' way of going about it, that is to say leaving your brain/body rely on its past experiences/judgement to generate the right angle/force to get it to its target. Then there's the 'white boy' way of going about it: "now, if I have a ball that weighs x kilograms, and the hoop is x height above a lateral distance of x metres"... white boy fucks up most every time.
How do they do that? Developing countries. There's literally billions of first-time PC users just waiting to be endoctrinated the 'MS way' from the first time they turn on their computers.
There are some things java does that no other language can do: for example, java is the only means of making a link between hard-disk content and remote servers that can up/download entire directories through a browser interface.
If you have the right to call satisfied Mac customers 'fanboys', then they have the right to call MS users 'ignorant fools'.
One of the only reasons the MS market is so large is the fact that 90% of all computer manufacturers since the late '80's shipped their PC's with Windows pre-installed - and first time users 'learn' to use the first thing they see. Already indoctrinated, most MS users won't change to another OS because a) they never tried it and/or b) they fear/loathe change, or c) they are tied into a network relying on years of accumulated soft/hard-ware and can't afford to change. But it's MS's targeting of the 'first-time-user' that gets all the credit for the present situation.