Path: csiph.com!v102.xanadu-bbs.net!xanadu-bbs.net!feeder.erje.net!eu.feeder.erje.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: "john james" Newsgroups: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,uk.d-i-y Subject: Re: Opensource slowing down? "GoogleDrive" private cloud Date: Fri, 13 Mar 2015 07:13:11 +1100 Lines: 30 Message-ID: References: <4khjsb-2oj.ln1@squidward.dionic.net> <54f73bc4$0$38615$b1db1813$5ba256c5@news.astraweb.com> <7p5ksb-n64.ln1@squidward.dionic.net> <55014cb2$0$64285$b1db1813$1367588f@news.astraweb.com> <20150312091413.0d31eda3@debian> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; format=flowed; charset="Windows-1252"; reply-type=original Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Trace: individual.net Rvw4K/uYkD4hDiVcDCIK+ACn6eQ6HE+qHJqJyQnMs1mghJFIc= Cancel-Lock: sha1:BXkeE3JAD+3y9HGwGB94z2KLQVE= In-Reply-To: X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal Importance: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Windows Live Mail 14.0.8117.416 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V14.0.8117.416 Xref: csiph.com comp.os.linux.misc:14048 "Charlie Gibbs" wrote in message news:mdsl7o11v4h@news3.newsguy.com... > On 2015-03-12, Tim Watts wrote: > >> On 12/03/15 09:14, Folderol wrote: >> >>> What a load of twaddle. If we're into Armageddon scenarios I don't >>> think anyone would be considering data security! >> >> They probably ought to be - there's a lot of stored knowledge could be >> used to reboot civilisation - unless we really want to jump back to the >> 18th century and work it all out the hard way... > > Even then, the process will be long and difficult. I've never been convinced about that. And it depends on the > stored knowledge being readable by whatever hardware remains! How many > people can read a 9-track tape these days? You don’t see the same problem with hard drives as the backup media. > Recommended reading: A Canticle for Leibowitz by Walter M. Miller. Just someone's scenario which isn't very plausible at all.