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Re: The decline of the dinosaurs?

From	"Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: The decline of the dinosaurs?
Date	2016-06-29 19:28 +0100
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On Wed, 29 Jun 2016 17:51:05 +0100, Charlie Gibbs  
<cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> On 2016-06-29, Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> wrote:
>
>> On 2016-06-29, Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Huge wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 2016-06-29, Osmium <r124c4u102@comcast.net> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> [39 lines snipped]
>>>>
>>>>> That's pretty similar to a description of the cloud. Perhaps we  
>>>>> should
>>>>> have a pool to predict when the first cloud horror story makes the  
>>>>> news.
>>>>> My guess is less than five years.
>
> Depends on how good the coverups are.
>
>>>> Huh? It's already happened.
>>>>
>>>> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2014/06/18/code_spaces_destroyed/
>>>
>>> WOW!  Good reason to keep your own copy of everything you work on.
>
> <shudder>  A friend of ours lost most of his photos due to a cloud  
> failure.
>
>> Like I've been saying for a number of years; "Only store in the cloud
>> what you can afford to lose or have stolen."
>
> What amazes me is how few people see this as obvious.
>
> Like I've been saying for a number of years: "Convenience trumps  
> everything."
>

"Give me convenience or give me death!"

Trump will trump all.



-- 
Bah, and indeed, Humbug

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The decline of the dinosaurs? "gareth G4SDW GQRP #3339" <no.spam@thank.you.invalid> - 2016-06-29 09:23 +0100
  Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? "J. Clarke" <j.clarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2016-06-29 04:58 -0400
    Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Whiskers <catwheezel@operamail.com> - 2016-06-29 10:46 +0000
      Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Ahem A Rivet's Shot <steveo@eircom.net> - 2016-06-29 12:12 +0100
    Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-06-29 12:18 +0100
    Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-29 15:39 +0200
      Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-06-29 10:09 -0500
        Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-06-29 15:54 +0000
          Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-06-29 11:11 -0500
            Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-06-29 16:22 +0000
              Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-29 16:51 +0000
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-06-29 19:28 +0100
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-29 19:37 +0000
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Mike Spencer <mds@bogus.nodomain.nowhere> - 2016-06-29 23:15 -0300
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-30 06:46 -0400
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Huge <Huge@nowhere.much.invalid> - 2016-06-30 11:38 +0000
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-30 18:54 +0000
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-07-01 14:43 +0100
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-29 12:07 -0700
              Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Stephen Wolstenholme <steve@easynn.com> - 2016-06-30 12:52 +0100
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-30 14:15 +0200
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-30 18:54 +0000
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Morten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-06-30 23:04 +0200
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2016-07-01 12:49 +0000
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Moten Reistad <first@last.name.invalid> - 2016-07-01 14:54 +0200
                Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-06-30 13:06 -0400
          Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? "Osmium" <r124c4u102@comcast.net> - 2016-06-29 11:24 -0500
        Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Jon Elson <elson@pico-systems.com> - 2016-06-29 11:08 -0500
        Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Andrew Swallow <am.swallow@btinternet.com> - 2016-06-29 18:51 +0100
          Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? "Kerr Mudd-John" <admin@127.0.0.1> - 2016-06-29 19:28 +0100
          Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-29 12:07 -0700
        Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Peter Flass <peter_flass@yahoo.com> - 2016-06-29 17:52 -0400
      Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2016-06-29 16:33 +0000
      Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Mike Causer <m.r.causer@goglemail.com> - 2016-06-30 20:50 +0100
        Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? "Charles Richmond" <numerist@aquaporin4.com> - 2016-07-01 08:26 -0500
  Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Walter Banks <walter@bytecraft.com> - 2016-06-29 07:50 -0400
  Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2016-06-29 11:59 -0700
  Re: The decline of the dinosaurs? Dallas <dallas@texas.usa> - 2016-06-29 17:25 -0500

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