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guys I'm so tired. tell me something that will make me think. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 12:56 1
- try to figure out znufrii's Oscar contest scheme below -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 12:57
I haven't cried in so long. I had forgotten how tiring it is. People suck. -- nm - lileve Jan 25, 12:52 6
- They'll get what's coming to them in 2012. -- nm - Loyola Jan 25, 12:56
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  - now...to red flag every single one of them in the No-Fly database..... -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:56
  - *declares war on the US for this outrage* -- nm - Italy Jan 25, 12:54
- vent about it here so we can call them jerks and such -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 12:53 1
  - or post their phone number so we can prank call them -- nm - sycor Jan 25, 12:55
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- good luck with that. I've had a lot of thumb drives die. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:55 5
  - I have several and none has ever died - maybe they just don't like you -- nm - decline Jan 25, 12:56 2
    - dunno. They are very susceptible to viruses and whatnot. Some of them are just lemons. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:58
    - Yeah, they run away from me more often than not. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:57
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    - What are the odds that the thumb drive and your harddrive will go at the same time? I'll take that risk. -- nm - Amy Jan 25, 12:59
- typical lawyer, keeping it on a format you can easily swallow if pressed -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 12:54
- I think I take 2x that many photos per year -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 12:53 5
  - I delete as many as I can. Huge numbers of photos are more trouble than they're worth, IMO. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:55
  - And they're all worth saving? -- nm - mara Jan 25, 12:54
  - I think I took 25GB of photos in my photo-a-day challenge year -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:53 2
    - Granted I'm keeping both RAW and JPG copies but still... -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 12:53 1
      - just JPG here, on a 10mp camera -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:54
I really am souless. Not only did I delete a bunch of old photos, but this last move, I threw out a ton of printed ones. -- nm - Amy Jan 25, 12:49 5
- It has occurred to me multiple times that I have a minuscule amount of photo documentation for my teen years compared to today's kids - oblique Jan 25, 12:51 4
  - I kept ones that were good, but blurry ones, repetitive scenery shots, pictures I couldn't remember why I took--buh bye. - Amy Jan 25, 12:58
  - its very common for teens to disappear from family record btw 13v17, usually a prom or wedding photo is the only image during -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 12:55
  - I threw mine out. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:52
  - What? No pictures of your junk? -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 12:51
loosi: I live in *southern* BC. It regularly hits -20C in northern BC. heh. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:49 1
- (So while your point is accurate as it applies to me, it doesn't apply to the whole province) -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:49
hmm, well if people wanted to use crashplan free to just do an offsite backup of stuff - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:45 1
- dammit, I'm out. -- nm - remlik Jan 25, 12:50
FT 27-24 - Danedukenuuk Jan 25, 12:44
Reagen, did the Stelmach thing really come out of as much thin air as it appears it did to me? Was there no scuttlebutt in newsrooms this morning? -- nm - Name Withheld By Request Jan 25, 12:43
What percentage of American women answered "YES" to: Have you ever broken something belonging to someone else and not told them? -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 12:41 12
- Ipsos says: 32% -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 12:48 1
  - *fist pump* -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:49
- deliberately? or accidentally? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 12:47 2
  - they accidently didn't tell them they broke it? -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:48
  - you have all the information I have. -- nm - Mop (214 lbs) Jan 25, 12:48
- 46% -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:45
- does this include "other dudes' hearts"? - dead like pixie Jan 25, 12:44 2
  - How do you not tell someone you broke their heart? -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 12:48 1
    - this -- nm - Fredo Jan 25, 12:49
- 82% -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 12:42
- 90% -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:42
- 40% -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:42
ST Poll: How much data do you have to back up? - oblique Jan 25, 12:41 24
- i don't do backups -- nm - Danedukenuuk Jan 25, 12:50
- It's probably in the 30-40GB range. -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 12:47
- I have memorized an interpretive dance that represents my most cherished data. -- nm - znufrii si Jan 25, 12:47 3
  - hee -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 12:51
  - That's a very lossy medium -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 12:48
  - *is impressed* -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 12:48
- Personal, around 100GB. - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 12:47
- backups are for wusses -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:46 1
  - you should not tempt the data gods so -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 12:47
- About 500gb. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:46
- criticle data? Fits on 2-3 DVD's -- nm - decline Jan 25, 12:46
- I would guess just under a TB. not that much really. -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 12:46 1
  - a terabyte is not a lot? -- nm - decline Jan 25, 12:54
- I don't know. I'd like to be able to rip and then backup all my CDs. - JaxSean Jan 25, 12:46 3
  - why CDs? -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 12:48 2
    - I have about 1,000 CDs that haven't been ripped. I'd like to rip them, store them, and get rid of the physical CDs. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 12:50 1
      - I actually want to go through mt CDs and ensure they're all ripped and then get rd of them as well. - amanda jones Jan 25, 12:54
- maybe 20G. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:44
- Not counting DVD rips...less than a gig. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:44
- not counting duplicate data, about 250gb ... 30-40gb of which is truly important -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:44
- hmm, my server has about 200 gig on it (not including movies) so that I guess. -- nm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:43
- excluding DVD rips not that much. a few gigs worth maybe. -- nm - sycor Jan 25, 12:43
- Not that much really, about 100 gb. I don't have many videos, though pictures are increasingly gaining a greater share of the space. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 12:42
- seeing as how my laptop only has an 80GB hard drive, somewhat less than that. -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 12:42
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- D. Every time you get one wrong you have to take a shot -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 12:46
- Confidence Score or some variant of znufrii's idea - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:43 1
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- C (variation). Award points inversely according to how many people got it correct. - znufrii Jan 25, 12:40 2
  - Won't this encourage people to give BS answers if they are not sure? -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 12:43 1
    - good point. - znufrii Jan 25, 12:52
- A. The odds of picking them all correct is so high already. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 12:39 2
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    - To me it just complicates it. If you're doing it for money, I guess, but otherwise, just pick. -- nm - JaxSean Jan 25, 12:52
- B -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:38
- D. Everything worth the same amount, but you assign a "confidence" score. - Don Homer Jan 25, 12:38 6
  - Oh you statisticians! You always think you're right when it comes to numbers (with an error range of +/- 4) nmb*g* - Trish Jan 25, 12:44
  - a variation on this would be to rank each category from 1 to 5, with 5 being your pick to win - znufrii Jan 25, 12:44 3
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      - or just rank them in regular order 1-5, with 1 being your top pick, and the lowest score wins... -- nm - znufrii Jan 25, 12:47
    - I like this one -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:45
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- B -- nm - ceregon Jan 25, 12:37
- B -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:37
will fox spews show the SotU live or just talk about it like they did for the memorialspeach? -- nm - zeitgeist Jan 25, 12:34 1
- I guess you'll have to tune in and find out... - Dr.Vermin Jan 25, 12:39
More LIR: Spawn. Local backups are great until someone drives into your propane tank - oblique Jan 25, 12:32 43
- I have photos and documents backed up and in the firesafe and at work. I really don't have much that I care about protecting. - Amy Jan 25, 12:45
- 30 bucks gets you a firesafe good for fires up to 1550�F -- nm - decline Jan 25, 12:37 13
  - 30 bucks? -- nm - amanda jones Jan 25, 12:41 1
    - sorry, 40 bucks -- (link) - decline Jan 25, 12:43
  - I imagine that would be a fairly small safe though. (Also, fwiw, most "firesafes" are only rated for about an hour.) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 12:39 7
    - i have one. it's really only big enough for some documents, passports, a few small items. - Andie Jan 25, 13:01
    - And thus convenient for thieves to carry off. -- nm - Ender Jan 25, 12:49
    - they have different sizes and different heat tollerances. We have one that holds 2 external HD's and a bunch of tapes easily -- nm - decline Jan 25, 12:40 2
      - Where do you buy yours at? (I've been wanting a nice one for some time, but needs to also be able to store a small amount of paperwork.) -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 12:41 1
        
        Staples -- nm - decline Jan 25, 12:43
    - yeah, the ones I have seen are small. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:39 1
      - we're still talking firesafes right? -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:40
  - Good point. We have back-ups in there, as well. - Spawn Jan 25, 12:38
  - *tries running USB cable into safe* - oblique Jan 25, 12:37 1
    - well, they probably aren't in a farraday cage ... (heh.) wifi + inductive power ... -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:45
- Now he has to keep a local backup just to look like he's not giving in to ST -- nm - con_carne Jan 25, 12:34 1
  - [which is what he already does] -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:35
- My house does not use propane. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:34 24
  - oh, then it's fireproof. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:35 23
    - Which online service do you use, Loosi? -- nm - Trish Jan 25, 12:37 7
      - I shouldn't even be participating in this thread, my backup plan is not yet implemented at all ... heh -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:40 4
        
        call the Embassy -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:41
        
        *weeps* -- nm - ST Jan 25, 12:41 2
        
        ST is handled, for the most part. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:46 1
        
        Everyone's posts except loosi's? - Spawn Jan 25, 12:56
      - I talk a good talk but my offsite backup currently is my friend who until very recently was out of space - oblique Jan 25, 12:39 1
        
        I use a friend's server. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:39
    - YOUR EXAMPLE IS FLAWED THEREFORE YOUR PREMISE IS MEANINGLESS!!1 -- nm - spewn si Jan 25, 12:36 7
      - heh. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:37
      - This really could be the next meme. - Spawn Jan 25, 12:37 5
        
        has to be you, it's your most common tactic. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:37 4
        
        Most common? - Spawn Jan 25, 12:39 3
        
        true, I don't keep stats. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:43 2
        
        shocking -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:47 1
        
        She's using Max's database to draw conclusions. -- nm - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:49
    - *pats his thumb drive* - Spawn Jan 25, 12:36 6
      - thumb drives die all the time (trust me). and I put zero personal stuff on the work computer. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:37 5
        
        Well see, I own the work computers, too. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:37 4
        
        so, you are actually using offsite backup. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:38 3
        
        But not online. -- nm - Spawn Jan 25, 12:39 2
        
        I have too much data to use online backup. It would get me billed by my ISP for the initial dump - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:41 1
        
        Yeah, I pull recent activity onto a thumb and move it. - Spawn Jan 25, 12:44
- agreed. -- nm - loosilu Jan 25, 12:34
UConn booster not consulted during hiring of football coach; now, he wants his $3 million back. -- (link) - prayformojo Jan 25, 12:32 3
- I'd be inclined to walk out with a duffel bag filled with the $3mil, piss on it, then offer it to him. - Will Hunting Jan 25, 12:35
- It was an "embarrassment" to his family that he wasn't consulted? What an as$. -- nm - Don Homer Jan 25, 12:33
- UConn's response should be : "tough titty" -- nm - Beaker Jan 25, 12:32
Which one of the Jersey Shore guys is Richie Aprile Jr? -- nm - Reagen Jan 25, 12:31 7
- The one cheating on Meadow, duh. -- nm - David Jan 25, 12:33 4
  - and it will go about as well for the Jersey shore kids as it did for the Sopranos...I still crack up at the scene where they are eating - Remlik Jan 25, 12:37 3
    - That was truly funny. -- nm - Trish Jan 25, 12:48 1
      - Agreed. -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:51
    - Yup. I don't watch the show but things are going to be very different than what they imagined. -- nm - Krusty Jan 25, 12:44
- My bored mind is concocting a whole Godfather-style back-to-Sicily scenario - con_carne Jan 25, 12:33
- "On a very special episode of Jersey Shore, {blank} holds a gun to Snooki's head to get off" -- nm - Beryllium Jan 25, 12:32
LIR: tRUMAN. Link to the free version -- (link) - oblique Jan 25, 12:31 5
- hmm, ok. I just found that. - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:32 4
  - We started using it at work to backup laptops. Works about as seamlessly as you could want -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 12:33 3
    - yeah that would be nice, the other question i have - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:34 2
      - They talk about drive rotation here -- (link) - oblique Jan 25, 12:36 1
        
        hmm, well, hmm - tRuMaN Jan 25, 12:43
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- You can't ship those bits internationally! -- nm - oblique Jan 25, 12:31

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