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From: waltdnes@××××××××.org
To: gentoo-user@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery
Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2016 17:09:54
Message-Id: 20160831170943.GA21025@waltdnes.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-user] Re: USB crucial file recovery by Neil Bothwick
1 On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 08:47:11AM +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote
2 > On Wed, 31 Aug 2016 08:45:22 +0100, Neil Bothwick wrote:
3 >
4 > > USB sticks are not that reliable to start with, so
5 > > relying on the filesystem to preserve your important files is not
6 > > enough. You have spent far more time on this than you would have spent
7 > > making backups of the file!
8 >
9 > Have you considered using cloud storage for the files instead? That also
10 > gives you the option of version control with some services.
11
12 The initial backup of my hard drives would easily burn through my
13 monthly gigabytes allotment. Until evrybody gets truly unlimited
14 bandwidth, forget about it.
15
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17 Walter Dnes <waltdnes@××××××××.org>
18 I don't run "desktop environments"; I run useful applications

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