On Fri, Feb 20, 2009 at 02:16:39AM -0500, [email protected] scripsit: > In a message dated 2/19/2009 7:31:17 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, > [email protected] writes: >> That’s the spirit of folk remedies: They may or may not work, but what >> have you got to lose? > Interesting, never heard that one before. Just might work. > > But hope I never have to find out. :-)
Blessed are the pessimists, for they have made backups. It's not a backup until there are at least three copies, at least one of which is somewhere else. Two copy backups run into problems with "bought the hard drives the same day; why look, they died the same day, too!" and similar nightmarish occurrences. (In a former life, I worked user support in a university; every year, ten or so people didn't graduate because they didn't have a backup of their thesis. Makes an impression. The specific technique works a whole lot better if you stick the drive in an airtight bag before it goes in the freezer; hard drives are not sealed and freezers are generally pretty moist.) -- Graydon -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
