[ale] Linux alternative recommendation ?

[Rich Faulkner]

I come equipped with a DNA backup system but sometimes see read/write
errors and get a little off key, off key, off key, off key.....

[should I have bottom posted this?]

[did I trip?]

[no, not 'trip' 'TRIM!']

OH YEAH!!!  TRIM!!!!!!


On Tue, 2011-10-25 at 14:16 -0400, Jim Kinney wrote:

> My back up back up back up system is papyrus. It's backed up onto
> stone tablets. I have embossed copper sheets just before the papyrus
> and after laser print on laminated acid free paper sealed in oxygen
> barrier foil bags.
> 
> 
> On Oct 25, 2011 1:19 PM, "Rich Faulkner" <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org>
> wrote:
> 
>         Paper.  How quaint.
>         
>         I guess we should carry a manual typewriter as a backup when
>         our word processor or computer locks-up eh?
>         
>         Wow....really?!
>         
>         
>         
>         On Tue, 2011-10-25 at 11:23 -0400, Ron Frazier wrote:
>         
>         > You gotta love this quote from the Kingston website.
>         > Emphasis added by me.
>         > 
>         > <quote ON>
>         > 
>         > Flash storage devices are not infallible and can have their
>         > data damaged due to factors mentioned above. It is important
>         > to backup important information on multiple media or even
>         > print them on paper for long-term storage. Do not store
>         > important data solely on Flash storage devices. 
>         > 
>         > <quote OFF>
>         > 
>         > Rolling on the floor laughing, ... or crying.  Last time I
>         > checked, SSD's are Flash storage devices.  PAPER?  PAPER!!!
>         > That's SOOO 17th century!
>         > 
>         > Sincerely,
>         > 
>         > Ron

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