[ale] Linux alternative recommendation ?

[Jim Kinney]

ROFLMAO!
DNA backup system failing. Please upgrade to newer release for support.
I hate that error message.
On Oct 25, 2011 5:04 PM, "Rich Faulkner" <rfaulkner at 34thprs.org> wrote:

> **
> 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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