always hide your backups!

GMAN wrote:
In article , BW wrote:
Some villains broke in through laundry window. House behind has been
vacant for 2 weeks, so
they wouldn't have been seen.
They grabbed my wife's laptop. She backs it up onto a 128GB thumb
drive, but that was lying on
table, so the scumbags took it too.

BTW they also took one of those Paywave credit cards, and racked up
quite a few small purchases before
it was cancelled. We will not be replacing it.

This is why i own an AR-15

The only credibly demonstrated use of an AR-15 for a private citizen
seems to be to murder large numbers of innocent people. Unless you
are planning to do that, it seems you have wasted your money.

Arno

On 12/26/2012 12:35 PM, mike wrote:
On 12/26/2012 10:08 AM, GMAN wrote:
In
,
wrote:
Some villains broke in through laundry window. House behind has been
vacant for 2 weeks, so
they wouldn't have been seen.
They grabbed my wife's laptop. She backs it up onto a 128GB thumb
drive, but that was lying on
table, so the scumbags took it too.

BTW they also took one of those Paywave credit cards, and racked up
quite a few small purchases before
it was cancelled. We will not be replacing it.

This is why i own an AR-15

Not clear how that helps you back up your system.
And if you had owned an AR-15, you wouldn't own one after
they stole it.

You read my mind. I had to laugh at the thought of someone spending 24
and 7 at their PC with their hand on the trigger.

If you are doing offsite backups, you should encrypt the data. If your
backup fits on a thumb drive, that sounds like a task for Carbonite.

On 2012-12-27, Arno wrote:
The only credibly demonstrated use of an AR-15 for a private citizen
seems to be to murder large numbers of innocent people.

That goes double for governments, which have used assault weapons and
other types of weapons to butcher more innocent people than the most
ambitious private-sector criminal could even dream of.

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Roger Blake wrote:
On 2012-12-27, Arno wrote:
The only credibly demonstrated use of an AR-15 for a private citizen
seems to be to murder large numbers of innocent people.

That goes double for governments, which have used assault weapons and
other types of weapons to butcher more innocent people than the most
ambitious private-sector criminal could even dream of.

True. Goverments are among the most immoral constructs the human
race has come up with. Single individuals cannot compete.

Arno

In article , Arno wrote:
Roger Blake wrote:
On 2012-12-27, Arno wrote:
The only credibly demonstrated use of an AR-15 for a private citizen
seems to be to murder large numbers of innocent people.

That goes double for governments, which have used assault weapons and
other types of weapons to butcher more innocent people than the most
ambitious private-sector criminal could even dream of.

True. Goverments are among the most immoral constructs the human
race has come up with. Single individuals cannot compete.

Arno


An AR15 helps to level the field IMHO!!!

GMAN wrote:
In article , Arno wrote:
Roger Blake wrote:
On 2012-12-27, Arno wrote:
The only credibly demonstrated use of an AR-15 for a private citizen
seems to be to murder large numbers of innocent people.

That goes double for governments, which have used assault weapons and
other types of weapons to butcher more innocent people than the most
ambitious private-sector criminal could even dream of.

True. Goverments are among the most immoral constructs the human
race has come up with. Single individuals cannot compete.

Arno


An AR15 helps to level the field IMHO!!!

Well, good luck with that. But if that thing makes you
feel better, it has at least some use...

Arno

BW writes:

Some villains broke in through laundry window. House behind has
been vacant for 2 weeks, so they wouldn't have been seen. They
grabbed my wife's laptop. She backs it up onto a 128GB thumb
drive, but that was lying on table, so the scumbags took it
too.

This is but one reason why it is NOT a backup unless it is
offsite. The other ones are fire, and "the Katrina Syndrome.."

You need Crashplan and a backup-buddy; someone in another state.
Swap with her/him.

CP is free for personal use.


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