Re:Inventory of CO2 available for terraforming Mars
by Anarch157a on Monday July 30, 2018 @07:32PM
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Our data is in our DNA. A population of a few thousand would pretty much guarantee a 100% backup.
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Re:Inventory of CO2 available for terraforming Mars
by vkou on Monday July 30, 2018 @08:11PM
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So, it's not a backup. It's a document containing basic instructions for how to eventually build a database that's similar to your PROD copy.
I wouldn't pay through the nose for that, either. Especially when we could be putting that time and energy into not losing the PROD deployment, today, with a much better ROI.
We don't need to worry about hypothetical 50-million year meteor strike extinction events. We're in the middle of one, that we could be taking action to deal with - for much less the cost of a self-sufficient Mars base.
You're worried about off-site backups, when the trash can in the data center is on fire, and you cant budget for a fire extinguisher.
Re:Inventory of CO2 available for terraforming Mars
by enraged_camel on Monday July 30, 2018 @10:04PM
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>>I wouldn't pay through the nose for that, either. Especially when we could be putting that time and energy into not losing the PROD deployment, today, with a much better ROI.
There are certain types of disasters you can't protect against though, no matter how much money you spend. The only thing you can do is mitigate.