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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by zenexer on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:26PM (#27626526)
Any single backup is a stupid idea. Combine them, and you've got a great backup solution. Why would I keep important data in one physical location?

My house could burn down tomorrow, but I'd still have my cloud backups. My cloud backups could roast in a fire tomorrow, but I'd still have my local backups. And probably several other cloud backups.

If you put all your eggs in one backup, sooner or later, you're going to get screwed.

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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by earthboundkid on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:39PM (#27626603)
He only reliable backup mechanism is starting a successful cult whose main tenet is that your data is valuable communication from God, so that they continually duplicate it. Anything else will go bust long, long before the heat death of the universe.
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by 8192kjshad09- on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:26AM (#27627146)
Amazon just announced AWS Cult-As-A-Service. For the small fee of just $0.05 per Gigabyte per month they will store your data in three separate cults located in geographically distinct regions.

(Data transfer charges not included)

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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by pierrec on Thursday June 24, 2021 @11:09PM (#27626743)
"Anything else will go bust long, long before the heat death of the universe."

As opposed to what? I think you've got too much faith in your method.

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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by 10000truths on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:34AM (#27627179)
Well, you could always alter the laws of physics so that a zero entropy state corresponds to the data you wish to store.
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by blakewatson on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:54PM (#27626672)
_writes this down as a National Novel Writing Month idea_
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by earthboundkid on Friday June 25, 2021 @01:19PM (#27633687)
They already wrote Canticle for Leibowitz.
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by toast0 on Friday June 25, 2021 @12:49AM (#27627251)
Seems accurate; I may or may not have resurrected and rehosted the works of a cult I joined as a youth. Thanks, Internet Archive.
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Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted by A4ET8a8uTh0 on Thursday June 24, 2021 @10:51PM (#27626653)
You made me chuckle and question reality I am in. Thank you.
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