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As cheap as terabyte-sized hard drives are nowadays, it's silly to use cloud storage. Period.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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No it's not. I regularly use three PC, two desktops (home and office) and a notebook (on the go). Without Dropbox I would be lost.
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dude set up your own damn ftp / file server then!!
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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Yes right. Do I get an Android client? Do I get automatic, real-time sync between PCs? Do I get 30 days of history (without using space on my hard-disk for Shadow Copies)?
I don't want to spend even one minute installing, configuring and maintaining an FTP server. I already have too much stuff to do, no need to add anything to it.
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well then accept the lack of control over your data
keeping things private requires some effort these days
if you don't care to spend the time don't complain
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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I'm not complaining at all. I love Dropbox. In fact, I'm defending it. I'm perfectly aware that there might be security issues, and I took my precautions accordingly. That's it.
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Off site backup is always nice.
Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[ ^]
"Program as if the technical support department is full of serial killers and they know your home address" - Ray Cassick Jr., RIP
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see above
"mostly watching the human race is like watching dogs watch tv ... they see the pictures move but the meaning escapes them"
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Given the cost of this, offsite arrangements etc. I'd probably go with Acronis (250GB for £5/year) or Rackspace.
Join the cool kids - Come fold with us[ ^]
"Program as if the technical support department is full of serial killers and they know your home address" - Ray Cassick Jr., RIP
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I have a little less than 4TB of data...
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Agreed. And giving critical information out of your hands is simply foolish.
"I just exchanged opinions with my boss. I went in with mine and came out with his." - me, 2011
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I am endeavoring, Madam, to construct a mnemonic memory circuit using stone knives and bearskins - Mr. Spock 1935 and me 2011
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Where do you store your money?
I are Troll 
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And do you have a backup system for it?
Luc Pattyn [Forum Guidelines] [My Articles] Nil Volentibus Arduum
Please use <PRE> tags for code snippets, they preserve indentation, improve readability, and make me actually look at the code.
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Yes Sir. As a programmer, I'd naturally use coffee and cigs as barter
I are Troll
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In an underground vault in the back yard.
".45 ACP - because shooting twice is just silly" - JSOP, 2010
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You can never have too much ammo - unless you're swimming, or on fire. - JSOP, 2010
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"Why don't you tie a kerosene-soaked rag around your ankles so the ants won't climb up and eat your candy ass." - Dale Earnhardt, 1997
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Hmm. I think the actual storage space is incidental. I would be looking for things like global high-speed access, uptime, backups, redundancy, 24/7 support, and so on. There's an economy of scale here for the services.
The trick, of course, is finding a cloud provider that does all of those things effectively for a reasonable price amd under legal conditions where you still own your data (not a foregone conclusion, from what I've read).
Software Zen: delete this;
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John Simmons / outlaw programmer wrote: As cheap as terabyte-sized hard drives are nowadays, it's silly to use cloud storage. Period.
Not necessarily.
I am in Thailand accessing things I stored when I was in the USA. If it weren't in the cloud I would need to carry multiple drives with me all the time. The cloud is much more convenient.
Welcome to the 21st century! 
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I use Dropbox and I'd be lost without it. Tried other services but always sucked.
That said, I decided I don't want to be paranoid and instead focus on important things. Like getting things done. I just make sure to avoid storing critical information on Dropbox without prior encryption with TrueCrypt. All the rest is unencrypted.
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The third and fourth are the same.
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yeah, you're right. I've fix it. thanks!
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Oh, I thought you meant something like this:
Classy Riding[^]
Regards,
mav
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They are called Rat Bikes: the look is deliberate, mostly, and there are more around than you may think: http://www.ratbike.org/[^]
Sometimes, it takes more work to run a Ratter without actually dying than to run a "proper" chop or showroom bike!
Real men don't use instructions. They are only the manufacturers opinion on how to put the thing together.
Manfred R. Bihy: "Looks as if OP is learning resistant."
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There are many conflicting beliefs concerning the Big Event which is expected to happen on May 21, 2011.
Some say Believers will be called to Heaven -- it will be The Rapture.
Some say Believers will receive hernias -- it will be The Rupture.
Some say Believers will receive horrific flatulence -- it will be The Ripture.
Some say Believers will be hanged -- it will be The Ropeture.
Some say Believers will receive Indian currency -- it will be The Rupeeture.
Some say Believers will become hip-hop artists -- it will be The Rap-ture.
And some say Punsters will receive what's coming to them -- it will be The Thwapture.
3x12=36
2x12=24
1x12=12
0x12=18
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