On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 06:50:38PM +0100, Klistvud wrote: > Dne, 05. 01. 2011 15:28:47 je Lisi napisal(a): >> On Wednesday 05 January 2011 12:03:59 Camaleón wrote: >> > At least you should have learned one lesson: _never trust_ what your >> > users say and tell them to _prove_ their wording with facts (that >> is, by >> > checking with her that the data was properly backed up and can be >> > restored from the aforementioned "unexistent" copy) >;-) >> >> I did look at the pen drive to make sure that the copies were there >> and >> retrievable. But I didn't know enough about her data to know that the >> most >> recent 'photos were missing. It is not certain that they could have >> been >> rescued at that point even if I had known! >> >> If it weren't for the fact that she is going around telling very >> hurtful >> untruths about me, I would be the gainer. She was hard work, >> demanding and >> not very profitable! >> >> But sometimes they _know_ that they haven't got copies, but are >> unwilling to >> have them. It means buying something to put them on..... >> >> Lisi > > Seems I'm one of the few who sincerely think that not all users should, > or even could, be required to know the inner workings of each and every > technology they use. In real life, people are forced (by their job or > whatever) to use many modern technologies, and in our technology-based > development model, this trend is bound to increase. Should every driver > necessarily know ALL the fluid circuits of a vehicle, and their > check/refill intervals? I honestly don't -- do you? Of course I know the <snip>
But you carry a spare tire, right? And if you have an unreliable car, maybe you should have a bicycle on-hand in case you really need to get to work one day and your car won't start. I equate that to having a backup of your data. The problem I've seen several times, though, is when an application hides your data away somewhere. Itunes, for instance. My brother-in-law has no idea where is music is, other than "it's in Itunes". That makes backing it up pretty difficult for the novice. -Rob -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/20110106002206.gb4...@aurora.owens.net