The Institute for Backup Trauma 211
fief writes "John Cleese explains why tape based backup solutions will drive a manager insane in a viral marketing bit for Live Vault. (flash required) Produced by the Captains of Industry. Links provided via AdRants" Barely an ad, mostly just hilarious. Also contains Michael Dorn. Use as directed.
And now for something completely crappy (Score:5, Insightful)
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70% Funny
20% Overrated
10% Slashvertisment
Re:And now for something completely crappy (Score:3, Insightful)
P.S. Very Important! Do not click the third button! It will cause a blue screen of DEATH!
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Your sincerely
An unsatisfied 4 MB Internet user.
Useful for educating PHBs, perhaps ... (Score:4, Insightful)
What I like about this is its appeal to non-technical staff, especially clueless decisionmakers who feel secure in their data because someone sold them a backup system ("Don't worry, it's fully automatic!")
Yes, the video is an advertizement for a firm selling a product, but who else would be motivated to create something that is both educational and funny enough to let issues be discussed in a non-threatening way?
No-one, especially PHBs, wants to admit that all the money they spent on a backup system can easily be brought to naught, so you have to ease them into the concept. This might help.
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Well that's rather rude. Mods, please correct the great-grandparent's modding. "Troll" is only appropriate when someone is actually trolling. Same with "flamebait". Overrated may be used to bounce someone back to +1 if they yell too much, but it should never be used to push them below that. And if you just disagree with the poster, then you should just leave it alone.
Thank you.
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"Oh, no, this wasn't reported by a dis-interested 3rd party. I'm gonna bitch about it."
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Re:Recommendations for online backup solutions? (Score:2, Insightful)
Figure 60% standard disk usage for the both of you, x 15 syncs per month, both ways, not counting overhead... dude, where did you find an ISP that doesn't mind 1.8TB of upload/download per month?