[geeks] Cheap/reliable backup?

Phil Stracchino phils at caerllewys.net
Wed Dec 4 23:33:29 CST 2013


On 12/05/13 00:19, Cory Smelosky wrote:
> On Wed, 4 Dec 2013, Mike Meredith wrote:
> 
>>
>> If I were to put backups on anything other than disk, I'd opt for LTO
>> tape. I've heard that the data life expectancy is from 20-30
>> years probably depending on storage conditions and how frequently it
>> gets written to.
>>
> 
> Still too short for my taste.  I just write QR codes to stone tablets. ;)

"This one's the first chapter of Applied Cryptography.  What's that one
over there scan as?"
"It looks some oddly glyphed hex bytes, then a string literal.  1A, 1A,
'Cthulhu ftagn' ..."


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