[DM-MUG] backups

[Bill Smith]

Aliens? No, it's the inherent danger of using 100% recycled electrons. 
--Smith

On Oct 15, 2009, at 2:22 PM, Sharalyn Pliler wrote:

> Regarding backups, a year ago I lost a lot of data (including about a 
> third of book I had written) because there was so much corruption on 
> the hard drive, something was so messed up that apple ended up 
> replacing my computer. I have no idea what caused it,  but this 
> corruption was also in the time machine backups so the external hard 
> drive had to be ERASED, and included data on three flash drives. So 
> the  point is, I agree that there can never be enough back-ups.
>
> You may find this humorous...or not...but if there isn't any other 
> explanation for the weird stuff that happens with computers, it is 
> said that one symptom of having been abducted by space aliens is that 
> electronics act strangely around them.
>
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