Re: how would you backup 1TB of data to dvds?

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On Saturday 09 February 2008, Lamar Owen wrote:
>On Saturday 09 February 2008, Frank Cox wrote:
>> On Sat, 09 Feb 2008 19:34:21 -0500
>>
>> Lamar Owen <lowen@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> >   It appears that scdbackup is the tool of choice for this sort of
>> > thing.  If he had wanted to know about or have a discussion about backup
>> > best practices, he would have asked that question instead.
>>
>> Sometimes bringing up things like that will elicit an "I never thought of
>> that" or "That's a better way than what I was thinking of" response.
>
>If the response is phrased in a manner other than 'why would you want to do
> a stupid thing like that' tone, perhaps I would agree.
>
>> If I asked  what the best way was to pound nails with my screwdriver and
>> the answers I got tended toward "you should use a hammer for that", I
>> would start taking a serious look at hammers.  Perhaps I could even find
>> one for a cheaper price than I would have to pay to replace my
>> screwdriver....
>
>Using the right tool for the job is a great ideal when one has access to all
>the tools one needs.  One doesn't always have that luxury, and one sometimes
>must press a tool into uses for which it was not designed.
>
>My favorite example is from the automotive mechanic's world.  If you are
>rebuilding an alternator, and the blind bearing in the back housing is in
>dire need of replacement, but you don't have a blind bearing puller and you
>have no way of getting to the auto parts to get one because, well, your car
>won't start due to the dead battery due to the bad alternator, what are you
>going to do?
>
>I would use a dollop of the thickest axle grease I could find in my shop,
> fill the blind bearing with the grease, take a rubber mallet and the
> alternator's armature, insert the armature shaft into the bearing, and tap
> the bearing out with hydraulic pressure.
>
>Yes, I actually did that, have the shirt with the indelible grease stain (it
>was moly-based) to prove it.  The look on my helper's face was priceless.
>And, yes, MacGyver and MythBusters are two of my favorite TV shows.
>--
>Lamar Owen
>www.pari.edu

Lamar, sometime before I fall over, you and I have got to share war stories 
like that and a 6 pack.  Like MasterCard, some of those are priceless.  :-)

-- 
Cheers, Gene
"There are four boxes to be used in defense of liberty:
 soap, ballot, jury, and ammo. Please use in that order."
-Ed Howdershelt (Author)
"Consider a spherical bear, in simple harmonic motion..."
		-- Professor in the UCB physics department


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