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Today is World Backup Day

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Re: Today is World Backup Day

#3

Post by w1ntermute »

t0 wrote: post #2

Is it worth buying a few extra terabytes to backup? I simply don't have enough free space to even begin backing anything up.

You can get a 2 TB external HDD with USB 3.0 for $100[0]. I don't see why not.

0: http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822178...

Re: Today is World Backup Day

#6

Post by pinwale »

t0 wrote: post #2

Is it worth buying a few extra terabytes to backup? I simply don't have enough free space to even begin backing anything up.

Having that much data probably has some worth to you. 3TB external hard drives goes for only ~$120 nowadays.

Re: Today is World Backup Day

#7

Post by pinwale »

caissy wrote: post #5
huhtenberg wrote: post #4

Waaaay too commercialized. It's like as if Pi day was brought to you by Wolfram Mathematica with a sprinkle of MatLab coupons. (edit) MathLab -> MatLab

Wait a minute, didn't it start out of a Reddit thread a couple of years ago?

Yep! Well, companies were going to exploit it anyways. I thought why not at least screen them before.

I'm just a college student in [redacted] and the site was coded & designed by a guy who just graduated high school in [redacted].

Re: Today is World Backup Day

#8

Post by gav »

caissy wrote: post #5
huhtenberg wrote: post #4

Waaaay too commercialized. It's like as if Pi day was brought to you by Wolfram Mathematica with a sprinkle of MatLab coupons. (edit) MathLab -> MatLab

Wait a minute, didn't it start out of a Reddit thread a couple of years ago?

It did. Now a company called 614a ltd claim they have the legal rights to the name and collect money from sponsors for it.

Re: Today is World Backup Day

#9

Post by pinwale »

gav wrote: post #8
caissy wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Wait a minute, didn't it start out of a Reddit thread a couple of years ago?

It did. Now a company called 614a ltd claim they have the legal rights to the name and collect money from sponsors for it.

Umm...it's just a legal vehicle for my projects. I'm just a student. (fyi, it's the area code for [redacted]!)
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