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$38bn fund data lost in AK
Tuesday, March 20th, 2007There’d better be a whole lot more to this story. The short version is that a tech in Alaska managed to format a hard drive, then the backup hard drive that contained records for Alaska’s oil-funded resident account worth $38bn. Of course the backup tapes were unreadable.
But waitaminute. This data was kept on a single hard […]
DISCUSSION: What Happens To Your Data When You Die?
Friday, March 16th, 2007Sasquatch brought this up during a whiskey-inspired side discussion at the editorial retreat. Got me thinking because…well, I’ve never thought about it. What DOES happen to your data when you die?
I actually found a few articles & posts on the subject:
Slashdot May 03, 2004
Chronoscape May 16, 2004
How To Web June 1, 2005
Lifehacker Sept 26, 2006
Turns […]
Expensive air
Saturday, March 10th, 2007So I’m sitting in Manchester-Boston airport, loving the free WiFi. Of course, my flight boards in a few minutes, and when I get to O’Hare, I’ll be in a blackhole of T-Mobile WiFi. Since T-Mobile doesn’t have any service in my area, I have no need for an account, so to log on and check […]