[Elecraft] [OT] Dayton- new hf rigs?

[John Ragle]

While I agree with almost all of this polemic, I disagree totally with 
the "Moral of the story" videre licet if one is foolish enough to let a 
functional (and therefore invaluable) collection of software be at the 
mercy of the cloud (any cloud!) by not having a local bit image backup 
at hand, then one gets what one deserves, e.g. Swiss cheese for 
feet.Even in as narrow a domain as the software for Elecraft boxes, the 
designers have made careful provision for users to have backups on hand 
(LOCAL files of operational software).

It is vitally important to practice "safe sectors." A bit image backup 
takes only a few minutes, and can be made on an auxiliary hard drive or 
a jump drive. This operating philosophy has been known since dust was 
invented, and is not the last refuge of a paranoid person, only a means 
to protect oneself.

John Ragle -- W1ZI

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On 5/22/2012 10:53 AM, Lu Romero wrote:
> <Snip>Moral of the story:  Windows Updates can kill you.</Snip>