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It’s almost laughable to think that heavy metal bands like Nine Inch Nails and Rage Against the Machine have a moral authority on national security issues.
They’re worried about torture of hard-core terrorists? This is really something I would expect to read in The Onion.
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Liz Cheney, responding to NIN’s Trent Reznor and others releasing a string of statements condemning the use of music for torture at Gitmo. (Thanks for finding this, Vruz)
Yes. Yes it is laughable. And yes, you would expect to read it in the Onion. Somehow Nine Inch Nails has the clear moral high ground. The U.S. government’s moral authority somehow slipped briefly below Trent Reznor’s. But Liz Cheney seems to be reacting the wrong way. Rather than asking how we got to this spot, she seems to be insisting that we’re in a spot that is so absurd it can’t possibly exist.
(via squashed)
Let me say it again.
Backup.
Backup your computer.
Backup your photos.
Backup your files.
Backup your email.
If it doesn’t exist in at least two places it doesn’t exist.*
*And if it’s really, really, really critical, back it up in two places and a third off-site.
I cannot stress this enough, BACK UP YOUR FILES!
Because when, not if, your hard drive crashes.
Your child spills juice on your laptop.
You knock your coffee onto the desk and your laptop.
You drop your laptop.
Or the eventuality of a hard drive having moving parts and eventually it will die occurs.
Your. Files. Are. Gone!
Recovery is very expensive! Often costing hundreds if not thousands of dollars with zero guarantee of recovery of anything!
So please, just backup.
If you’re on a Mac, use Time Machine or the superb SuperDuper!
If you’re on Windows, use Second Copy (free trial) or Sync Back (Free, look for it on the page).
If you’re on Linux you should know enough to backup already.
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Today is Droid Day.
I’m really on the fence about getting one. I’d love to dump my work Blackberry for a Verizon smartphone. I’m hesitant to leave Verizon because we’re all on a family plan. I’ve got a New Every Two discount coming up in December.
Right now, Droid looks like the frontrunner though the subpar keyboards (yes, both of them) and iffy Exchange server support have me cautiously reconsidering.
Now that it’s out, I plan to go fondle it and see how it fits in my giant hands.
Exhibit A:
I have a poor chin for wool.
anners:
1. Tickets to see Paula Deen on Sunday at the Metropolitan Cooking and Entertaining Show (cheap, thanks to groupon)
2. Tickets to see Young @ Heart perform live in December
3. Michelle Obama speaking at my graduation in May
Not too shabby.
1. Ditto, excited!!!
2. Ditto, You don’t even know how awesome. Check them out!
3. N/A but might get to go and watch.
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