> On Mon, 10/19/09, John Williams <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> Never underestimate the power of human error. As this > >> debacle demonstrates. > > (me, IIRC) Which particular debacle would that be? > I was referring to the Sidekick debacle: > http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Mobile-and-Wireless/Microsoft-Claims-Sidekick-Data-Will-Be-Restored-This-Week-491196/ Whoops! I have a friend who isn't using that service, but somehow lost all his hundreds of contacts from his phone, and they weren't retreivable from his back-up site either. I, OTOH, have all my contacts on paper...(and I'd be smug about it except I don't have hundreds, just dozens, which is quite managable). There _was_ something about a 'hole in security of cloud computing' in a recent MIT Tech update (but I only get the headlines, not the full story, and doubt I'd understand without some major studying, which I just don't have time for at this point...). Debbi Borderline Luddite? Maru :) _______________________________________________ http://mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l_mccmedia.com
