From: Neil Bothwick <neil@digimed.co.uk>
To: gentoo-user@lists.gentoo.org
Subject: Re: [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up...
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 2010 21:59:36 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20100129215936.3a4140b6@digimed.co.uk> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <1264774177.6646.29.camel@localhost>
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On Fri, 29 Jan 2010 23:39:37 +0930, Iain Buchanan wrote:
> I don't think his objections are just related to public vs private. As
> Neil said, there's the security problem to begin with, where one large
> government data centre has more data to compromise that a small one...
On the other hand, centralised storage means you shouldn't get idiots
posting out CDs with millions of people's bank account details. There
again, if the admins are lax enough to allow people to do this,
and people are daft enough to do it, they would have real trouble
understanding the concept of central storage :(
--
Neil Bothwick
First Law of Laboratory Work:
Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass.
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Thread overview: 15+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2010-01-28 12:31 [gentoo-user] OT: I want to get excited, but I just *know* they're going to mess it up Stroller
2010-01-28 12:41 ` Albert Hopkins
2010-01-29 5:41 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-01-29 5:43 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-01-29 9:04 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-01-29 10:00 ` Stroller
2010-01-29 14:09 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-01-29 21:48 ` Mick
2010-01-29 21:59 ` Neil Bothwick [this message]
2010-01-29 22:21 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-01-30 0:06 ` Neil Bothwick
2010-01-30 6:06 ` Iain Buchanan
2010-01-30 9:15 ` Stroller
2010-01-30 15:09 ` Alan McKinnon
2010-02-01 13:29 ` Neil Bothwick
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