Re: Backup's to DVD
On 19/03/14 00:46, PAPYRUS TECHNOLOGIES wrote:
> On Tue 18 Mar 2014 at 21:50:18 +1100, Myceneaen Magic wrote:
>
>> On 18/03/14 20:54, PAPYRUS TECHNOLOGIES wrote:
>>> On Tue 18 Mar 2014 at 11:34:29 +1100, Myceneaen Magic wrote:
>>>
>>>> On 18/03/14 11:02, PAPYRUS TECHNOLOGIES wrote:
>>>>> On Tue 18 Mar 2014 at 08:52:14 +1100, Myceneaen Magic wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> On 18/03/14 06:41, PAPYRUS TECHNOLOGIES wrote:
>>>>>>> On Mon 17 Mar 2014 at 17:51:15 +0200, Lars Noodén wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> The longevity of flash is still a big unknown.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Well observered, Sir. The same might be said for CDs and
>>>>>>> DVDs. Why anyone should entrust their data to such volatile
>>>>>>> media is beyond our comprehension.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We are an very old, established company who operate in the
>>>>>>> Dead Sea area of the Middle East.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our product has a proven record and is used by many
>>>>>>> discerning clients who require the data they have entrusted
>>>>>>> to us to be accessible at any time. We offer a 3000 year
>>>>>>> guarantee that the material we use is suitable for long term
>>>>>>> storagei.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> We have scribes who rarely mistake 1s for 0s or vice versa.
>>>>>>> Employees who do are weeded out by our Quality Control
>>>>>>> Section and transferred to our sister company, Pyramid
>>>>>>> Enterprises PLC.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Security of your data is of paramount importance to us; there
>>>>>>> is no compromise in this area of our operations. Even
>>>>>>> shepherd boys and goats are actively dissuaded from entering
>>>>>>> within a 10 km radius of our operations.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Our distinguised clients Nefertiti, Isaiah and Tutankhamun
>>>>>>> have many, many good things to say about our services.
>>>>>>> Unfortunately, they are offline at present so are unable to
>>>>>>> answer your queries.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Forget the Cloud - choose the Cave. You know it makes sense.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yet another desperate attempt by a failing company to
>>>>>> capitalize on this list's readership by pushing unproven
>>>>>> technology. A passing fad - what next? Asterix trying to sell
>>>>>> bolders as portable?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Get with it - tablets are the only way to go. Always have been
>>>>>> been, always will be.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Yours without wax, Proto Cuneiform
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> -- Clay - it's here to stay and it's goat-proof!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> It's always the same; some attitudes never change. Introduce the
>>>>> most exciting invention since that of the abacus (thank you Jobs
>>>>> of Memphis) and some Stone Age Old Worlder chips in with a plea
>>>>> to continue the depletion of one of the Earth's non-renewable
>>>>> resources.
>>>>>
>>>>> Ever tried transporting the Epic of Gilgamesh from Babylon to
>>>>> Thebes in tablet form? Let me tell you, it's horrendous.
>>
>> Papyrus is the favoured medium of smugglers and other ne'er-do-wells.
>> We're an honest company catering to the needs of honest, upright and
>> enterprising customers.
>>
>> All good, informed consumers know the TSA never found a tourist trying
>> to smuggle a tablet onto a barge.
>>
>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Can't remember the number of donkeys and carts it took but the
>>>>> feed bill was astonomical. As for customs at the borders, they
>>>>> though we were importing buiding materials so the bribes mounted
>>>>> up. And don't have an accident; sticking the broken pieces back
>>>>> together is no fun, even after the pain in your toes has worn
>>>>> off.
>>>>>
>>>>> Papyrus: just a few sheets which can be rolled up and put in
>>>>> your pocket. Reading it while riding on the back of a camel is
>>>>> also a pleasant way of passing the time on a long journey.
>>>>>
>>>>> Someone who sold blank tablets once said 640 is enough for
>>>>> anyone. We envisage information as unlimited and we're expanding,
>>>>> with branches opened recently in Athens and Rome. Tomorrow the
>>>>> world!
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> It 'sounds' very attractive... until the donkey eats your backups.
>>>>
>>>> Tablets - just do it! (no ink required)
>>>>
>>>> For a limited time only we'll throw in not one, but two free reeds
>>>> with every order from debian user subscribers.
>>>>
>>>> We built our reputation on tablets (and our office). They're a
>>>> solid investment in time proven technology. You can't build
>>>> anything substantial with papyrus. There's only one thing it's good
>>>> for and that's not writing on - but it does come on a roll.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> -- Clay - it's here to stay and it's goat-proof!
>>>>
>>>
>>> Are these tablets the same ones which were used to build this tower
>>> at Babel? We all know what happened there.
Siri. A beta version. It had everyone talking, but the legend lives on.
>>> You'll have to do better
>>> if you want to play with the big boys.
>>
>> And we all know what happened to the Tower of Papyrus.
>>
>>>
>>> Our R&D Department is also well ahead of you in devising a new
>>> product. Innovation means new markets; our objective is 5 in every
>>> home in the known world. Let's see you do *that* with clay (wet or
>>> sun-baked).
>>>
>>> Wake up and smell the grass.
>>
>> Your product is ideal for the privy, but your other claims, like the
>> product are flimsy.
>>
>>>
>>> P.S. You appear to have a fixation on donkeys and goats. Medical
>>> help is available to deal with the condition.
>>
>> That's rich coming from a company who fails to tell the customers the
>> actual production technique - following reed eating goats around.
>
> Incredible! This is getting close to "you will be hearing from our
> lawyers" time.
That's just the sort of blaggards I'd expect a fly-by night purveyor of
fickle products to associate with.
> Spreading such rumours in a public forum does little to
> attract people to your dying product. A tip: switch to mud baths for a
> revenue stream;
We're a horizontally integrated company. You're several centuries too
late with that suggestion. And that "Fuller's earth" you coat your
flimsy goat excreted "document" product to provide a shiny finish and
stop that ugly bleeding[*1]... we make that too.
Clay - we've got you covered.
[*1] tablets - no bleeding problems.
> you can also sling as much as you want while in one.
Render or plaster?
We have an app for that!
>
>> Papyrus, only found near rivers with goats. Clay - available almost
>> anywhere (with the added benefits of kaolonite). We know intelligent
>> customers prefer a solid, time tested and proven product and we've been
>> listening.
>
> Production methods for papyrus are fully described in Patent No. 17,
> which may be consulted at the Patent Office in Giza. Look for the big
> building (still standing, incidentally) with a point at the top.
Down an unlit flight of stairs behind a locked door marked "Beware of
the Sphinx" no doubt.
Patents indeed. Why would anyone want to copy it - remove from the
bottom of their sandals perhaps, but copy it.
Have you considered marketing the recyling aspect?
Perhaps "papyrus - when your done you can hang it on the line, beat the
*&^@! out of it, let it dry and use it again"?
If only you could find a way to make it softer....
>
> There is also extensive documentation published; on papyrus, of course.
> It is distributed under a GNU (Goat 'n Ungulate) compatible license.
It's not us who are so closely associated with goats...
>
>> Do your customers know that when Steve found your product failed to
>> match the claims as the NeXt "big thing" he returned to a company built
>> on solid products? He's now heading our portable tablet division in
>> Thebes working on the latest additions to our Linear-B range.
>
> One of our customers did have a model from this range but he stumbled
> and dropped it while coming down Mount Sinai. His verbal reaction is
> irrepeatable but he now swears by our Rosetta portable we gave him for
> free.
If by "swears" you mean flaming, and beating about the bushes...
Those 10 rules still stand, just like our tablets. What does that say
for your "Rosetta"?
>
>> Our tablets have rounded corners (patents pending).
>
> You'd be well advised to read Patent No. 17. And don't even think of
> reverse engineering our newly released papelback format.
Furtherest things from out minds. We're a progressive company.
>
>> The first and only sexy inanimate objects!
>>
>> Now available in our unique walled garden.
>>
>>
>> Yours without wax, Proto Cuneiform
>>
>> --
>> Clay - it's here to stay and it's goat-proof!
>
> Do you have the same animosity towards sheep?
Please don't associate your ursine affection recreations with our business.
Clay - it's bugfree, Papyrus not so much.
I say let intelligent, handsome, insect adverse, and winning consumers
make their own choice.
Your without wax Proto Cuneiform
--
Clay - it's here to stay and it's goat-proof!
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