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Re: MDs & Dentists



	Hi.

On Wed, Jul 21, 2021 at 01:12:52PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> On 2021-07-21 12:36 p.m., James H. H. Lampert wrote:
> > "Immutable backups." Interesting concept. But how? Optical media?
> > Enormous decks of Hollerith cards? Enormous reels of punched paper tape?
> > 
> There's only one real type of very effective immutable backup : Stone,
> Pick and Hammer.... And ideally some cheap labor.

Hardly. The amount of time needed to perform such backup is atrocious,
and Recovery Time Objective is way too high. Also, the costs of a single
backup prevents nearly anyone but government to perform it.

And it's not Modern™. Storing QR-encoded text - [1] on a
specially-crafted film is the Modern™ replacement of Stone, Pick and
Hammer.

Reco

[1] https://archiveprogram.github.com/


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