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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf_at_siconic.com>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Sunday, September 26, 2004 7:41 AM
Subject: Re: archiving as opposed to backing up
> On Sun, 26 Sep 2004, Geoffrey Thomas wrote:
>
> > Chance would be a fine thing , wife and daughters on holiday in Greece ,
> > I've got work - currently home alone drinking single malt !
> > # # Looks really good . I suppose a recent
modern
> > equivalent would be the Taliban destroying those ancient
> > ^ Buddhist statues in Afghanistan. Thanks
for
> > the link.
> > """"""""""
>
> I think a more apt comparison is the US allowing the museums of Baghdad to
> be looted while they secured the oil fields.
>
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> Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer
Festival
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That was possibly negligent and unthinking rather than deliberate , a case
of tunnel vision.
Geoff.
Received on Sun Sep 26 2004 - 03:34:52 BST