26 Sep
2004
26 Sep
'04
3:34 a.m.
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From: "Vintage Computer Festival" <vcf(a)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
Festival
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.
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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
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That was possibly negligent and unthinking rather than deliberate , a case
of tunnel vision.
Geoff.