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> by Red Flayer (890720) Alter Relationship on Thu October 01, 09:01 AM (#29606869) Journal
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> > I'm a middle-aged, overweight fat computer bloke

>You're posting on slashdot with a UID less than 890721 No need to restate an obvious truth.

Nice! It took me a second to figure out what your benchmark was...

Luther, amongst many others, pointed to the PayPal system as the antichrist (literally meaning "in the stead of Christ").

FTFY

I Cracked my iPhone the first time I dropped it, 30 seconds flat. But if you read the fine print, it turns out Apples warranty doesn't cover the screen.

On the off chance that you're not trolling, why would you think the warranty would cover accidental damage? If I run my car into a tree during the first 5/50, they're not going to give me a new car because the car was defective.

I think Apple would happily replace the screen if something happened that was a manufacturing defect. If you can convince someone that dropping your phone is the latter, then you have far better debating skills than I.

Finally, they asked me how much I thought it was worth. I told them that I'd pay $500.

Yikes! You are either desperate, a liar, or maybe just really rich ;-)

I really don't understand your argument. You are asserting that:

A) He's desperate to pay $500 to sign up with an agency that wanted $3500 originally? I'd say paying $3500 may be desperate. $500 is just good negotiating. Besides - he never went into detail regarding what the sevice provided. It could easily be worth $500 if they sponsor dinners / meetings / outings, etc.

B) A liar? What is so hard to believe about him *telling* the agency he thought they were worth / that he would pay $500

C) Rich? $500 is not pocket change, but neither [as the sales pitch goes] is it an excessive amount to meet a future wife / husband.

All that said, I don't think *I* would ever pay that much for something so contrived as one of these matchmaking agencies. I am forced to conclude, however, that there are some people for whom this is the best option. That number is probably a very small one though...

mirroring with RAID 0 does not take the place of regular backups of data. RAID 0 is for rapid recovery to minimize downtime is MOST instances. Data should still be backed up separately in case of a catastrophic failure.

RAID 0 != mirroring.

See: RAID 1

... we backed up the servers between our two servers.

Nope, backing up a server to another online server is not a backup, it's merely another online copy.

It's the difference between HA [High Availability] and DR [Disaster Recovery].

Unfortunately, they suffered a disaster, not a 'mere' server failure.

All that said, my condolences to the server admin / founder, and especially, to all of the contributors. Thirteen years is a lot of data.