I imagine most slashdotters would barely slow down their reading before checking the correct answers for this test. I forget sometimes most people aren't like that.

ya, and what happens if you have a fire and all your equipment melts?

A few weeks ago I read an investigative report on repair shops in Britain. Aside from over charging and finding non-existant problems they looked at and copied information off the computers that were being serviced. Have reason to trust anyone that you give that kind of access to. Then trust, with as much verification as is economical and doesn't unduly make the service provider think that you don't trust them, since unwarranted distrust chips away at the relationship.

My experience with online back-up has been good as well. Considering most office people only generate at most a GB or two of unique data per month it's economical. Ghost a back-up drive for the OS and programs and you're set.

Within a couple of years kids will be able to carry around and exchange thumb drives large enough to hold ALL of the music produced in the last decade. Aside from cavity searches how exactly is the RIAA expecting to stop that kind of sharing activity?

There's an add-on for Firefox that makes SQlite use fairly painless: SQLite Manager. Brilliant work.