Seriously... no one has posted this??!! Apple Introduces Revolutionary New Laptop With No Keyboard YouTube from The Onion

The more i look the more options i find to overcome these shortcomings. Example - the state of Texas this year added Social Studies TEKS related to GIS software.
"(20) Science, technology, and society. The student understands how current technology affects human interaction. The student is expected to: (A) describe the impact of new information technologies such as the Internet, Global Positioning System (GPS), or Geographic Information Systems (GIS); and (B) examine the economic, environmental, and social effects of technology such as medical advancements or changing trade patterns on societies at different levels of development." "(23) Social studies skills. The student uses problem-solving and decision-making skills, working independently and with others. The student is expected to: (A) plan, organize, and complete a research project that involves asking geographic questions; acquiring, organizing, and analyzing information; answering questions; and communicating results; (B) use case studies and GIS to identify contemporary challenges and to answer real-world questions; and (C) use problem-solving and decision-making processes to identify a problem, gather information, list and consider options, consider advantages and disadvantages, choose and implement a solution, and evaluate the effectiveness of the solution." FGISritter.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tac/chapter113/ch113c.html
The American Associated of Geographers has a GeoMentor program to help K-12 teachers and students find and user GIS software. http://www.geomentors.net/
GISPs can actually use their mentor hours to help re-up their certification. "professionals must contribute to the advancement of the profession by donating their skills in professional efforts not designed for individual compensation, but rather to maintain the fundamental health of the Profession."

The MPAA in in the business of going after Somalians now?

Given the main idea of this article I am interrested to know is there a standard deffinition or classification of levels of backups?
If not, I propose one.... something to this effect.
Level 0 - No backup, file is stored locally on single machine on single hard drive
Level 1 - File is stored on single machine with RAID
Level 2 - File is stored in original location as well as on single backup drive or thumbdrive (not offsite)
Level 3 - File is stored in its original location, a second storage device such as portable Hard drive, and then a third copy off site

No backup solution can be called a true backup if it does not include an offsite backup and the best offsite backup is one some distance away from where you store the originals. If you leave a copy of the files at your nighbors house and your house burns down then you're okay, but if a tornado blows both your hosues down then your screwed. Get a safe deposite box at the bank or something... Right now I have the original files on my PC, a second copy on an external drive I keep in a fireproof lockbox I update once a month or so, and then a third copy on another external drive I carry from work to home with me from time to time. There is always a possibility that one day when I bring my drive home from work and have all the drives in the same location disaster could strike.

You really need to ask yourself, "how much is my data worth."

12/21 is my birthday, and on most calendars the first day of winter.... I was planning on throwing a huge Happy Birthday to Me / First Day of Winter / End of the World (or at least the Mayan Calender Cycle) party! What am I supposed to do now??