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Submission + - Automated PDF file integrity checking?

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WomensHealth

on Thursday May 22, 2008 @11:37AM

WomensHealth writes: "I have about 6500 pdfs in my "My Paperport Documents" folder that I've created over the years. As with all valuable data, I maintain off-site backups. Occasionally, when accessing a very old folder, I'll find one or two corrupted files. I would like to incorporate into my backup routine, a way of verifying the integrity of each file, so that I can immediately identify and replace with a backed-up version, any that might become corrupted. I'm not talking about verifying the integrity of the backup as a whole, instead, I want to periodically check the integrity of each individual PDF in the collection. Any way to do this in an automated fashion? I could use either an XP or OS X solution. I could even boot a Linux distro if required."

How Would You Prefer To Send Sensitive Data? 542

Posted by samzenpus on Wednesday May 21, 2008 @10:29PM from the by-armored-truck dept.

sprkltgr writes "Our HR department is implementing new software. The HR Director has tasked me with sending our data out of our network to the consultant that's loading it in to the new package. Obviously this data includes items such as SSN, name, birth date, etc. Upon being told that I would not email this data to her, the consultant asked what my security requirements were for sending the data. What would be on your wishlist for the best way to send sensitive data to someone outside your firewall?"

Comment Re:I think the saddest part about this... (Score 1) 245

by WomensHealth on Wednesday March 16, 2005 @11:39PM (#11961743) Attached to: Hitachi Unveils Humanoid Robot

American robotics research is focused more on military applications, while the Japanese seem to be more focused on creating robots for consumer and industrial use. We don't hear as much about them as we do about Qrio et al, but projects like Boeing's X-45 UCAV http://www.boeing.com/defense-space/military/x-45/ flash.html/ are being agressively pursued, you can bet. These robots can't walk and talk, but they can fly and drop bombs, and eventually will be able to do so semi- or fully autonomously.

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