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Your Data, Computers, and ‘not-so-common’ sense.
by Mark GermanAfter hearing a number of so-called ‘horror stories’ from friends regarding the loss of all their ‘most treasured and irreplaceable data’…
After hearing a number of so-called ‘horror stories’ from friends regarding the loss of all their ‘most treasured and irreplaceable data’, I am writing this little entry (in a hurry) to assist those who store any information or data on their computers – and have no back up system If you lose your data on your computer – do not blame the computer or operating system. Not having a secure backup system is akin to leaving your photo albums at the train station and blaming the album when someone walks off with it. As simple as that. There is no excuse for bad backup practices these days – the information is readily available. If you wait till you lose your precious data before doing something about it – well, blame yourself. Back up systems, do’s and don’ts In general Anything stored on Windows in a ‘My’ folder or on the ‘desktop’ is dependent on the operating system. If Windows needs to be reinstalled, your data is no longer accessible – these places are the WORST possible place for anything that is important. Hard disk drives are one of the worst mediums for important and irreplaceable data. They are magnetic, mechanical and electrical. Any of these have a failure, and your data will cost many thousands of dollars to recover. Backing up your data can be done in numerous ways of varying security, complexity and hassle. The choice is yours – make it wisely, and accept responsibility for your choice. DVD/CD – regular backups. / Pros – safer medium. Not too expensive. / Cons – a bloody hassle with the size of data files. Can be slow. Regular/scheduled back-ups to an internal Hdd. / A spare Hdd in your machine which is larger enough to hold all your important data. Make scheduled/regular backups to it. / Pros – easy, relatively inexpensive, fast / Cons – hdd is in same physical shell as original data. If your Pc is stolen, so is your backup. Does not protect from things like fire, flood, etc. Reliant on your PCs power supply. External hdd / Pros – alternate physical unit – usually will not be damaged by your PC’s power supply going ‘pop’. Relatively inexpensive. Fast / Cons – external units tend to overheat quite easily. Physical unit is close to original data, and can suffer same physical damage. Depending on the method used to connect to your PC – can be slower then an internal drive. Raid arrays / Raid0 = no redundancy. Forget it. / Raid1 = mirrored drives (at least 2). 2 (or more) drives are seen as 1 by the OS, and data is replicated across both. This covers you from 1 drive failure. / Raid5/6/1+0/0+1/X – this is information your either know, or need a professional for. Online backups / Pros – off site storage – safest. / Cons – slow, expensive. A good middle-of-the-road system – for data that will hurt if you lose it, but not kill you: External RAID1 unit, under your desk, with an active fan cooling it. / Scheduled automatic+user backups of ALL important data. / There is software that will easily do this for you, like Synctoy. / Can be connected via firewire, usb, or eSata. / Nothing stored to your ‘MY’ folders. / Copy your most important data to dvds/cds and store them at a friend/relative. A 500gb hdd costs around $150. 2 = $300 / A Raid1 enclosure can be had for around $200. / That’s $500 for this system. / Smaller hdds are much less expensive. An 80gb hdd is around $50. If your internal hdd dies – it will cost you thousands of dollars to have it restored by professionals – and it is the kind of thing that only professionals can do. So – in short – be informed, treat your data carefully. Don’t blame computers for your neglect. Ask if anything does not make sense. Edit: / Any computer repair store that you are likely to take your machine to – will not safe guard your data. The first thing that most repairers do when they get your machine, is format your drive, or reinstall the operating system.
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Old dilapidated barn with rustic red doors. This old barn will be torn down sometime this month. Someone in the neighborhood complained that it was an “eye sore”.... so sad! Image was redone for me in HDR by Kimberly Palmer.
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Stairway to the top of a large fuel or gas mass storage tank in Port Botany in Sydney.
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Boat house full of canoes /
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This image was selected as a finalist in the UK Digital Camera Magazine Photographer of the Year 2009. It is the same photo as the ‘Watch Your Step I’ rotated 90% CCW. The image is an high dynamic range image comprised of three merged images set at an AEB of 3 and processed in Photomatix Pro. Take with a Canon DSLR. The original photo is of a fuel storage tank in Port Botany.
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Laying on this floor in this abandoned cinema was this ancient telephone. I don’t know why but telephones seem to be one of the things that i always take shots of while I’m walking round one of these derelict places taking photographs. I wonder how long since this thing has heard a human voice, longer than it is since the site closure i would imagine / !
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This is a project of 6 pictures for a competition (which I didn’t win) where the subject was, basically, the way big cities have shaped our way of living, when the most likely would be the other way around. Please consider the titles when looking through them. Also, they work better when seen as a body of work. Hope you enjoy!
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Looking down the main central aisle of the lower tier of an abandoned theatre / cinema
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I stored them here for safe keeping but machines fail too. I looked inside to see what I could…but those memories would have to be kept in my head afterall. I took a photo anyway – a memory to remember those lost memories.
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Fallen Roof, Near the San Juan – Utah. / Tone Curve. All images© Copyright by Benjamin Charles Mitchell / They may not be used in any way without written consent.
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Its my lil’sis birthday today 10 july 2009, she will be 30 years young / I am dedicating this picture to her. Happy Birthday Laura x Close up photograph / Peeling paint and rust on a large, metal storage container. / Kirkstall Road / Leeds
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Old film laying on the floor of the projection booth / cutting room of an abandoned cinema.
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A set of storage lockers in the corner of a room in an abandoned college
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An empty film reel lays resting against one of the seat rows at an abandoned theatre / cinema
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A steel staircase spirals around the side of an industrial storage tank in warm afternoon light,North Shore Geelong
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Wine barrels at Sevenhill Winery, Clare, South Australia
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One of the more modern structures in Cades Cove. A lot of the barns that were there, have gradually fallen in and nature reclaimed them. I can remember back to when a few people still lived in the Cove. They were allowed to live there by an arrangement with the park service when the land was sold. They are all gone now including those that stayed in the cabins in the Elkmont area. This barn sits beside the Cades Cove Loop Road. It still is in great shape and will probably out live me. I wish I had thought and taken the time 30 years ago and shoot a lot of the structures that are forever gone. Hind site is always better than foresight. Never pass up a chance for a shot, what you pass up today may be gone tomorrow…a block and tackle was often hung from the overhang of the roof to pull hay up and into the window up top.. image taken as mornings 1st light tops over the ridge to warm the already beautiful colors,and intensify parts of the field back of the barn…Cades Cove is located in the Great Smoky Mountains and one of the more heavily visited areas.
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This collection of Urban Landscapes is drawn from a larger body of work called Darkscapes. They are moody evocative invitations into mystery and imagination taken from the ordinary things that make up the fabric of city life. Beauty is all around us if only we take the time to notice it. We all look but maybe we don’t all see. This is a quick snap of some storage sheds I was visiting some time some where. It was taken in colour with a very small digital camera and post produced in PS. I like it much better than the colour version.
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Fuel and gas storage tanks at Port Botany in Sydney. Photographed using HDR.
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Dirty secrets behind the uban/urbane veneer. Study of light tubes in holding area on the way to recycling. / / ~Junkyard Series
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This image caused me to get a visit from the police at 11.00am at night. / I had photographed it toward sunset and headed home, seems the day before a tourist attack had occured at an oil refinery in England and everyone here in Oz was on alert. / Security had taken down my car number and the hence visit. / From there the story hit the papers with this picture,and then the TV, as other photographers also got home visits from police. / In the end after much press,comments froml local politians ,counter terrosim authorities,cheif of polic etc, the acting Premier of Victoria announced on TV that it was not against the law to take pictures of industrail installations from a public place.
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Old dilapidated barn at dusk.
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