Comments on: FBI still losing laptops, weapons http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/ Protect yourself from government gaffes, bureaucratic blunders and incumbent incompetence Mon, 06 Feb 2012 16:25:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: J. Bruno http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13630 J. Bruno Thu, 15 Feb 2007 03:11:08 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13630 <i>My</i> customers are always backed up. I repair computers for businesses and home users, and hundreds of my clients are equipped with an external hard drive and a small program that automatically backs up their docs folders. Some of them have RAID 1 or 5 too. You think if I tripled my fees, the government would hire me as a consultant? My customers are always backed up. I repair computers for businesses and home users, and hundreds of my clients are equipped with an external hard drive and a small program that automatically backs up their docs folders. Some of them have RAID 1 or 5 too. You think if I tripled my fees, the government would hire me as a consultant?

]]> By: Q http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13629 Q Wed, 14 Feb 2007 03:20:57 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13629 typical. and this is the true reason our national security is at risk, not hair gel at airports. All the fluff, all the harassment, all the bullshit, and the truth is they give regular citizens such a hard time to cover up their own blunders. I don't know whether to laugh, cry, be pissed off, or run for cover. typical. and this is the true reason our national security is at risk, not hair gel at airports. All the fluff, all the harassment, all the bullshit, and the truth is they give regular citizens such a hard time to cover up their own blunders. I don’t know whether to laugh, cry, be pissed off, or run for cover.

]]> By: Michael Hampton http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13628 Michael Hampton Tue, 13 Feb 2007 23:59:12 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13628 Everyone knows you're supposed to keep regular backups, but few people do it. This is even true of people who should know better. Go find and survey ten sysadmins. If you find even ONE of the ten has a backup less than a week old, I'll be surprised. (Don't ask me, though. I have daily backups of everything on off-site, encrypted media.) Everyone knows you’re supposed to keep regular backups, but few people do it. This is even true of people who should know better.

Go find and survey ten sysadmins. If you find even ONE of the ten has a backup less than a week old, I’ll be surprised.

(Don’t ask me, though. I have daily backups of everything on off-site, encrypted media.)

]]> By: Dissent http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13627 Dissent Tue, 13 Feb 2007 22:26:12 +0000 http://www.homelandstupidity.us/2007/02/13/fbi-still-losing-laptops-weapons/#comment-13627 OK, I asked about when thinking aloud on my own blog, but got no answer, so I'll ask you: Can we infer from this that the FBI does not routinely backup their laptops? Why, once someone finally realized that a laptop was missing or stolen, could they not just look up its ID or whatever and then pull out the most recent backup? OK, I asked about when thinking aloud on my own blog, but got no answer, so I’ll ask you:

Can we infer from this that the FBI does not routinely backup their laptops? Why, once someone finally realized that a laptop was missing or stolen, could they not just look up its ID or whatever and then pull out the most recent backup?

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