Is moon best place for data backups?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 8:00 am

http://www.globetechnology.com/servlet/ ... echnology/

Talk about latency....

Vespago · Post by **Vespago** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:50 am

first time i read subject, i thought it said, "is mom best place for data backups."

I'm really tired.

TruckStuff · Post by **TruckStuff** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 10:50 am

...and there is also always the threat of a natural disaster here on earth, such as a small asteroid hitting the planet."

Isn't the moon more susceptible to asteroid hits because there is no atmosphere to burn up the smaller ones?

Post by **FlyingPenguin** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:41 pm

If an asteroid hit the planet, I don't think the few dazed survivors of the subsequent holocaust would really give a rats behind about 2000 Terabytes of financial records backed up on the moon

Besides, is the server going to be running Windows? If so, who the hell is going to reboot it when it crashes every month?

Absolut Talent · Post by **Absolut Talent** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 2:48 pm

Originally posted by FlyingPenguin

Besides, is the server going to be running Windows? If so, who the hell is going to reboot it when it crashes every month?

thats what the "stick" is for

its a LONG dowelrod with one end stationed in nasa while the other reaches to the power button to the computer on the moon

Pikachu · Post by **Pikachu** » Fri Jul 25, 2003 5:42 pm

well then, if we are using a big stick, why not get two sticks and build a big ladder..... forget those rockets