Preparedness for when

nuatha

jk0 wrote: »

Grrr! Mozy restore manager will no longer let you download just the files that are different. You have to download every file you ever had. It's going to take about a day just to download. (It seems to download at the speed of dialup internet.)

Anyone found a reliable cloud backup that doesn't cost meggabucks?

I don't use a cloud backup.*
I clone the system drive, use a separate drive or partition for all documents - generally problems hit the system drive so simply restoring that is usually enough to get back up and running quickly.
I back up documents regularly (sometimes several times per day) to a USB stick. End of day backups go to a portable hard drive, weekly backups to separate external drives, one of which is stored at my mother in law's (alongside a spare system clone)

* I'm not aware of any publicly accessible cloud company that guarantees to keep all data within the EU, and therefore allow me to meet my legal obligations.

jk0

Thanks Nuatha.

What's the problem with data being outside the EU? Is it data protection for your clients?

I'm not that fussed myself, as it will only be details of my tenants.

nuatha

jk0 wrote: »

Thanks Nuatha.

What's the problem with data being outside the EU? Is it data protection for your clients?

I'm not that fussed myself, as it will only be details of my tenants.

The data protection act prohibits third party personal data being moved outside the European Economic Area without adequate protection. The consensus is that nowhere offers adequate protection (Microsoft is currently in court in the USA trying to prevent it from being forced to hand over emails stored in Dublin, when the Irish government has already said it will co-operate with an international warrant).

Your tenants' details are protected by the Data Protection Act and similar legislation. You can store your own information anywhere you wish, but as a handler of third party information you should be registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data handler and abide by their guidelines on the security of the data held (apologies if that sounds like I'm teaching granny to suck eggs).

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Frugalsod wrote: »

Also if you switch to using a tablet for watching your TV you could save a lot of electricity watching TV this way rather than through a conventional TV.

I don't watch TV, just Blurays and DVDs, which won't play on a Hudl.

Frugalsod

Bedsit_Bob wrote: »

I don't watch TV, just Blurays and DVDs, which won't play on a Hudl.

If you had them ripped to a computer or a digital download could you use a video streaming app instead or download them to your Hudl instead?

jk0

nuatha wrote: »

You can store your own information anywhere you wish, but as a handler of third party information you should be registered with the Information Commissioner’s Office as a data handler and abide by their guidelines on the security of the data held (apologies if that sounds like I'm teaching granny to suck eggs).

Hmm. Well that comes under the heading of 'a law that's so stupid, I'm not prepared to observe it.'

Just had to spend all afternoon restoring my emails backup by backup. Seems you can either do them one by one, or the whole lot. There is nothing in between.

Seriously guys, if anyone has a cloud backup provider they recommend, I would love to know.

Doveling

Pensioners next?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34439965

I think taking away the fuel allowance and free bus passes would be a false economy due to costly knock on effects. (Ill health due to cold, social isolation etc)

Results of MRI scan a bit rubbish.Had a good few days feeling sorry for myself. But pick yourself up dust yourself down etc. etc.

Sadly, I will not be able to pursue my chosen career as A Tiller Girl :rotfl:

Starting a voluntary job this am. Just a couple of hours to see how I go on. I can sit when I need to, so all good.

Will read back again later Hope you all ok.

Weather has turned a bit wild this am but at least it's warmed up again. Have a great day folks

GreyQueen

The refreshing cyncism of the article amuses me; so often this kind of stuff is hidden behind closed doors and thoroughly sugar-coated before it gets out into the public.

I'm pretty cynical about universal pensioner benefits. One woman I know has a granny who uses her winter fuel allowance to fly to her Spanish holiday apartment where she overwinters. Hell, we pay this allowance to people resident in hot countries, don't we? One of my great-aunties (a working class woman of no particular wealth) was so un-needing of her allowance that she used it to buy a new carpet. I know of a lot of pensioners who are so poverty-stricken that they have two homes and two cars and multiple foriegn holidays a year yet still play the pauper when it suits them.

And yet we have people with young children who can't afford to heat their homes.............unbelievable.

Perhaps focus these benefits on the poorest of the pensioners and tell the rest to get over themselves and pay their own way?

Nargleblast

mardatha wrote: »

My god. I need to bury my jellybabies in the back garden, in case they blow away!!!
*goes off to find a spade*

Now I thought, mardatha, living with her RV, and being the good prepper she is, would always have a spade to hand....

moneyistooshorttomention

Doveling wrote: »

Pensioners next?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-34439965

I think taking away the fuel allowance and free bus passes would be a false economy due to costly knock on effects. (Ill health due to cold, social isolation etc)

Don't know whether to laugh or be outraged at the thought that they apparently think some of us might have forgotten who the guilty party is come the next election.:cool:

I suppose he does realise that many pensioners are of the younger variety - ie under 70 - and most of us in that agegroup are still in possession of a "full set of marbles":). I got mine at 60 (courtesy of a move to Wales) and there's nowt wrong with my braincells - nor am I likely to "pop off and die" before the next Election.

Having moved to a remoter area - I can see the buspass is vital for many. I couldn't afford a car/don't particularly want one anyway BUT I have to get on a bus even for everyday things like using a dentist, optician or bank (ie because I live in a place big enough to have some - but they aren't good enough). Hence I have to go to a bigger place even for these everyday things. Many people live in places so small they don't have these facilities at all or a supermarket etc etc. For people in locations like mine and, even more so, for the even remoter locations buspasses are an absolute necessity and not a luxury.

Add the fact that there doesn't even seem to be a yearly pass one could buy if one wanted to on Welsh buses (I've only been able to find evidence of weekly tickets or buying a small bunch of tickets basically). There are so few buses available anyway in some of these remoter locations that one wouldn't want to buy a yearly ticket anyway for the 2 or 3 bus-rides a week one MUST have if not in possession of a car. In some places we couldn't zoom to and fro on and off buses like a yo-yo - taking numerous buses a day and 7 days a week (because the area has far too few to make that possible).

There is also the fact that, if living in a remoter location, it is necessary to "spread your life" amongst a selection of nearby locations - as it may well not be possible to "have a full life" in just the location you are in. My life (including those healthcare needs) is spread between several other locations besides my own. Its all well and good if one lives in a reasonable size town or city - as its then possible to have a full life in just that one location. In my Home City - the vast majority of "my life" was within 30 minutes walk of my home. In smaller places - we HAVE to be able to get around to various nearby locations and need that buspass for that. That's how it goes in remoter areas = one social event in one location, another social event in another location, a bit of shopping in another location again.

Sadly, the winter fuel allowance gets claimed even by wealthy pensioners. But myself and my parents are amongst the large number of pensioners that need every bit of income we can get - and that includes the fuel allowance. So - its not possible to deny that to poorer pensioners.