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Re: What is the oldest computer that could be used today for real work? [message #411422 is a reply to message #411420] Thu, 30 September 2021 14:10 Go to previous messageGo to previous message
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On Thu, 30 Sep 2021 17:44:06 GMT
Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> wrote:

> On 2021-09-30, Charles Richmond <codescott@aquaporin4.com> wrote:
>
>> All true! Now-a-days the one basket for "all your eggs" is called the
>> smart cell phone. Now when a person loses their smart cell phone, that
>> person is put back to counting rocks at the opening of the cave where
>> they live. ;-)

Nah it's fine they have it all backed up in the cloud, they just
get a new one and the nice man at the shop helps them to get it all back.

> Yup. The other example of one basket for all your eggs is the Cloud.
> And it's not even your own basket.

Yes well there is that. However you can do what I do and run your
own 'cloud services' and then persuade the phone to use them instead of the
default ones. Not that there's much on the phone outside of the contact
list which rather has to be there.

> "All your data are belong to us."

Keep your data close.

--
Steve O'Hara-Smith
Odds and Ends at http://www.sohara.org/
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