Gmail accounts lost

[Glenn]

Google has been suffering from fat finger syndrome again http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-12600179

[Rik]

Never trust a cloud, it may rain on you.

[Simon]

Very apt! 

[gizmo71]

Never trust a cloud, it may rain on you.

I can never understand why people think giving somebody else all their precious data is a good idea. Although running my own Exchange server is probably going to the other extreme.

[Rik]

Actually, I don't think so. I'm all for self-reliance and plenty of backups.

[pctech]

Actually, I don't think so. I'm all for self-reliance and plenty of backups.

Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition!

[Rik]

Preferably with dry powder.

[pctech]

If you need something to be reliable its best to pay for it.

[Rik]

Couldn't agree more, Mitch, you need something to beat people around the head with.

[pctech]

 

I have a free baseball bat for that.

[Rik]

I use a 6-cell Maglite... What offensive weapon officer?

[pctech]

Have one of those too, if anyone breaks in they will get whatever I can lay my hands on first.

[Rik]

I always sleep next to the rack of knives in the kitchen.

[pctech]

 

[Glenn]

Isn't that uncomfortable?

[Rik]

It's better than the chainsaw in the garage.

[Lance]

Back to topic for a change!

It seems from reading on the BBC news site that google have restored the lost emails from their tape backup.

[john]

I always sleep next to the rack of knives in the kitchen.

Rumour has it that it's actually the rack of DR lamb 

[Rik]

This is true, John, but the carving knife is there too.