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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 09:52 AM
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I have 60,000 ebooks on my hard drive
Some are dupes (lit, pdb, pdf, txt). Some are purchased; others are public domain. I figure it's three books a day for fifty years so I'd better get cracking.
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ReliantJ Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 02:28 PM
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1. Great episode
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 08:26 PM
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12. wondering if anyone would pick up on that
:hi:
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seaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 08:27 PM
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13. I was thinking the same thing!
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seaker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 08:28 PM
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14. Mine are mostly audio books.
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sammythecat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 02:37 PM
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2. You're all set for when a storm knocks out the cable.
Nice to have some backup entertainment.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 04:33 PM
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3. Excellent! I have only two words of advice to you: Burn them.
To DVD that is. Or at least back them up to some other medium off your hard drive. If your hard drive fails, that's byebye 60k ebooks.

Enjoy your collection!

Mark.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 06:47 PM
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7. No DVD burner
but I have an external hard drive that I use for backup. And a buddy of mine has most everything duped as well.
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mwooldri Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 07:44 PM
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9. That's good enough... especially having the buddy with the backup.
If a disaster strikes your home (e.g. fire), your hard drive plus your external may go byebye together. But your buddy may well be OK and you get your files back.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 08:25 PM
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11. Yeah, my ultimate plan is to get a second external drive
and rotate them through the safe deposit box at the bank.
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Jamastiene Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 04:38 PM
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4. Ever do any file sharing?
Edited on Sun Mar-08-09 04:38 PM by Jamastiene
Have you got any Robin Hood books?

I'll be your bestest buddy for life if you share those with me. :D
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ReliantJ Donating Member (680 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 04:46 PM
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5. lol
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Bucky Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 04:59 PM
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6. Do you have any books about John Quincy Adams?
If so, don't tell me. Cause I fucking hate John Quincy Adams.
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pokerfan Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 06:51 PM
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8. lofl
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astral Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Mar-08-09 08:16 PM
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10. Back 'em up!
All hard drives die; it's just a matter of time.

They seldom give you a warning first.

My last backup was done in August and my 'puter died in January (or was it February?)

And I am very grateful that I did back up even though it wasn't as recent as I would have liked.
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