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So, if it cost $0.05 to buy a loaf of bread 100 years ago (when the standard of living was lower), and today it costs $5.00 (with a higher standard of living), then, when a loaf of bread costs $500.00 then what?-Renegade (October 22, 2013, 08:44 PM)
Hi Contro - did you not ask this question before?
Doesnt sound to me like it would be worth the effort...-tomos (October 22, 2013, 01:38 PM)
It would be if that top isn't blank!-TaoPhoenix (October 22, 2013, 02:09 PM)
You misunderstand what the delta copying is and I guess the explanation I have in the Backup Config window should be reworded -
(see attachment in previous post)
Delta copying doesn't copy deltas and store them in a separate file. It copies them into the existing backup copy. Think of it as a selective, per-block update of the backup copy. Performance-wise it makes no difference on the first run, but on the second run in vast majority of cases it delivers significant speed up (over copying file in its entirety).-apankrat (October 22, 2013, 11:50 AM)
I'm not so sure that I am. Copy Files In Full creates "snapshots" in a point in time, right?-TaoPhoenix (October 22, 2013, 01:19 PM)
Correct, but so does the delta copying.-apankrat (October 22, 2013, 02:17 PM)
I firmly believe that versioning needs to be done in a way that doesn't lock file history to specific software. This means that the version archive format needs to be open and documented. This in turn means that I should either invent and document such format (but then someone else will need to code alternative tools to work with it) -or- I can adopt an existing format.
Can you guess where this is going? ... 3,2,1 ... That's right - it should use Git :-)
So the plan as it stands is to get the V2 on the road first and then to tackle file versioning.-apankrat (October 22, 2013, 02:24 PM)
I've learned my lesson, I'm not going to attach the 2.69MB picture here. Use the link to get the bigger picture. These are geeky children's blocks.-Arizona Hot (October 22, 2013, 11:24 AM)
Hmm. Then I think I need a second program that operates at some kind of "image level". Suppose I have over a hundred big apps and two hundred small ones on my comp! I want some kind of "12 click restore whole image" type program where it copies over C/Program Files and wherever else components end up (registry sync? C/Windows32?) and voila all 300 apps are back.
Then separately an entire image capture level backup, so it's like the three bears of backups : )-TaoPhoenix (October 22, 2013, 01:40 PM)
So for example if the program can "hot feed" into an already zipped folder, then it ends up compressed and that's fine by me.
Restore might be a little more tricky.-TaoPhoenix (October 22, 2013, 01:31 PM)
It's very much like gold, IMO, and the reason that we moved away from the gold standard (and the reason that I think it was a good thing to move away from it).-wraith808 (October 22, 2013, 10:53 AM)
Errr... uh, I'm not so sure about that being a good thing. Look at people's purchasing power over the last 200 or 300 years or so. The last 100 years have been a train wreck.-Renegade (October 22, 2013, 11:50 AM)
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I'm not sure if you're joking there or not.-Renegade (October 22, 2013, 09:30 AM)
- how did I miss that 
[img]http://i.imgur.com/fB19z.gif[/img]-Renegade (October 22, 2013, 08:21 AM)
Yeah... i saw her on the show. It was disconcerting and cool at the same time.-wraith808 (October 20, 2013, 10:09 AM)
I thought it was more cool than disconcerting. It's about people "walking the walk" of "innovating creatively". So at like age 8 she wasn't singing Miley Cyrus, she was singing "Teen metal".
I'll offer this as the equally funny counterpoint from the other side of life!
The Zimmers!
http://www.youtube.c.../watch?v=-m0EZO5O2dM-TaoPhoenix (October 21, 2013, 03:44 PM)
Any chance it mentions how to log into 8.1 OOB without having/using/needing a Microsoft account. I ran out of time last night upgrading my laptop and stopped just short of tossing it out a window because of that little nuance.
Dear Microsoft,
It really is My Computer, so please shove the NSA infested cloud requirement up you ass.-Stoic Joker (October 21, 2013, 11:37 AM)
| After you install Windows 8.1, you will be asked to sign in to a Microsoft Live account. There will be no apparent way to move past that screen if your intention is to only have a local account. Here is the trick: Click the Create New Account link and then at the bottom of that next screen you will see a link that will let you cancel the process. You will then login using your local account. Now what Many users got caught by this poorly implemented log in process and ended up creating and / or using a Microsoft account to log in to their new Windows 8.1 operating system. Since that time, I have had several questions from readers asking if there was a way to reverse the process. There is and it is fairly straightforward. |
I do ! I also use Cathy which was updated recently.-MerleOne (October 16, 2013, 07:22 AM)
I have to admit I dont, but suspect I should...
thanks!
although the name of the company is the crucial info!-kalos (October 15, 2013, 02:44 PM)