From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jun 30 21:15:50 2008 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8091B106567D for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:15:50 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: from smtp2.tls.net (smtp2.tls.net [65.124.104.105]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 20BB98FC0A for ; Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:15:49 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from dave.list@pixelhammer.com) Received: (qmail 7593 invoked from network); 30 Jun 2008 21:15:48 -0000 Received: by simscan 1.2.3 ppid: 7557, pid: 7584, t: 0.1744s scanners: attach: 1.2.3 spam: 3.2.1 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.2.1 (2007-05-02) on smtp-2.tls.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=0.2 required=10.0 tests=ALL_TRUSTED,TVD_RCVD_IP autolearn=disabled version=3.2.1 Received: from 64-184-10-104.bb.hrtc.net (HELO ?192.168.1.46?) (ldg%tls.net@64.184.10.104) by auth-smtp2.tls.net with ESMTPA; 30 Jun 2008 21:15:48 -0000 Message-ID: <48694CFB.1030004@pixelhammer.com> Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 17:15:39 -0400 From: DAve User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.12 (Windows/20080213) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: FreeBSD Mailing List References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: OT: anyone been crazy enough to mirror wikipedia? X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 21:15:50 -0000 Steve Franks wrote: > So call me a sociopath, but times are a bit scary. I'd like to do the > 2000's equivalent of the 1960's bomb shelter, and have my very own > snapshot in case of major local/regional internet disruption, etc. > > What would be the best way to go about this. I see with <1T words, it > appears doable on current technology. Maybe they should offer a > snapshot on DVDs or disk as a fundraiser? I'd drop $300 for some sort > of officially licenced copy, I suspect there are other freaks that > would too... When the world gets that bad, Wikipedia is the least of my concerns, slightly ahead of who is winning American Idol. If it comes to the point the internet goes down for a long period of time, that $300 is better spent on a garden. Just my thoughts. DAve -- Don't tell me I'm driving the cart!