From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Wed Jul 2 05:36:23 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 9BCBD1065672 for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:36:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: from wf-out-1314.google.com (wf-out-1314.google.com [209.85.200.174]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6C6C58FC1A for ; Wed, 2 Jul 2008 05:36:23 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from kurt.buff@gmail.com) Received: by wf-out-1314.google.com with SMTP id 24so198691wfg.7 for ; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:36:23 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:to :subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition:references; bh=YuqfMfYwFVTFF9KbDfPdPs1rxXM8s4xJLpKvmDGcrT8=; b=pPwsu31UIBM/Pd7CPZ9c0nArcnoZu8Ehp8aarofb/2Twk/tsbncWXmXxBGv0E45aHW ixZ1mkFMs4fqSP8G1/2RiXlBlS9K8lt5FMHc7PG/qE1RqVFkoL5x+zoWxqRKI+N60ErQ d4nrH7GNGbNfq40wW+k6VkwhB4TydQyFsnUfk= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:to:subject:cc:in-reply-to:mime-version :content-type:content-transfer-encoding:content-disposition :references; b=V+TX9bGgH7gmN/zKJKplE0RlhL/S3w+nXrXq7Lfw4n7XDn6aD3j964nBq0qQBwVj4o fr3BR0tU5H2sJdhGUcq5JUQd3uFZUUynLoRVD3EAskSF5RNBP3pALuoxjvlre9M/p/o/ +eoGzNUSgPPpXTYn8CbbqMU1oCQiq5bfZs/vo= Received: by 10.142.215.5 with SMTP id n5mr2867211wfg.42.1214976982932; Tue, 01 Jul 2008 22:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.143.156.7 with HTTP; Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:36:22 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 22:36:22 -0700 From: "Kurt Buff" To: DAve In-Reply-To: <48694CFB.1030004@pixelhammer.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline References: <539c60b90806301348l4b09cd90n3972b41339276d6f@mail.gmail.com> <48694CFB.1030004@pixelhammer.com> Cc: FreeBSD Mailing List 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: Wed, 02 Jul 2008 05:36:23 -0000 On Mon, Jun 30, 2008 at 2:15 PM, DAve wrote: > 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 We're advising our clients to stock up on canned goods and shotguns - Brain Gremlin