Just so you know, here's our warehouse and customer service closure dates over the holiday season.( More )
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busy
The good news is that I didn't lose anything essential. I did have some things that were only on the My Book but they weren't important and if I can't get them back, oh well.
Now I'm thinking about using an online backup system so I'm here looking for advice. I'd prefer a free one but I'm willing to pay for more security or better features.
Does anyone here use one? Have you tried different ones and have a favorite? Are they easy to use? Are they really secure?
Thanks.
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annoyed
A Wall Street Journal story on the apparent ability of Iraqi insurgents to intercept video surveillance taken by the US military's $4 million predator drones has attracted intense interest. But the vulnerability of the transmissions has long been understood, and the intercepts weren't really "hacks."
The Joliet Jackhammers, a baseball team in Illinois, have put up an interesting sign to get people to buy tickets.

Some people are unhappy and want it taken down.
"It's in very poor taste," Councilwoman Jan Hallums Quillman said. "To have God tell you to buy tickets? Give me a break."
I wonder if Quillman felt the same way about the serious billboard campaign that had God announcing his will and intentions? There was one that read, "Let's Meet At My House Sunday Before the Game -God." Was that in poor taste? It seems to me that many people think it's perfectly alright to put words in their imaginary deity's mouth as long as it sounds serious and respectful, no matter what it may be.
Anyway, there's a poll at the team website.
Should the JackHammers take down the current I-80 billboard?
56%: yes
44%: no
Since it appropriately trivializes the foolishness of claiming that a god speaks, I had to vote no. Keep it up!
Read the comments on this post...After the success of TNG, and before the complacency of Voyager, (both still great), this "middle child" series was still an experiment until they found a formula that developed solidly after the first few seasons.
But it's not a clear winner for everyone. A good percentage still likes their trek to be safer and semi-predictable.
DS9 was anything but safe. The one virtue the series, each storyline, and every character shared was that it was on the verge of apocalypse, from the opening credits to the final commercial before B5.
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Shelley

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Figure from Cephalopods: A World Guide (amzn/b&n/abe/pwll), by Mark Norman.
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