Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2011/02/02
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]The work and metadata loss is regrettable, but anyone who uses a site like FlickR to actually STORE their images is foolish. Some people gget what they ask for, some people ask for what they get. I have everything digital on duplicate hard drives and duplicate archival DVDs, stored in three different places. I occasionally wonder if that's sufficient . . . Marty On Thu, Feb 3, 2011 at 9:45 AM, bill pearce <billcpearce at cox.net> wrote: > Oh, great! The guy gets his photos nuked, gets a halfhearted apology, and > 25 > years free service. Imagine, will they even be in business even ten years > in > the future? Would you trust them again? > > Oh, well, that's what the guy gets for depending on someone else to keep > his > "valuable" photos somewhere else. Better thsy should buy him a box of > portable hard drives. > > Bill Pearce > ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sonny Carter" <sonc.hegr at gmail.com> > To: "Leica Users Group" <lug at leica-users.org> > Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2011 5:07 PM > Subject: [Leica] Flickr accidentally nukes user's 4,000 photos > > >> NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- It's every Flickr addict's worst nightmare: One >> day, >> the vast photo archive you've uploaded and annotated for years suddenly >> vanishes. It happened this week to Mirco Wilhelm, when a Flickr staff >> member >> accidentally deleted his five-year old account, wiping out 4,000 photos. >> >> more here: >> >> http://money.cnn.com/2011/02/02/technology/flickr_deletes_account/ >> >> >> >> -- >> Regards, >> >> Sonny >> http://sonc.com/look/ >> Natchitoches, Louisiana >> >> USA >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Leica Users Group. >> See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >