Three guys meet on a beach. They get to talking and the first one explains how he used to own a factory in New York, but when the economic downturn hit suddenly he wasn't able to sell his products anymore. Then, tragically a fire started in the factory and it was all burned up, and he retired to Miami on the insurance.
The second fellow said, "Wow, that's much like what happened to me. I also owned a factory in New York, and I also was hurt by the economic downturn. But just when it seemed like I might lose everything, a fire started in my factory and burned it all down. I also decided to retire on the insurance."
The third guy said, "That's really funny. I also owned a factory in New York, until just this week. Like you, the economy has been pulling it downward and downward until I was sure I was going to lose it all. And then, just when it all seemed darkest to me, a hurricane blew into town and destroyed the factory. I've moved down here on the promise of the insurance payments."
The first two guys look at each other, and then at the third guy, and finally the second guy clears his throat. "I know we're all thinking it, and somebody's got to ask," he said. "So, how do you arrange a hurricane?"
I remember the CEO of Continental Airlines telling us in a meeting how furious he'd been when he learned someone had alertly--but without orders--flown a bunch of Florida aircraft to safety just ahead of the arrival of a hurricane. (Andrew? I can't remember.) He had been licking his chops over solving his problems with the insurance. "The planes were lined up like sausages on the runway," he said, shaking his head. Well, perhaps he was joking.
Continental used to default on its aircraft leases and mortgages like clockwork every few years. I can't count the number of aircraft leases I restructured. I never knew so many different lenders were involved in every aircraft. The paperwork was amazing.
I suspect that their exists (or their existed) a script, written or at least defined by IRS people, which instructed the Sonasoft systems exactly what to back up and when.
If only one could count on the NSA to have a covert mirror tap of Sona's servers, like FB's servers. Then it would all be archived at the NSA, for Freedom of I.
Pah. A coincidence is my getting up this morning and a butterfly flapping its wings in the RoC at roughly the same time.
For any who think the Lerner drive destruction timing is a coincidence, I might know of some beachfront property north of Santa Fe in which I'd like to interest them.
It's also interesting that the crashed drive was recycled later. Or "lost." They can't even keep their coincidences straight.
The problem is in the outsourcing. They should've had government workers do the data backup themselves. Then the answer would be simple: "You should've given us a bigger budget. So, how big an increase do we get to stop it happening again?"
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This reminds me of a joke.
Three guys meet on a beach. They get to talking and the first one explains how he used to own a factory in New York, but when the economic downturn hit suddenly he wasn't able to sell his products anymore. Then, tragically a fire started in the factory and it was all burned up, and he retired to Miami on the insurance.
The second fellow said, "Wow, that's much like what happened to me. I also owned a factory in New York, and I also was hurt by the economic downturn. But just when it seemed like I might lose everything, a fire started in my factory and burned it all down. I also decided to retire on the insurance."
The third guy said, "That's really funny. I also owned a factory in New York, until just this week. Like you, the economy has been pulling it downward and downward until I was sure I was going to lose it all. And then, just when it all seemed darkest to me, a hurricane blew into town and destroyed the factory. I've moved down here on the promise of the insurance payments."
The first two guys look at each other, and then at the third guy, and finally the second guy clears his throat. "I know we're all thinking it, and somebody's got to ask," he said. "So, how do you arrange a hurricane?"
I remember the CEO of Continental Airlines telling us in a meeting how furious he'd been when he learned someone had alertly--but without orders--flown a bunch of Florida aircraft to safety just ahead of the arrival of a hurricane. (Andrew? I can't remember.) He had been licking his chops over solving his problems with the insurance. "The planes were lined up like sausages on the runway," he said, shaking his head. Well, perhaps he was joking.
Continental used to default on its aircraft leases and mortgages like clockwork every few years. I can't count the number of aircraft leases I restructured. I never knew so many different lenders were involved in every aircraft. The paperwork was amazing.
Heh. Their "tweet" cited at your link:
"If the IRS uses Sonasoft products to back up their servers, why wouldn't you choose them to protect your servers?"
Well, funny you should ask.
This says their HQ, at least, is in San Jose. I wonder if you can arrange an earthquake?
I suspect that their exists (or their existed) a script, written or at least defined by IRS people, which instructed the Sonasoft systems exactly what to back up and when.
According to D29, Lois Lerner's hard drive was destroyed 10 days after the Republicans in the House sent the letter asking for her emails.
We will be asked to believe that this, too, is a complete coincidence.
If only one could count on the NSA to have a covert mirror tap of Sona's servers, like FB's servers. Then it would all be archived at the NSA, for Freedom of I.
Pah. A coincidence is my getting up this morning and a butterfly flapping its wings in the RoC at roughly the same time.
For any who think the Lerner drive destruction timing is a coincidence, I might know of some beachfront property north of Santa Fe in which I'd like to interest them.
It's also interesting that the crashed drive was recycled later. Or "lost." They can't even keep their coincidences straight.
Eric Hines
The problem is in the outsourcing. They should've had government workers do the data backup themselves. Then the answer would be simple: "You should've given us a bigger budget. So, how big an increase do we get to stop it happening again?"
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