MPG Depends on

how long your extension cable is.

Do you think that she needs consoling?

Wii'll never know.

@David Edwards

Or do what a lot of other companies do and get a VoIP number which follows you no matter where your office is.

The top of the step doesn't disappear.

He's clearly dead centre of the stand, where there's normally a staircase, which normally doesn't have a lip.

Not that I'm saying 100% this isn't photoshopped but that isn't any evidence at all.

@Ken Hagan

I didn't mean leaving her wireless open, I meant if they access her autologined laptop with her autoauthed wifi, they're pretty much free to use it at that point. Either they have her permission or they've triggered the alarm in which case I doubt they'll browse digg while the police are en route.

Obviously those outside leeching off her broadband are likely get told where to stick it, if they can get past the WPA2, etc.

@Stephen

Why shouldn't my mum have autologin?

There's nothing important on her laptop, and if she wants to leave it open to the world to use it's not an issue.

I'm not too fussed about them using her wifi either.

Re: Pete

That's more or less what was said in 1982 when the navy was being decommissioned.

Perhaps you should have a look at what's going on in the Fulf of Iraq if you think the Royal Navy aren't quite busy enough at the moment.

£100 fine

You just get a letter saying you've got a fine if you don't submit in time. If you give a valid reason, they'll scrap it. Don't ignore it, but don't always assume that late filing = fine.

Of course linux/windows/bsd can do this

But it's not easy.

I've been doing it for years. rsync to an rsync server, then ln back in time, so that you have multiple revisions of your files without taking up more space. Or use CVS/SVN/WebDAV/whatever you want.

Sorted.

I am a professional sysadmin. Your mother probably isn't (and most of the Anonymous Cowards here don't seem to be either), though she (and you) can use Time Machine. The point isn't whether or not it's possible, it's how easy it is to use. If you don't need to use Time Machine then don't. You don't have to pay for it either, you can run Linux, be happy, and shut up. The Time Machine fans are fans because they can spend more time doing things they want to do instead of writing backup scripts.

And as for RAID 1, yeah, go ahead, run that. Then delete an important file by mistake (and don't say you never have) and cry. It's not a backup.