From: dicksilk@gmail.com   
      
   On Friday, April 14, 2023 at 8:22:21 AM UTC-5, sandy$ wrote:   
   > On Friday, April 14, 2023 at 6:03:36 AM UTC-6, Richard Silk wrote:    
       
   > > OK, so now I gotta ask (as I *have* worked with tape drives of various   
   sorts, *and* done data entry!)— have you ever worked with one before? or was   
   this a dream right outta left field, so to speak?   
      
   > The answer is yes to the magnetic tape machine. None of us gals liked   
   imputing information on that machine. Once after imputing information for a   
   couple of hours, I find out the tape was blank. I have no idea what I did   
   wrong.    
      
   Did y'all *actually* call it "imputing"? or was that some kind of auto-correct   
   error?  (I can hear "inputting" as an expected word.)   
      
   Basically, I ran the "incrdmps" (incremental dumps) as well as weekend,   
   monthly, and quarterly backups (from system memory to tape backups) which is   
   why I'm a bit surprised at all these idiot companies paying ransom to "unlock"   
   their databases from    
   hijackers, when all they need to do is a restore-from-backup process, and thus   
   save the $$(5 to 6 digits or more) of ransom.   
      
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