In article <e51sm3hh5r8cfvpmf9qncvsum8bfr86gsc@4ax.com>, hayesmstw@hotmail.com says... > TV news is reporting that for the third time in as many months important data > about British citizens have gone missing from government departments. > > It's all getting a bit much -- haven't British civil servants ever heard of > backups? > I think you'll find that the data hasn't been 'lost' as such, just a copy or backup of the original data. UK media doesn't seem to care about the subtle distinction. I think, that if the fuzz went to some low-grade civil servant's house, they'd find the disks being used as a coaster! -- Regards, Mike Fry Johannesburg.

On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:49:22 +0200, Mike Fry <mikefry@iafrica.com> wrote: >In article <e51sm3hh5r8cfvpmf9qncvsum8bfr86gsc@4ax.com>, >hayesmstw@hotmail.com says... >> TV news is reporting that for the third time in as many months important data >> about British citizens have gone missing from government departments. >> >> It's all getting a bit much -- haven't British civil servants ever heard of >> backups? >> > >I think you'll find that the data hasn't been 'lost' as such, just a >copy or backup of the original data. UK media doesn't seem to care about >the subtle distinction. They are going on about "lost data" and "the loss of records of 160000 children". People who work for the media use computers. They know what "lost data" means. Or are they deliberately and disingenuously misleading the public -- perhaps because they have got it in for Gordon Brown? -- Steve Hayes E-mail: hayesmstw@hotmail.com (see web page if it doesn't work) Web: http://hayesfam.bravehost.com/famhist1.htm http://www.geocities.com/Athens/7783/

In message <ndgtm3d8r9pup9j45m641jbrdljtk0kn2g@4ax.com> Steve Hayes <hayesmstw@hotmail.com> wrote: > On Sun, 23 Dec 2007 11:49:22 +0200, Mike Fry <mikefry@iafrica.com> wrote: > > > In article <e51sm3hh5r8cfvpmf9qncvsum8bfr86gsc@4ax.com>, > > hayesmstw@hotmail.com says... > > > TV news is reporting that for the third time in as many months > > > important data about British citizens have gone missing from government > > > departments. > > > > > > It's all getting a bit much -- haven't British civil servants ever > > > heard of backups? > > > > > > > I think you'll find that the data hasn't been 'lost' as such, just a > > copy or backup of the original data. UK media doesn't seem to care about > > the subtle distinction. > > They are going on about "lost data" and "the loss of records of 160000 > children". > > People who work for the media use computers. They know what "lost data" > means. You don't know British journalists these days, half of them couldn't find their backsides with a map. -- Graeme Wall My genealogy website <www.greywall.demon.co.uk/genealogy>