Comments on: Snake oil, clubs, and real solutions (with thanks to Matt) http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/2668?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=snake-oil-clubs-and-real-solutions-with-thanks-to-matt Dave Ferguson's interests, ideas, notions, tangents Thu, 09 Sep 2010 21:11:25 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Dave http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/2668/comment-page-1#comment-14732 Dave Thu, 10 Sep 2009 20:50:18 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=2668#comment-14732 I do tend to the not-at-the-first-moment school of thought, Dick. I like somebody else to be the update beta-tester. After the scary hack that happened to me, though, I tend not to wait too long. You've got good stuff on your blog, Dick, and I don't why I hadn't already added it to my blogroll. Fame is just around the corner now. I do tend to the not-at-the-first-moment school of thought, Dick. I like somebody else to be the update beta-tester.

After the scary hack that happened to me, though, I tend not to wait too long.

You’ve got good stuff on your blog, Dick, and I don’t why I hadn’t already added it to my blogroll. Fame is just around the corner now.

]]> By: Dick Carlson http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/archives/2668/comment-page-1#comment-14727 Dick Carlson Thu, 10 Sep 2009 15:58:42 +0000 http://www.daveswhiteboard.com/?p=2668#comment-14727 I'm a big fan of Mr. Mullenweg, but what he doesn't mention in his "real solution" is that you have to balance the risk of exploit against the almost-certain problems that you'll encounter by installing his hastily written updates. I'd like to get back all the time I've spent trying to fix my blog, after updating broke something. Lately I've been backing it up well and hoping for the best, and then updating after a little time has passed. But mine is a tiny blog, and the loss of it would mostly affect shut-ins and lunatics like you, Dave. I’m a big fan of Mr. Mullenweg, but what he doesn’t mention in his “real solution” is that you have to balance the risk of exploit against the almost-certain problems that you’ll encounter by installing his hastily written updates.

I’d like to get back all the time I’ve spent trying to fix my blog, after updating broke something. Lately I’ve been backing it up well and hoping for the best, and then updating after a little time has passed.

But mine is a tiny blog, and the loss of it would mostly affect shut-ins and lunatics like you, Dave.

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