Pickles by Brian Crane for August 15, 2021

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    Concretionist  about 3 years ago

    They’d be back-ward for sure.

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    sirbadger  about 3 years ago

    Is the thing behind the laptop an external hard drive, power supply or something else?

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    Templo S.U.D.  about 3 years ago

    as a “young people”, that is a good question

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    Ratkin Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Sage shirt, yes. Sage advice, no.

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    pschearer Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Sage advice: Never use too much sage.

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    Doug K  about 3 years ago

    Sage question: “Are you going to Scarborough Fair?”

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    Cornelius Noodleman  about 3 years ago

    My brother beeps when he backs up.

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    some idiot from R'lyeh Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Sage advice: use it to dispel evil spirits.

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    sandpiper  about 3 years ago

    Actually, the third panel is good advice for life and for digital storage. Both too much time spent on past problems and backing up everything one does on pc can cause confusion, frustration, and might ultimately lead to a crash.

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    iggyman  about 3 years ago

    Enjoy your memories but enjoy today and look into the future!

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    NeedaChuckle Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I have 4 copies of my data backed up. That includes photos. One copy is in my safety deposit box. I hear stories of people who don’t do it and lose everything then cry about it. I saw this happen early on in school back in the days of floppies. People would put their assignments on them and not make a copy. Then would come the can opener sound of death, all gone!! It did sound like a can opener when the disk was trash.

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    cib258  about 3 years ago

    It’s a toaster.

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    Zebrastripes  about 3 years ago

    Earl just had to put his irrelevant two cents in…LOVE IT!

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    purepaul Premium Member about 3 years ago

    The lesson for foolish Old Pop’s is that it’s not if you are going to crash, but when you will crash. Applies to a lot more the computer drives.

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    Margherita Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Old Earl is absolutely right. Backing up is time-consuming and, as years go by, also almost useless. No computer reads my floppys anymore. And the disks? So many of them, and what’s in is mostly readable only up to Windows 98. Enough! I just “backup” (keep in a drawer) what I draw or print on PAPER.

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    Steverino Premium Member about 3 years ago

    I always thought when a disk is backed up, it runs in reverse.

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    assrdood  about 3 years ago

    @sirbadger

    The device behind the monitor is a CIA transmitter. Move on, nothing to see here.

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    verticallychallenged Premium Member about 3 years ago

    “Jesus saves.”

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    Ukko wilko  about 3 years ago

    Same place. They never listen anyway.

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    tremaine53  about 3 years ago

    “Pretty sure I hear mom calling you, dad…”

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    COL Crash  about 3 years ago

    Yeah, but Earl, the sage advice of old farts like us only applies within the framework of things as they have been in the Past.

    What most of us miss is that things have been changing all along and have introduced situations where that advice no longer makes any sense.

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    ChessPirate  about 3 years ago

    Without data, Earl, that’s where they’d be…

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    zeexenon  about 3 years ago

    Sage, either a weed that’s useless to smoke, or a weed that’s made to wander.

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    jader3rd  about 3 years ago

    I prefer continuous replication solutions.

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    timbob2313 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Earl, you are not the only old fart without a clue.

    I am a life member in the old farts club
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    ANIMAL  about 3 years ago

    When I visit my parents, I always feel like a HERO after I help ’em with their tech problems…..

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    kab2rb  about 3 years ago

    Sounds like my hubby on reading comics, he goes forward not reverse.

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    Moonkey Premium Member about 3 years ago

    Earl is trying to impart his wisdom to his only child. She sees it for what it is, and seems content. So what if he is basically in another universe?

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    Jkendr46  about 3 years ago

    Could be a bluetooth speaker or a hard drive.

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    Teto85 Premium Member about 3 years ago

    There are two kinds of computer users. Those who back up and those who will at the next crash.

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    mistercatworks  about 3 years ago

    I wish I had 2TB of future to go forward to.

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    paullp Premium Member about 3 years ago

    There’s an old comedy routine on this subject (Abbott and Costello used it, but maybe it predated them). This recreation isn’t an exact transcript, but it captures the spirit of it:

    Abbott (passenger in car): “You have to back up to get out of this parking space.”

    Costello (driver): “I gotta back up?”

    Abbot: “Yes, go ahead.”

    Costello puts the car in drive.

    Abbot: “What are you doing?”

    Costello: “I’m doing what you told me to.”

    Abbot: “I told you to back up.”

    Costello: “You want me to back up?”

    Abbot: “That’s right, now go ahead.”

    You can imagine that this confusion continues for a while.

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    mikeywilly  about 3 years ago

    Their eyes wouldn’t get so much excercise from rolling them at their parents

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