Way, way, off topic, but here goes -
mena661 wrote:
Pnich, if a solar flare keeps you from looking at your e-statement or paying a bill via credit/debit, other systems are not going to be available to process your payment either. Soooo the checks and the paper statements aren't really needed. Word of advice, EVERYTHING uses the "internet" AND it's been like that for about 25-30 years now.
Hmmmm .... if all/other systems aren't going to be available for me to pay my bills then I probably won't pay them.
However, when the bank says they have no record of my portfolio because of a solar flare or other excuse eliminating any record of my 1's and 0's on their servers ... then my lawyer and myself will say whooooaaaa, wait just a minute ... surprise/surprise ... I have this paper-trail of hardcopy affidavit statements you've (the bank) sent me over the years showing exactly what your (the bank's) blown servers used to have on them regarding my portfolio ... so pay up.
The Internet is just like any other tool ... it has a specific set of uses ... otherwise other tools are what should be used. Personally, I prefer satellite communications because the Internet is WAY too reliant on hardwiring (includes fiber optics) everywhere. FWIW, we even get the Internet into our residence via radio waves instead of wires (but not from satellites, yet, because of response latency).
You're kindof right about EVERYTHING using the Internet ... someday we all may be victims of a solar flare when we can't even get out of town in our RVs to escape the resulting zombie hordes because of this:
http://money.cnn.com/2014/06/01/technology/security/car-hack/index.html
