I looked at Carbonite, and then bought a cheap external hard drive. I back up data files 1/month. If I lose whatever music or pictures I added in the last 20 days, for example...oh well.
At $90 for a 1,000 Gigabyte hard drive (http://www.amazon.com/Western-Digital-Elements-External-WDBAAU0010HBK-NESN/dp/B002QEBMB4/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1330879454&sr=8-3), I see no reason to pay Carbonite to keep files for me.
Isn’t it great being old fashioned?! You still have control of your stuff.
It just creeps me out that Conservatives complain about the gov controlling everything meanwhile they use the products that allows the gov to control and track them. Just because something is easy and quick to use doesn’t make it safe.
I recall when Rush used to laugh at facebook... and now he’s using it.