eMail: John to all on the island Who: John Connor to Everyone on the Island Where: Over eMail When: Friday, January 25, 2013 Summary: John sets out some new tech procedures.
From: John Baum To: undisclosed-recipients Subject: Data Back-ups
All,
There have been some questions coming up lately about some of the technical side of things and how the gadgets we've all gotten used to carrying fit into our current preparations. Since I've done this before, I'm sharing my recommendations so you can all prep accordingly.
We won't be allowed to take most of the tech we have now with us. That includes your laptops and phones.
Since we all have things we'd like to keep, I recommend putting any data you don't want to lose on a thumb drive. You've all seen me carrying them around for two years, passing them out like candy when things are needed. This is why. They're small, easily stuck in a pocket, and you can put pretty much your entire life in pictures and text on a single 16GB drive. If you don't have one, see me. I have plenty to spare.
In addition to that, most people who aren't on the research team won't need to be carting their laptops around at all now. Obviously, the research team will still need to be carrying the laptops around because they're needed at the moment. But, for everyone else, don't put them in your go bags. Use your phone to check email. Movies, games, these can all be watched and played at home. Get out of the habit of taking the units everywhere because they won't be going with us. Use the thumb drive to back-up your data every time you use the computer at home and carry the thumb drive with you.
Your phones will get left behind as well. But, for now, they're still useful. So, keep those.
Any questions about anything tech related and getting ready to leave, you can come to me and I can either help or point you at the person who can.
John
From: John Baum To: Vance Subject: Communications
Sir,
As a follow-up to the email I just sent everyone, I've been considering long range communications. Our cells phones won't get a signal because there's no satellites or cell towers or networks that will support the transmission signals. But, I think we could manage to make old school walkie talkies and CB radios work. The signals don't need to pass through towers or satellites to work. Just receiver to receiver. And if Sam and Callen have their comms, still, they might be able to pick up our transmissions. That part's a long shot, I know. But, the rest could be a useful option to have.