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I was wondering, if I were to keep my story on the web, to have access to it whenever and wherever I chose, under a URL so convoluted no one could possibly guess it, would that constitute publishing?
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Having a convoluted URL doesn't protect it by itself. If it is open to the public (not password protected) and can be found (ie, any links anywhere that lead to it or open for searchbots to find), then yes, it's publishing.
For it to not be published, you have to prevent the searchbots from finding it and/or password protect it so only a limited number of people can see it.
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Don't misunderstand: I have a hard copy. I just want a place where pages can't blow away in the wind, or go missing, or be corrupted, where I can read from any computer, with or without a disk or CD that I might accidentally break.
Now that I found a site, however (I can't believe I remembered my Xanga.com password; it's been almost two years ), I'm hesitant to post anything. That creeping paranoia is rearing its ugly head, I suppose.
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Gee. I would never EVER think of a computer as being a fail-safe storage device. I print out hard copies so the story doesn't get lost. Having been through hard drive failure more than once would make me leery of putting too much trust in electronic storage as a permanent archival method!
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On a slightly different note, but one that has been brought up--
Do not suppose that information stored electronically is archival. CDs DO NOT last forever. The information stored on them degrades. To be certain you've protected it you should store your information about every two to three years on new disks.
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I was just expanding on JmariC's idea. It's weird to get the credit, though of course it was the first thing I considered as well.
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Regular backups are a must. If you want to be paranoid, which translates to safe, then make sure you keep at least some of your backups off-site (somewhere other than where you live, and preferably in a different city or state), and test your backups regularly.
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Now that I finally have my own computer, I keep backups on it and on CDs. But until recently, I had to use library computers. I've been keeping copies of stories and resumes in my email and hidden pages on my website for years so I could access it from any computer.
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