Top 10 Ways To Lose Your Data

Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday October 16, 2003 @01:28PM from the email-and-mp3s-of-the-damned dept.

bettiwettiwoo writes "The BBC has a article on the Top 10 Ways To Lose Your Data due to the human factor. According to Kroll Ontrack, a recovery firm, the top ten include: laptop being shot in anger (naturally); laptop fell off a moped and was run over by lorry (some laptops just weren't meant to live); server rescued after running unchecked 24/7 for years under layers of dust and dirt; and my personal favourite, laptop dropped in bath while doing company accounts. One of my sister-in-laws apparently repeatedly lost data while writing university assignments by kicking the plug to her desktop out of its socket. It was never really clear to me why she didn't avoid (much) of that problem by using frequent automatic backup, but she didn't. Instead she had her mother pop in at regular intervals to remind her to save manually."

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Re:Worst Data Loss by Evil+Adrian · 2003-10-16 13:59 · Score: 0, Troll

Crap! I knew I shouldn't have told her!

I guess if I'm dumb enough to accidentally delete a file...

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Re:You didn't by Evil+Adrian · 2003-10-16 14:16 · Score: 0, Troll

Troll? Really? Let's consult the Slashdot FAQ:

"Troll -- A Troll is similar to Flamebait, but slightly more refined. This is a prank comment intended to provoke indignant (or just confused) responses. A Troll might mix up vital facts or otherwise distort reality, to make other readers react with helpful "corrections." Trolling is the online equivalent of intentionally dialing wrong numbers just to waste other people's time."

I wasn't trying to provoke indignant or confused reponses. I was "making a joke", as we say in the USA. I don't know what you call it over in India.

We call people who use words incorrectly "idiots."

What do you call them in India, idiot?

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