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10 Computer Mishaps

Posted by CmdrTaco on from the i-got-a-few dept.

Ant writes "ZDNet UK posted Ontrack Data Recovery's 2004 list of the 10 strangest and funniest computer mishaps... Some of them are funny!" My best mishap was installing the alpha video driver on an NT 3.51 box thinking that it was just an alpha driver. Of course since this Alpha meant DEC and this was an x86 box, the server barfed pretty hard. Also the time I spilled an 8oz glass of water on my laptop and lost all my email from 1994 to 1999 and my backup was corrupted. That I liked too.

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  1. Re:Probably not first post, but... by Aardpig · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Now I get a page claiming that they are experiencing 'planned downtime'. Looks like they're trying to cover their arses over being slashdotted.

    Hmmm, just the sort of bullshit I've come to expect from ZDNet....

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  2. Uneducated vs Educated by stuckinarut · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Wow! A list of experiences from people that should know what they are doing but made a mistake once or twice as opposed to the usual funny list of stupid things people have done to their computer because they didn't know better.

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  3. Re:#1 Works! by EasyComputer · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    That is so not flamebait!! Damn moderators!