🚀 go-pugleaf

In article <36692a5d.43870365@news.rchmd1.bc.wave.home.com>,
spiffey@thispartmustgo.home.com (Mark) wrote:

> On 3 Dec 1998 15:54:53 -0800, "Shaun McRae" <smcrae@lightspeed.bc.ca>
> wrote:
> 
> >
> >OK, we've established that it was stupid to not have a backup of something
> >so important... but won't you all agree that ATIC was just as stupid or
> >stupider? A computer shop can't just go around erasing people's hard drive,
> >a COMPUTER SHOP! Especially after being told specifically. Being a COMPUTER
> >SHOP,
> 
> The point I think most people are making is that you have to expect
> that this kind of thing COULD happen. FYI, in my notebook computer
> manual, it explicitly states "back up your hard drive prior to
> shipping your notebook off to us for repair. Acer is not responsible
> for any data on the hard drive".
> 
> Now if I sent a little note along with my notebook saying, please
> don't erase the hard drive", do you think that's going to pull any
> weight at all?
> 
> Nosir. I back it up, and then if I get my notebook back with my data
> intact, more power to me.
> 


Having failed to make a backup of critical data, the grad student is now
attempting to recover data using software downloaded from an obscure web
site.  I hope he used a virus checker lest he fail both as a scientist and
a computerist.  Learning by repeated concussions is not a good idea.

What must the thesis advisor and review committee be thinking of the grad
student at this moment?  Would any employer hire a person this sloppy with
critical data?

Amongst my colleagues and associates, no one keeps data and applications
on the same drive on their desktops.  Most keep the OS and applications on
separate drives and the data on removable media.  Most have dedicated
backup devices.  That's been SOP as far back as I can recall.
-- 

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