Not sure which is worse. Losing all my code changes, updates, original work or, getting teleported back in time and across the map and have redo all the fights, climbing, etc. where there are randomized monsters and rewards so the next time you might get easier/tougher fights and lesser, but not likely better rewards. Not to mention the 3 – 4 hours of lost real time.
Hubby was typing a thesis for somebody and had worked for 3 hours one night. I came down and said that it was very late and to come to bed. Instead of Save, he turned off the machine by accident.
Funnily enough this sometimes happens to me on GoComics, I can’t post a typed comment. I try to change screens and everything’s lost. I’ve now learnt to “copy” before changing screens…
Happens to me a lot, but in my defense, I set up auto-save so that I don’t have to remember on Word and Excel. Trouble is sometimes it is hit or miss – if you have a really big file, it doesn’t auto-save. Luckly Win10 will save a point in recovery mode, so all is not usually lost.
Long ago and far away, on an insomniaic night, I created a masterful word processor for my Commodore 64. From 3am to about 6am I hammered away at those keys, the code kept flowing. At 6am I took a deep breath, put my hands behind my neck and leaned back to look at what I’d done. Hitting save was next, but instead, in that instant, the power flickered off. it was only a second! And when it came back I was looking at a blank screen.
I know someone who would backup a family tree file to a disc. Computer crashed. However, in trying to restore the backed up files to a new computer – one of the discs would not install. Ugh! Several years of research and data lost. Had to re-enter from paper files.
I have an APC. Got my first one when I upgraded from my Tandy Coco to a “real” computer. my current on gives me 4 hours of back-up in a power failure. Best money I ever spent.
Back in the Windows 3 days – if a program tried accessing the floppy disk with nothing it it you’d get a dialog prompting abort/retry – retry wouldn’t do anything (even after putting disk in) and abort crashed out. CorelDraw had a lovely feature in remembering where you last saved a file type – so if you’d saved it to a floppy disk it would try accessing that and you got the Abort Retry option – I must have lost many hours to that issue.
A couple of decades ago in college I was in the computer lab putting the final touches on a paper, along with a couple dozen other people. Due to some poor design decisions by whoever had set up the lab, when I shifted my feet I accidentally kicked a power strip, cutting power to a bank of about 5 computers. The woman next to me had apparently not saved in the past 2 hours and lost. her. mind.
comicjunky Premium Member over 4 years ago
I believe it. Computers are smarter than we think.
KenTheCoffinDweller over 4 years ago
Not sure which is worse. Losing all my code changes, updates, original work or, getting teleported back in time and across the map and have redo all the fights, climbing, etc. where there are randomized monsters and rewards so the next time you might get easier/tougher fights and lesser, but not likely better rewards. Not to mention the 3 – 4 hours of lost real time.
eromlig over 4 years ago
Quoth the raven: Control, Alt, Delete.
catchup over 4 years ago
Yup, THEY know…
rekam Premium Member over 4 years ago
Hubby was typing a thesis for somebody and had worked for 3 hours one night. I came down and said that it was very late and to come to bed. Instead of Save, he turned off the machine by accident.
A Common 'tator over 4 years ago
Funnily enough this sometimes happens to me on GoComics, I can’t post a typed comment. I try to change screens and everything’s lost. I’ve now learnt to “copy” before changing screens…
JDP_Huntington Beach over 4 years ago
Happens to me a lot, but in my defense, I set up auto-save so that I don’t have to remember on Word and Excel. Trouble is sometimes it is hit or miss – if you have a really big file, it doesn’t auto-save. Luckly Win10 will save a point in recovery mode, so all is not usually lost.
ChristineMurphy over 4 years ago
I was self-employed for many years, charged by the piece. To this day, I automatically type command-S a couple of times a minute.
PleaseStay6PixelsAway over 4 years ago
Worst of all, if you were too much in the zone to stop and save, you probably can’t get back into the zone to recreate what you lost.
P51Strega over 4 years ago
Long ago and far away, on an insomniaic night, I created a masterful word processor for my Commodore 64. From 3am to about 6am I hammered away at those keys, the code kept flowing. At 6am I took a deep breath, put my hands behind my neck and leaned back to look at what I’d done. Hitting save was next, but instead, in that instant, the power flickered off. it was only a second! And when it came back I was looking at a blank screen.
DaveQuinn over 4 years ago
What, no “auto save”? Every programmer knows that…or should. The most you lose is what was done since that last save. DUH!!!
tenebraesum over 4 years ago
Blessed are the paranoid for they have (auto) saved
The Wiz Premium Member over 4 years ago
I got that T-shirt too
jscarff57 Premium Member over 4 years ago
You can’t save them all, doctor…
Lee26 Premium Member over 4 years ago
Been there…..UGHHHHHHHHHHHH!
RobinHood over 4 years ago
I got this thing called a notebook, now that does have auto-save
RobinHood over 4 years ago
Love Andrews Classic Trek colors
Csaw Backnforth over 4 years ago
I know someone who would backup a family tree file to a disc. Computer crashed. However, in trying to restore the backed up files to a new computer – one of the discs would not install. Ugh! Several years of research and data lost. Had to re-enter from paper files.
ladycalico over 4 years ago
I have an APC. Got my first one when I upgraded from my Tandy Coco to a “real” computer. my current on gives me 4 hours of back-up in a power failure. Best money I ever spent.
scaeva Premium Member over 4 years ago
It is always a mistake to let an electronic or mechanical device know you are in a hurry.
Keyboarding 101: All character strings end in Command – s.
John M over 4 years ago
Back in the Windows 3 days – if a program tried accessing the floppy disk with nothing it it you’d get a dialog prompting abort/retry – retry wouldn’t do anything (even after putting disk in) and abort crashed out. CorelDraw had a lovely feature in remembering where you last saved a file type – so if you’d saved it to a floppy disk it would try accessing that and you got the Abort Retry option – I must have lost many hours to that issue.
craigwestlake over 4 years ago
The devil has lost data many times, but we all know Jesus Saves…
mischugenah over 4 years ago
A couple of decades ago in college I was in the computer lab putting the final touches on a paper, along with a couple dozen other people. Due to some poor design decisions by whoever had set up the lab, when I shifted my feet I accidentally kicked a power strip, cutting power to a bank of about 5 computers. The woman next to me had apparently not saved in the past 2 hours and lost. her. mind.
James Lindley Premium Member over 4 years ago
We’ve all been there.
JK Hudson over 4 years ago
Timely update to: https://www.gocomics.com/working-daze/2017/12/01
rgcviper over 4 years ago
And that’s why I’m totally O.C.D. about saving everything every few minutes—whether I think I really need to or not.
weirdme Premium Member over 4 years ago
So true!