Arthur Fuller
fuller.artful at gmail.com
Wed May 30 12:02:07 CDT 2007
JC is right. Like riding a bicycle... you have to remove it from the conscious part of your mind. a Dual-layer DVD sitting in the burner and a scheduled differential backup and the occasional replacement of the DVD. Note to self: read what you just recommended, idiot, and do as you say. A. On 5/30/07, Susan Harkins <ssharkins at setel.com> wrote: > > > > ...you say it ...but you don't really mean it ...none of us do ...not > until > you automate the backup will it really, really get done ...been there, eh > :) > > =========I am trying to be more faithful about this. Word recently ate a > manuscript just as I'd completed it. I hadn't had time to save it to > removeable and <red checked> I hadn't bothered to do so before. Then, BAM! > The computer locked up and I had to push the <gasp> button. > > Couldn't open the file in Word using either of it's repair options. It was > toast. > > Used WordPad and got the text, but lost the footnotes, etc. It didn't take > long to rebuild the notes as WordPad displayed underscores in the text in > lieu of the note numbers and at the end of the file were all the notes' > text, in order. > > Still, it was a pia and a reminder to be more deligent. > > Susan H. > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >