• Data backup fail

      12/07/2013
      Austin Frakt

    This almost brings me to tears.

    laptop thesis

    Just backup your stuff. OK!? Need help? Try this.

    @afrakt

     
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    • by Rich on December 7th, 2013 at 11:20

      A friend had his thesis stolen when luggage was stolen from his car. This was in the days when word processors existed but not scanning and easy storage. OTOH, one wonders why they didn’t work on a network.

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    • by Matthew on December 7th, 2013 at 15:53

      Not the best negotiator either. He should have stipulated that they only get the password by returning the data. Also, don’t admit upfront that the price is negotiable. $1,000 is certainly a lot more than the laptop is worth to the thief–he can buy a new, better laptop for that–so there’s absolutely no reason to let him believe he can extort more than that.

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    • by Ezra on December 9th, 2013 at 01:43

      Is that some kind of trick to catch the thief?

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