QUESTION # 279: COMPUTER BACK-UP
Dear Useless Men,
Why is it that whenever you need a computer it won't be there for you? I spend hours on a huge project only to find that it hasn't saved a thing and is in fact destroying other things that I had previously saved and put away for future use. A friend mentioned backup, but the only backup I'm interested in now is the kind where I back up my truck right over my PC.
Could I have avoided this whole mess or not?
Traumatically yours,
Victim of Technology
Dear Victim of Technology,
Of course you could have avoided this. Think of how much work you've done on your computer since you got it. You could have saved yourself all that trouble by backing over it years ago!
Work is one of the biggest problems with America these days. People are doing it every day; from the office, from home, even while on vacation. It's practically an epidemic. I say that all of us, like you, should take up arms against the implements of work. Stop work before it stops us! Wipe out those word processors! Pulverize those printers! Body slam those binders! No we don't have a case of the Mondays! It's time we showed the false gods of work ethic and productivity that we aren't going to take any more guff! Shove firecrackers in the CD drives. Pour coffee in the little holes on your monitor. Have a smoke break and talk about your co-workers disparagingly as though there's no possible way they will ever hear that you have done so even though your little community of office drones numbers only about thirty people!
Your friend, I'm sad to say, is a tool of the oppressors. These friends love to go around spouting phrases like "back-up your work on a USB drive" or "press the little picture of the disk every few minutes or so," in the hopes of lessening the impact any digital disaster might have. But heed him not, for doing so will allow you to return to your work with nary a hiccup in progress. Yes, if you follow his advice you'll be back to your pie charts and your project outlines and your mission statements in no time.
I'll tell you what you do: You plug away at your computer for hours on end and you ignore that little disk. When the power goes out, and you lose all your work, you laugh. You laugh hard, my friend.
The time for revolution . . . is nigh.
Sincerely,
Just Plain Useless
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Why is it that whenever you need a computer it won't be there for you? I spend hours on a huge project only to find that it hasn't saved a thing and is in fact destroying other things that I had previously saved and put away for future use. A friend mentioned backup, but the only backup I'm interested in now is the kind where I back up my truck right over my PC.
Could I have avoided this whole mess or not?
Traumatically yours,
Victim of Technology
Dear Victim of Technology,
Of course you could have avoided this. Think of how much work you've done on your computer since you got it. You could have saved yourself all that trouble by backing over it years ago!
Work is one of the biggest problems with America these days. People are doing it every day; from the office, from home, even while on vacation. It's practically an epidemic. I say that all of us, like you, should take up arms against the implements of work. Stop work before it stops us! Wipe out those word processors! Pulverize those printers! Body slam those binders! No we don't have a case of the Mondays! It's time we showed the false gods of work ethic and productivity that we aren't going to take any more guff! Shove firecrackers in the CD drives. Pour coffee in the little holes on your monitor. Have a smoke break and talk about your co-workers disparagingly as though there's no possible way they will ever hear that you have done so even though your little community of office drones numbers only about thirty people!
Your friend, I'm sad to say, is a tool of the oppressors. These friends love to go around spouting phrases like "back-up your work on a USB drive" or "press the little picture of the disk every few minutes or so," in the hopes of lessening the impact any digital disaster might have. But heed him not, for doing so will allow you to return to your work with nary a hiccup in progress. Yes, if you follow his advice you'll be back to your pie charts and your project outlines and your mission statements in no time.
I'll tell you what you do: You plug away at your computer for hours on end and you ignore that little disk. When the power goes out, and you lose all your work, you laugh. You laugh hard, my friend.
The time for revolution . . . is nigh.
Sincerely,
Just Plain Useless
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to Useless Advice from Useless Men today. Click here.
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Advice given at
2:46 PM
16 Comments:
When in doubt remember a typical computer mouse with trackball removed can hold a double shot. I recommend a nice whiskey if you choose this route. This is the ultimate way to usefully render you useless while using a computer.
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Jimbo Big Toe, at 2:30 PM
Hi. Great blog you have. I'm here via WingedEmotion (your landlord). :)
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Cindy, at 3:11 PM
Nice...I like the letters and responses.
Visiting via WingedEmotion and following the Click & Comment Day from my blog.
No renter so I'll visit someone on your blogroll.
Have a nice Monday!
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Cat, at 3:46 PM
hello,
I know just how you feel - I am having computer problems myself at the moment. Not great when I am about to start a 3 year degree course ...help!
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pupski, at 4:03 PM
yes.. WORK is a four letter word.. be done with it!
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SupComTabz, at 5:42 PM
I'm here via WingedEmotion. When you loose your work, I agree that laughing is the best. LOL
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Kel, at 6:05 PM
I've seen this blog many times on BE. Now I see it before me. Tada! here from click and comment day.
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Chatty, at 7:26 PM
funny, good job!
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Chana, at 9:18 PM
Sometimes it works like that.
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Ed Bacchus, at 10:47 PM
My favorite thought about computers:
Computers don't make work easier. They make it easier to create more unnecessary and useless work.
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Mike in Arkansas, at 12:28 AM
Good advice. Been there, done that. I gave my computer to my sister. The cranky one, that is.
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Jim, at 1:43 AM
Here via Winged Emotion. I have had near heart attacks when I have worked so hard on something then poof! all gone...sucks.
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Chana, at 7:04 AM
I have finally learned to start backing stuff up...took some time and a few start overs
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Atlas, at 7:05 AM
Your site is SO funny! I love the humor, and the truth!
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Heather, at 1:11 PM
Why would you want to back over your computer when you could take it head-on? Wouldn't you want to be looking it in the glowing LEDs as it is helplessly crushed beneath you? If revolution is nigh at hand, then I say we confront it face-to-face! No more backing up whatsoever!
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Online Degree, at 4:53 PM
While I truly enjoy the frivolousness of this wonderful blog I feel that a momentary digression to the reality of creating computer backup shouldn't hurt much. I know that saving your data can be frustrating to say the least. However, the needfulness of this process should be evident. I personally use a product called PC Backup (http://www.stompsoft.com/pc-backup/pc-backup.html )and have been quite satisfied with the ease of use and functionality. That being said, before you backup over your computer, you should make sure that you have a backup just in case you need it. :)
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