MLUG: Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] excuses, excuses
Re: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] excuses, excuses
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Jonathan King wrote:

> 2) Student comes in on the day when the short paper is due waving
>    a floppy disk that is alleged to contain a paper that is now
>    unreadable.  I am suspicious, but graciously offer to help 
>    recover the paper on the disk since I have some amazingly 
>    effective disk and file repair tools available, geek that I 
>    am, and, hey, office hours are right now!

That's nothing. I was given a floppy disk once that had been apparently 
stepped on and almost folded in two. I did attempt to read it anyway, 
and even though we could read the FAT, the actual needed files were, of 
course, missing. Which resulted in late points...

:)
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MK

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