RE: [MLUG - DISCUSSION] excuses, excuses

["Ross, Matt" <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

> > 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...
> 
> Now that's a lucky student.  Challenging your 3733t $ki11z and
> only getting late points deducted?

Indeed.  If you're going to fake lost data, at least put a gibberish file on
there.  Rename a small .exe to .doc or something before you break it.

I'd rather you didn't fake the lost data though, I've actually had my disk
corrupt just before a project was due twice.  A powerpoint file corrupted in
an engineering class, crashing the program at slide 3 each time, and a
semmester's worth of internship forms were on a disk that corrupted when I
went to print it out.  

Fortunately I had a backup copy of the powerpoint file, unfortunately not
quickly enough for the teacher - he said he'd give us 5 minutes to fix it,
but didn't give me enough time to walk back to my desk, let alone grab my
backup file off the server.  

Most of the internship files I had already printed out and turned in, so I
only had to recreate about 5 reports.  I at least got that one turned in on
time..
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