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Movies and Life - January 2008

My laptop ate my review

January 9th 2008 23:00

Yesterday I wrote a review on Running with Scissors and today it’s vanished. It’s inside my laptop somewhere, I just can’t find it. I’ve tried tipping it upside down and nothing fell out. I did all the things I’m supposed to do...I know I did, I’m no novice, so where is it?

I’ve looked, moaned, sang and sworn (sorry neighbours), but for now, I’m leaving it. I’m off out.

Why laptop, why?

Tracy

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Comment by katyzzz

January 9th 2008 23:44

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Did you give it a good kick, I loved the turnded it upside down and shook it, usually that makes everything fall out. I'd put the cat on the mouse if I were you, the cat is the natural predator of the mouse, shall I ask Crystal to take Tinkerbelle over to see you?

Lovely post, just the length of my attention span.

Looks like you get to do it again baby, I feel for you, a gentle tear falls onto my cheek and cascades forwards releasing its brother and sister who follow,opening the flood gates behind them as they grieve and mourn your loss, see, I do have a heart. But don't worry my hearts never last long.

Soon this comment will be longer than your post, do I get the money?

katyzzz

Comment by tlcorbin

January 10th 2008 01:07

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A Global Citizen
Paranormal Paranormal
Is Why
Alaska Chronicle
Sleezer's World

Pour coffee into it's innards and just maybe with the influx of caffeine, it's memory will recall where the hell it stored your file, Tracy. Raven

Comment by Bryn

January 10th 2008 01:10

Horrorphile

This kind of stuff scares me.

Comment by Louie

January 10th 2008 01:40

Climate Forum
Climate Red
randomthoughts
Phil's Wellness Tips

ha, i feel your pain, my first essay I EVER wrote on a computer way back when, got swallowed up: it was an essay for a communications subject, so I naturally saved it as a .com file.....it turned into a file of cimputer language...........yes there were tears, and screaming at my ex who had forced me to use the dam thing,,,,,,anyhow i learnt to love computers

Comment by Miswanderlust

January 10th 2008 02:59

Killer Beats
Ramble On
Hipnotherapy

Tracy
That has happened to me too! I am so sorry!
Mis

Comment by KylieW

January 10th 2008 03:44

Celebrity Obsession

Orble has done that to me many times. I hate it when technology eats your work!!! bastard!

Comment by Joanne Fedler

January 10th 2008 03:56

Secret Writers Business

Hence my love of a good old pen and paper...
I sometimes wonder how I can depend so utterly on something about which I understand so little. Backup, backup, backup. We writers never learn.
Sympathies, it's happened to us all
Jo

Comment by katyzzz

January 10th 2008 04:12

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That's the best laugh I've had for ages, great commentators, do you pay them? I'm still laughing, glad Louie gave ex the flick. Woman power.

katyzzz

Comment by Justicia

January 10th 2008 05:04

A Word From The Wise
Celebwise

I hate when technology does that to you. I know the feeling of having an assignment swallowed up. I swear it just wasn't as good the second time around!

Comment by Lilla

January 10th 2008 06:05

Enviro Warrior
An Extra Ordinary Life
Dream Herald

Oh Tracy, I'm so sorry... this is the kind of thing that sends me into anaphalectic shock.

Oh Tracy, I'm so sorry... this is the kind of thing that sends me into anaphylactic shock… ghastly, beastly behaviour from the laptop … a moment to reflect and find out why the universe blocked that move (I’m always left wondering if it is to help me practice ‘moving on?)

I hope the wee beastie gives it up soon…

Big hug

Lilla …

Comment by Krystal

January 10th 2008 08:01

feelings

Oh this is hilarious, Tracy darling it's not your fault, no need to cover your face up like that, I love it.

Comment by Michaelie

January 10th 2008 10:04

Flick Wit

Well, Tracy, you went Running With Scissors and now you've stabbed yourself in the foot.

Don't worry, your second attempt will be even better and this time you will BACK UP WOMAN! Losing anything is awful, especially work. Every now and then I get a real scare that I've lost everything.

About a month ago a dreamt the house burnt down and I lost everything I had written, so the next day I copied it all on a USB and took it to my parents' house.

Looking forward to your review when you get over your very understandable bitterness and manage to make peace with your computer again!

Mich

Comment by MelissaA

January 10th 2008 14:27

Fun Facts

I think Michaelie summed it up well:

Well, Tracy, you went Running With Scissors and now you've stabbed yourself in the foot.

I think we've all experienced this at one time or another!

Hopefully it will turn up soon.

Comment by Mr Nice Guy

January 10th 2008 19:32

Pop Culturist

Tracy

In 'cyberspace' no-one can hear you scream.

Don't you hate that . . .

Stay sane

MNG

Comment by Cibbuano

January 10th 2008 22:46

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is it still on your laptop, or has it been deleted?

Sometimes, Microsoft Word saves a backup in the same directory as the file - that way, if your computer crashes, you can retrieve it...

otherwise, Orble saves backups, too, if you were typing it in the Orble editor...

Comment by Lily

January 11th 2008 06:16

Ars Poetica

ahhh yeah, sure it did

wink wink..

hahaha

just joshin'.. sorry to hear the lappy gremmies ate it..

~Lily

Comment by Tracy

January 11th 2008 13:58

Movies and Life

Hello katyzzz, Raven, Bryn, Louie, Miswanderlust, KylieW , Joanne, Justicia, Lilla, Krystal, Michaelie, MelissaA, Mr MNG, Cibbuano and Lily.

Thank-you for letting me vent and moan and for making me laugh. That was just what I needed.

That’ll teach me to do some late night writing without backing it up. I usually back up after a few days work, maybe I need to do it after each piece or was this just a random universe occurrence?

Ah well, I found some notes so at least that’s something I can salvage and use.

This hasn’t got the better of me, I’ll be back to it soon.

Thanks everyone, have a great weekend,

Tracy

Comment by Tracy

January 11th 2008 22:34

Movies and Life

PS Cib, the back-up copy that Word makes was just an old copy/notes, so the final one was defintely eaten. Ah well....

Comment by Ash

January 13th 2008 09:25

Australian Traveller
Flashes of memories

Awww Tracy I hear you!

This has to be one of the most frustrating things about computers (in my eyes they have quite a few!). I lost some writing the other night too and was gutted.

These things are sent to test us that`s for sure!

Ash

Comment by Tracy

January 14th 2008 04:17

Movies and Life

Hi Ash

Sorry to hear you lost work too, it's horrible isn't it? Sometimes technology really has its moments,

Tracy

Comment by Tracy

January 14th 2008 04:31

Movies and Life

Either I am completely inept or the technology world is after me...I wrote individual answers to all the comments and then they disappeared.

I can't blame the laptop this time, there’s no correlation except for the common denominator of me, lovely old me. It's enough to make me paranoid.

I’m sorry, I don’t have it in me to recreate the answers, I hope my collective thanks and appreciation will be enough.

Comment by Anonymous

February 27th 2008 06:19

Oh my Gosh. I am still laughing. I have to agree. Do you pay people for the comments. They are sooo for real.

Comment by Tracy

February 27th 2008 07:21

Movies and Life

Hi Anon

All the comments are real, I can't afford to pay them for their time

They definitely helped to ease my pain.

Byee

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