News Odd mishaps cause computer grief

Funny from the Beeb:

A man so angry with his laptop that he shot it has topped an annual league table of the oddest computer mishaps.

Data recovery experts say although machine failure is blamed for the majority of lost files, humans are getting more careless too.

But while ways to rescue files are increasingly sophisticated, people have to do more to protect and back up data.

The list of the strangest ways data was lost was compiled by recovery experts Kroll Ontrack.

More (along with the top 10 table) here

 

This went round the office about three minutes ago...Are you spying on us?

*n

(speaking of which I've had a guy who had been using a long bit of wood for leverage to remove his cartridge before)

 

Moi? I would never misuse the Bit-Tech Orbital Recon platform in such a way....

 

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Laptop fell off a moped and was run over by lorry
Red wine spilt on laptop over dinner
Latte-covered laptop rescued
Laptop left on car roof as owner drives off

I must say, i dont think they tried very hard, there sound like pretty common mistkes

Server rescued after running unchecked 24/7 for years under layers of dust and dirt