So... I spent all day working on the Half Life formula's for the book (including fixing the practice problems that were wrong).... then MS Word crashes, and apparently taking my incremental backups with it.
So... 9 hours of work on the book down the drain. (And not the sink drain either).
unbelievable, but then again, all too believable,...
9 hours huh?!?!?!?
that is a lot of trust,...
next time, I'll bet you save a stand alone file every two, maybe three hours tops,...
been bit the same way with, well, with all sorts of workbooks, fliers, presentations, test databases, training, etcetera, all across the broad array of MS programs,...
yup, after losing a big one and then getting no grace from the boss about it (you know the boss), I save an interim file every two hours no matter what MS thingy I'm working with, and I highly recommend it to all,...
in all fairness that type of loss is uncommon and is only endured by folks who spend a lot of time with MS,...
and before that one time, with that one boss, on those few occasions where I did endure the massive W T F !!!, I was always able to just work some more hours and reschedule a few other items to be done some other time and cover the faux pas with no one really knowing,... or needing to know,...
and then that one project, on that one day, with that one deadline, and that one boss,...
every two hours Mike, every two hours, three if you trust your hardware, and MS,...
s imperium mutata saepe,...
(it may lose something in translation)