posted by
oldbloke at 10:06am on 17/03/2005
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Got a call about a problem floppy yesterday.
Excel files, machine hung, now can't see any of the files on the floppy.
Well, I tried a few things and found some files that had .doc extensions but looked like Excel to me, though Excel wouldn't open them (renamed or not).
This was the engineering department's exam mark spreadsheets.
So, I said, well, this won't be your only copy.
Yes, they said.
duh.... what?
A departmental secretary has the entire dept's exam marks on a single floppy? wtf is wrong with her space on their fileserver? Or even her machine's HD?
Excel files, machine hung, now can't see any of the files on the floppy.
Well, I tried a few things and found some files that had .doc extensions but looked like Excel to me, though Excel wouldn't open them (renamed or not).
This was the engineering department's exam mark spreadsheets.
So, I said, well, this won't be your only copy.
Yes, they said.
duh.... what?
A departmental secretary has the entire dept's exam marks on a single floppy? wtf is wrong with her space on their fileserver? Or even her machine's HD?
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