Miscellaneous: Do your own research

Do your own research

By ScienceFail - 25/07/2010 19:31 - United States

Today, I tried to open the research paper I've been working on for the past month, only to discover that the entire file is permanently lost and can't be recovered. This is not the first time this has happened to this paper. FML

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You deserved it 15 946

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By Anonymous - 11/02/2023 12:00

Today, I went to turn in a coding project a few days early. After months of working on a code and saving backups, everything is gone or corrupted. I have to start from square one and turn it in less than 48 hours from now. FML

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You deserved it 152

By mlowy - 09/05/2014 05:35 - Azerbaijan - Baku

Today, my computer crashed and lost all of its data while I was making a back up. FML

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You deserved it 4 169

By duderboi99 - 25/05/2009 19:45 - United States

Today, I was writing a huge paper for a class as our last grade. My dog starts scratching himself. He hit the power button on the computer. Nothing was saved. FML

I agree, your life sucks 45 254

You deserved it 40 142

By tiredInMD - 12/07/2017 18:39 - United States - Pasadena

Today, after retyping a 22-page report for work because the orginal had gone missing, i realized I had used a different laptop the first time. I now have 2 copies of the same report, both of which are late. FML

I agree, your life sucks 3 471

You deserved it 2 114

By David3000 - 24/01/2009 07:15 - Australia

Today, I finally finished my 500 page manuscript and so went out to buy some paper to print it off. I get back home and find out my dad has infected my computer with a virus and the only way to save it was to wipe the hard drive, which he did. That script took me a year and I have no backup. FML

I agree, your life sucks 42 880

You deserved it 27 916

By dustlander.com - 16/10/2018 07:30 - United States - Provo

Today, I was wrapping up a 30+ hour commission when a software bug caused my main layer to delete itself. There doesn't appear to be any way I can restore it. FML

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You deserved it 343

By slcbabii23 - 01/10/2009 07:56 - United States

Today, I realized how much I'm on the computer. I tried to "CTRL+Z" on something I wrote down on my paper. FML

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You deserved it 40 127

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By schober60 - 15/09/2017 07:00 - United States - Pittsburgh

Today, I frantically finished a paper that I needed to complete before midnight about the competencies of my pharmacy school. When it came time to submit, I accidentally selected the file below my paper, which was my personal log of beer reviews and personal favorites. FML

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You deserved it 3 159

Always do the work in TextEdit first!

By Anonymous - 19/08/2023 05:00 - Saudi Arabia

Today, I wrote an entire 400 multiple question paper, only for the internet to reconnect at the end, getting the entire paper getting reset. FML

I agree, your life sucks 613

You deserved it 132

Cemetery Gates

By KateHGW - 09/06/2021 00:01

Today, I handed in an internship assignment that I have been working on for months. Once submitted, a pop-up showed, stating the assignment was 100% plagiarized. What was it plagiarized from? A student paper. My own, to be more specific - the exact same paper I had uploaded seconds before. FML

I agree, your life sucks 1 206

You deserved it 86

jimmie505 0

Sunday 25 July 2010 23:33

backup?

akallaan 7

Sunday 25 July 2010 23:36

Get a new computer or make sure you save to the right file?

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jabbatie 0

Monday 26 July 2010 9:26

flash drive external hard drive email it to yourself. i don't feel bad for dumb asses

7g23 0

Monday 26 July 2010 9:44

Say it with me you idiot. Rule #1 on all important files: MULTIPLE COPIES! I can't stress enough how important that is, you should've learned the first time.

SexyTool 0

Monday 26 July 2010 11:26

I'll say it with you. SLightly differently. #78 you're an idiot. Rule #1 on all threads; READ THE !!WHOLE!! DAMN THING. S/he MADE seveal copies. Your point is moot, you fail.

AMiniMuffin 0

Monday 26 July 2010 17:43

Where in the orginal post say they made several copies? All I see is that they lost the file and it's happened to them before. So there for your arguement is now invalid.

andreasbabz 0

Monday 26 July 2010 11:20

fool you fail twice for not learning the first time

ghoti_fml 0

Monday 26 July 2010 17:46

The mob has spoken. BACK THE THING UP.

Nexzus 0

Monday 26 July 2010 17:51

What, you don't have a geek friend you can blow to work on your computer and get your file restored?

crusader55 0

Monday 26 July 2010 18:26

email it to yourself

preziam 0

Monday 26 July 2010 20:43

get a Mac. or stop surfing **** on your windows machine...

jeniilouise 0

Monday 26 July 2010 23:21

This is why you back up. This is not the first time you will have been told this.

martron3000 5

Tuesday 27 July 2010 14:52

Why, back in the olden days, we used pencil & paper to write stuff down. And if we needed a copy, we used carbon paper! Never had to worry about " losing the file", unless the dog ate it!