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From: follmer@hplabsb.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.rumor
Subject: Computer Horror Stories
Message-ID: <14700001@hplabsb.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 5-Feb-86 16:29:00 EST
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Posted: Wed Feb  5 16:29:00 1986
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Organization: Hewlett-Packard Laboratories - Palo Alto, CA
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I was wondering if anyone out there has some horror stories about the
computer industry; crashed systems or lost backups.  For example, I heard
a story once about a guy who lost a month's worth of code due to some 
backup problem.  This was about 6 in the morning, and apparantly, the
guy caught the next plane to Nepal and joined a monastery.  This is the
best it could be pieced together since he hasn't been heard from since.
He just drove to SFO international, put the ticket on his Master Card,
and disappeared.  Case closed.  The guy was pretty upset, but on his way
out the door, according to the guard, had a wild grin of calm and happiness,
as though he'd won the last round with the machine through some Deux
ex machina.

Have you heard any similar stories?