On 2010 Nov 3, at 12:30 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
  I am seriosulyt worried by the fact that a group of
programmers who are
 capable of writing a compiler didn't realise the value of backups. I
 can't beklieve tht nobody had ever lost data before. 
Horrors! Crucify them. And when you're done, you can turn your serious
worry to the fellow who perpetrated this gross incompetence:
On 2010 Nov 3, at 12:08 PM, Tony Duell wrote:
  I am not sure I should admit this, but I once spent an
afternooning
 working trhogu hthe read amplifier of a Commodore 8250LP that was
 giving
 read errors. Only after spending a couple of hours on it (and finding
 no
 fault) did I clean the heads...