Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap. Crap.
Wednesday, January 7, 2004 by DesignCaddy | Discussion: WinCustomize Talk
well this isn't related to anything here. Hell, its not even all that interesting. But it's gonna make ME feel better and i've got nobody else to vent to right now.
so i'm sitting here quietly, rockin' out to Radiohead and doing a pretty intense graphic for our website. its got lots of layers, its got lots of masking, its got carefully chosen colors and it took me all morning to get together. i take a breather, stretch myself out - and kick the button on the power strip under my desk. OOoo.. 'puters off.
"save early" they said. "save often" they said.
sigh.
so i'm sitting here quietly, rockin' out to Radiohead and doing a pretty intense graphic for our website. its got lots of layers, its got lots of masking, its got carefully chosen colors and it took me all morning to get together. i take a breather, stretch myself out - and kick the button on the power strip under my desk. OOoo.. 'puters off.
"save early" they said. "save often" they said.
sigh. 
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macrobaye
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:56 PM
Reply #2 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:56 PM
That sucks man, I've been there too many times (I've got a curious cat who likes to step on certain power strips under a certain person's desk....cough *me* cough 
)...but you've just got to not think about it, and go back to the project in a few days or so...
And remember to save more often!!!
)...but you've just got to not think about it, and go back to the project in a few days or so...And remember to save more often!!!
kongit
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:56 PM thats why i like my laptop, I can't kick out power, but I could knock out the battery, but I've never done that before.
What I do that makes me very mad and sad is closing a program without saving and in my haste just click all the dialgues that pop up telling me save. I always slam my head on my desk after that.
Reply #3 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:56 PM
thats why i like my laptop, I can't kick out power, but I could knock out the battery, but I've never done that before.What I do that makes me very mad and sad is closing a program without saving and in my haste just click all the dialgues that pop up telling me save. I always slam my head on my desk after that.
White_Moth
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:57 PM
Reply #4 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:57 PM
I would place that powerstrip somwhere else in a hurry. 
Rocky Nimda
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 3:10 PM
Reply #5 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 3:10 PM
That's why I moved mine. I would guess a lot of people have had something like that happen. I was posting something the other night, and my son flipped of the breaker. I asked what happened!!! > All I got for a reply was, sorry, wrong switch. > Now the breakers are labled. It seems like we always learn to do it right after we suffer from doing it wrong. Guess if I had a UPS, it wouldn't have been such a big deal, maybe next time... 
All I got for a reply was, sorry, wrong switch. > Now the breakers are labled. It seems like we always learn to do it right after we suffer from doing it wrong. Guess if I had a UPS, it wouldn't have been such a big deal, maybe next time... 
Kevin_C
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 3:49 PM
You read my mind... This is exactly why I have every machine I use on a UPS!!
DesignCaddy I've been exactly where you are before except I lost several hours worth of code changes!! Which is probably the reason Ctrl+S is my favorite key combination ever!
Hope you are able to re-create what you've lost!
Reply #6 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 3:49 PM
| Guess if I had a UPS, it wouldn't have been such a big deal, maybe next time |
You read my mind... This is exactly why I have every machine I use on a UPS!!
DesignCaddy I've been exactly where you are before except I lost several hours worth of code changes!! Which is probably the reason Ctrl+S is my favorite key combination ever!
Hope you are able to re-create what you've lost!
IPlural
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:00 PM
Reply #7 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:00 PM
damn I feel for ya. Been moving equipment into the office all last night and this morning so I can finally sit down in front of my desktop for a change and do some graphics. Not to long ago I was working on something and Boomer (Golden Retriever) crawled under my desk to lay down where he used to fit when he was a few months old. But by this time he was 75 pounds and he would kind of just push everything around to make room for him self. I'm working along and finally get tired of him taking all my foot room and tell him to get out of the office and he ignores me. So I got a bit miffed because I expect him to listen the first time (everything is a trial with him, he Thinks he is right below me in the food chain around here and is always testing me to see if he can move up a notch )so I finally pushed my chair back and said "NOW". He jumps up and just as he lunges I notice he has the power supply cord for the CPU running across his chest! "NO" "STAY" my mind screamed, but before my words reached my mouth I'll damned if he didn't listen the first time when I said "NOW" because he shot out of there and my screen went blank...
I've now got a larger desk with room for him and I am working on drilling, plumbing and running power so it looks better when you walk into the office and there are not any cables or wires for Boomer to snag
)so I finally pushed my chair back and said "NOW". He jumps up and just as he lunges I notice he has the power supply cord for the CPU running across his chest! "NO" "STAY" my mind screamed, but before my words reached my mouth I'll damned if he didn't listen the first time when I said "NOW" because he shot out of there and my screen went blank...I've now got a larger desk with room for him and I am working on drilling, plumbing and running power so it looks better when you walk into the office and there are not any cables or wires for Boomer to snag
Weaksid
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:13 PM
Reply #8 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:13 PM
Has happened to me several times also. The one time I still don't know how I pressed it but I did and lost alot of stuff I was working on. Had to start from the beginning. I think I rushed whatever I was doing the second time because I got frustrated with it. But almost everybody has done it at least once or will do it sometime
DesignCaddy
Reply #9 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:24 PM
Reply #9 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:24 PM
heheheh. my cat's walked across the strip switch at home a few times, also. but what she loves is the printer.. once it starts going whish whish whish back and forth, she's all over it.. knocking the cartriages out and everything. and i'm sure you guys know those things arn't cheap to replace
well i reworked the image and i gotta admit, at least throwing the switch gave me a break that i desperately needed. now i'm pulling my hair out 'cause i can't make the ends meet the means with the design
well i reworked the image and i gotta admit, at least throwing the switch gave me a break that i desperately needed. now i'm pulling my hair out 'cause i can't make the ends meet the means with the design
dabe
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:38 PM
Reply #10 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 5:38 PM
I did that a 3am when I was working on a paper for college. The paper was due at 9am that same morning. I sat and I cried. Literally. Then, I went about the business of rewriting what I had lost, but it was never quite as good as my original (which was dammm good, I must say). Sh*t do happen........
My condolences, Caddy.
My condolences, Caddy.
Tiggz
Reply #11 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 6:55 PM
Reply #11 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 6:55 PM
hehe, I use a key meter for my electricity, I have to charge the key at a shop and then stick it in the meter to recharge it...I have lost count of the number of times the moment I decided to go recharge the meter was right after it went pitch black. Finding the ickle bitty key under such circumstances proves to be an interesting challenge also
kongit
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 7:38 PM
Reply #12 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 7:38 PM
This hillbilly in tennessee don't be knowin what a key meter is. would you be so kind as to learn me.
Rocky Nimda
Reply #13 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 7:41 PM
Reply #13 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 7:41 PM
Travis, Thanks for askin, I didn't know what a key meter is either. I was going to ask the same thing...
Tiggz
Reply #15 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:03 PM
Reply #15 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:03 PM
There's a meter in my home, and some credit displayed in a digital readout which ticks down as I use up electricity. When it gets low, and preferably before all my lights go out, I take a little plastic key to the local shop, give the guy some cash, he sticks the key in a machine which is electronically charged with "electricity". I take the key home, stick it in a slot in the meter and the credit is increased...pay-as-you-go electricity.
The obvious drawback is if you dont keep tabs on your credit...and if you don't keep your key in a particular place for when it's suddenly pitch black...and there aren't any shops open...
The obvious drawback is if you dont keep tabs on your credit...and if you don't keep your key in a particular place for when it's suddenly pitch black...and there aren't any shops open...
patience my friend...
CerebroJD
Reply #17 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:05 PM
Reply #17 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:05 PM
Cool! Well, probably annoying sometimes, but cool.
Tiggz
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:12 PM
Reply #18 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 8:12 PM
not being surprised by enourmous bills when you least expect them and can't afford them is very cool
being surprised by instant and utter darkness when you're right in the middle of something highly important/fun/going-to-be-tedious-to-do-over and having to grope around in said pitch blackness looking for a tiny piece of plastic, which you are SURE you put back in that drawer where you nearly always put it except this time apparently you put it somewhere else...is uncool
being surprised by instant and utter darkness when you're right in the middle of something highly important/fun/going-to-be-tedious-to-do-over and having to grope around in said pitch blackness looking for a tiny piece of plastic, which you are SURE you put back in that drawer where you nearly always put it except this time apparently you put it somewhere else...is uncool
DesignCaddy
Reply #19 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:08 PM
Reply #19 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:08 PM
wow.. i actually like the idea of pay as you go.. but at the rate i use juice, i bet i'd have more then a fair share of blackouts
White_Moth
Reply #20 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:25 PM
Reply #20 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 9:25 PM
That certainly is interesting, had no idea.
Not sure I would opt for something like that, but then again, I can see the merits of it.
Our power went off for about 6 hours not long ago, and was the first time since I started computing. I was surprised by how much I missed not being able to go online, it was almost dreadful.
Not sure I would opt for something like that, but then again, I can see the merits of it.
Our power went off for about 6 hours not long ago, and was the first time since I started computing. I was surprised by how much I missed not being able to go online, it was almost dreadful.
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Reply #1 Wednesday, January 7, 2004 2:55 PM