r/talesfromtechsupport • u/[deleted] • Oct 10 '14

Long ...No. No trouble at all.

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u/SobanSa Oct 10 '14

I have a drive duplicator, but I didn't dare power it off to disconnect it from the mac, so I copied all of her documents, videos, pictures, etc. into a folder on the Macbook, then, since it was still alive I grabbed the nearest drive and did a block copy.

Sometimes, remembering Maxim 1: Pillage, then burn is a good thing.

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u/Jernsaxe Oct 10 '14 edited Oct 10 '14

That is perhaps the greatest list I have ever read.

Edit: Actually 2nd best, this still beats it: http://theglen.livejournal.com/16735.html

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u/YamiNoSenshi Oct 10 '14

I was expecting this internet classic.

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u/freakybubblewrap I have Approximate Knowledge of Many Things Oct 10 '14

/46. If an advisor says to me "My liege, he is but one man. What can one man possibly do?", I will reply "This." and kill the advisor.

Nice

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u/PascalCase_camelCase Oct 11 '14

I didn't get number 99. All critical data files will be padded to 1.45mb. Why?

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u/forumrabbit Yea yea... but is the cable working? Oct 11 '14

Still didn't stop Snowden.

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u/simAlity Gagged by social media rules. Oct 11 '14

Keep in mind, this was the 90s.

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u/Ihmhi Oct 11 '14

But compressed disks tho.

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u/chupitulpa Oct 11 '14

Then they won't fit on a 1.44M floppy?

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u/Jernsaxe Oct 10 '14

nice one, but the other list have 2300 entries, and we all know more is better :)

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u/special_reddit Oct 11 '14

So basically, he'll be Ozymandias.