| 8 Funny Data Disasters of 2010 - Intelligence Posted: 17 Dec 2010 06:14 AM PST | | | | | | |
- Beware Fluffy
A woman left her Mac charging on the floor for a few hours. Her kitten used the keyboard as a litterbox. - Peanut Substitute
A butcher shop shipped its crashed hard drive to the repair shop packaged in Styrofoam – and the remains of a cured ham. - Hot Potato
Fireman responding to a call saved a laptop filled with irreplaceable photos of a trip to Africa, but dropped it. - Expensive Espresso
A traveler paused for an espresso and forgot his laptop when he boarded his flight. The cops blew it up to make sure it wasn't a security threat. - Dangerous Waters
A beachgoer, leery of leaving his laptop unattended, put it in a plastic bag and took it along when he went for a dip. The bag leaked and he lost his data. - Coffee? Check. Kid? Check. Computer?
A woman put her laptop in a briefcase, put the case on her car roof, put her coffee in the cup holder and her child in his seat, then backed out of her garage, crushing the fallen laptop beneath the front wheels. - All Power Cords Not Created Equal
Novice user grabs wrong charger when laptop battery dies, power surge kills his computer. - All Creatures Great and Small
Technicians working on a computer that was submerged in flood waters found an ant hanging to the head of the drive; most of the data was salvaged, the ant was not.
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