Oops! Technician's error wipes out data for state fund

[valerief]

http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/03/20/lost.data.ap/index.html

Alaska? Oil? Backups unreadable? Hmm, smells like teen coverup to me.

[brentblack]

1. This story almost made me sick

I work as a network and systems engineer. One time about four years ago, I accidentally wiped out the email store for a bio-tech company that I was consulting for. I was able to recover everything except one week of emails. I was ill and I even puked with fear and worry. I cannot imagine what the person that created this mess feels.

I suspect that he feels unemployed....

[ret5hd]

2. i expect he feels VERY well paid.

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

3. Exchange:

Not really understandable by humans.

Besides, if it's 5.5 or 2003, you really don't have to do a thing to wipe a store. Just sit back and wait for Jet to take care of that for you. ;-)

[phusion]

5. exchange? pfft...

Try managing Groupwise...What a freaking nightmare that system is!

[Tandalayo_Scheisskopf]

6. The more work it is and the more it goes down...

The more it fits into their economic model.

[madokie]

4. wouldn't that info be retreivable from a hard drive?

even though its be erased or reformated or whatever