Posted on 04/26/2013 10:05:30 PM PDT by grundle
That's the price Jingming Zhang, 28, a Ph.D. candidate in chemistry at Rutgers University, in New Brunswick, N.J., is offering for the data on his laptop, which was stolen on April 19.
Zhang was so distraught that he posted a flyer on the wall of the Wright-Rieman building, from where his computer was taken sometime between 10 a.m. and 5:15 p.m.
"If you stole my laptop and now you are reading this letter, I would like to say that you can keep the computer and I would like to pay you money for my data under D drive," he wrote. "The data is my FIVE-YEAR work."
Zhang's laptop had been in an unlocked room in Wright-Rieman, which houses laboratories.
Moral of the story: Lock your door. And always back up your data.
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never made a backup? he got what he deserves.
Essentially, not very different, except MS has integrated Skydrive into the OS and Office now, making it seemless. No dragging and dropping....just save the file where you want.
Also, with my Windows Phone, every picture I take is automatically uploaded to Skydrive and instantly available on my tablet without my having to do anything.
I agree with you on business they should look closely at the backup options. So if you own a business you will not use carbonite or sugar sync for back up? You will back up to a remote computer/hard drive of your own?
You should not send data out. Data is held internally. Once it “leaves the building”, you no longer have control of it.
Data is held on servers, they get backed up and the backup media goes to a vault.
That was my first thought too. But that’s the kind of student I was...
Thanks and that’s the best way but you must admit plenty of businesses are using cloud backup services and this is all they use. Amazon S3 was a big early entry in 2006
Last time I heard that, it was a station wagon full of magnetic tape.
I’m sure it is very convenient.
As a person who does field support for laptops I have helped several people who have lost data. Most are very successful in their chosen line of work. They are people who are focused on their job in the company. Sometimes they were responsible for bring large profits to the company. Most of the time I was dealing with failed hard drives. Recovering data has a pretty good chance of success. Instead of berating these people I remember the profits they produce pay my salary. I am there so they can focus on their role in the company and not on IT. Security policy can make back ups difficult for many user. I told a financial adviser that “I understand the stock market and investments, but I still use people like yourself for advice, like wise you should have a basic understanding computer but expect support from people like me. “
After saying all that if an employee lost that much data in the business world they would probably be fired.
No backup on his life’s work, and he asks the thief to give him contact info so he can reward him ...
What a maroon!
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