How do you say p***ed off any other way?

[ohiorider]

Damn, do I hate it when I've put together a rather cohesive post (IMO of course), only to hit some obscure key, and send it to who the h*** knows where?

Aside from typing in Word, then copying and pasting to WG, is there any way when posting to the forum (or any forum for that matter) that after sluffing the keyboard and deleting your post, it can be recovered?  Or better yet, it doesn't get sent to lala  land until I hit the 'send' key?

[Triple Jim]

Sometimes if I'm typing a long one and don't want to risk losing it, I'll highlight it, right click and select "copy".  Then if something goes wrong I can start over, right click and select "paste".

[fotoguzzi]

on a Mac you simply press command z

[Penderic]

Some Computer Haiku for You!


Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Windows today crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
File not found.

A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

[ohiorider]

Some Computer Haiku for You!


Serious error.
All shortcuts have disappeared.
Screen. Mind. Both are blank.

Your file was so big.
It might be very useful.
But now it is gone.

Chaos reigns within.
Reflect, repent, and reboot.
Order shall return.

Windows today crashed.
I am the Blue Screen of Death.
No one hears your screams.

With searching comes loss
And the presence of absence:
File not found.

A crash reduces
Your expensive computer
To a simple stone.

Three things are certain:
Death, taxes and lost data.
Guess which has occurred.

You step in the stream,
But the water has moved on.
This page is not here.

Out of memory.
We wish to hold the whole sky,
But we never will.

Having been erased,
The document you're seeking
Must now be retyped.

Thank you, Penderic ..... it felt good to read your post/poem, and have a laugh at myself!

Bob

[Chuck in Indiana]

Many truisms there.

[Penderic]

Thanks Bob! Lots of us have been there and lost that, and know exactly how you feel!

[Wayne Orwig]

If I and 'rambling nonsense', will occasionally hit control-A then control-C. Which is 'select all' and 'copy'. Sort of a poor mans quick 'save'. If things go down hill, I can then just 'paste' my ramblings into a word doc or email, or a new post.

[Kiwi Dave]

on a Mac you simply press command z

Ctrl-Z work in windows too.  I usually wipe everything when I accidentally hit Ctrl-A (select all) and then type any other key and this replaces all I have previously written.

[Sasquatch Jim]

  The cybergoblyn strikes!  There is no hope whatsoever.  The cybergoblyn is a sentient being who lives in your computer.  He feeds upon frustration.  If you break into a cursing swearing howling rage, this is for him like filet mignon.  If you pound upon things and go to a violent rage, this is his fine wine.
 If you simply say, "Oh the preversity of inanimate objects", and set about calmly retyping your work,  he can only seethe in helpless rage, exactly as he would have you do.
  Me ?  I just turn the computer off and go do something I like.  I come back later to retype the work.
 The cybergoblyn hates me when I do this.  I like that.