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I'm saddened by this event, as many of your projects have been awesome (even if I hadn't gotten any chance to test them).
I'm sorry to hear that. :( I hope that you may find your computer again, and if not, wish you luck on Project Crabcake (hey, that's MD's favorite food!), and potentially any efforts if you decide to restart a lost project in the future.

I can't (and won't) blame you for the loss - I hardly backup at all. Personally, it's kind of a hassle to backup from the calc. TI-Connect dies randomly, transfers slowly, and makes you want to pull out your hair. If you're luckier, you'll have TiLP, but it loves to crash a lot with transfers unless you are using the latest SVN version. (This, btw, applies for BASIC, AXE, and occasionally Mimas ASM projects.) This also could be very hard if parents don't like you and your calc. :P

I also find it sometimes time consuming to backup on a flash drive. First, you have to not lose the flash drive in the first place, then stick it in, copy files, and then *eject* and pull it out. (Don't just yank it out - if you are unfortunate like me, you'll learn to respect that rule with FS damage.) OK, that's not too hard, and only if you're lazy you'll think that way. Which pretty much encompasses the whole community.

We don't backup... at least not automatically. If someone asks us to, then most of the time we would. We assume that nothing bad will happen.... but obviously, that's a big fat lie. Hot_Dog's laptop got stolen, calc84's data lost. I think it's just another jarring reminder to backup, backup, backup!

For (most) program projects, I use Dropbox to backup. It may seem scary to install it first (if you are that kind of person), but once it's set up, simply copy your files in the special Dropbox folder, and it'll sync automatically! :) For more redundancy, set it up on multiple computers. They will sync with any computer's changes.
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Hmm in my case i have to remove the flash drives directly because no icon to eject them show up ??? I personally don't mind backing up on a flash drive, but I personally prefer to just zip my files then upload the file on i-lost-the-ga.me (although it's better to password-protect your stuff when uploading online, even if in an unavailable folder).

For quick backups, I usually create a copy of my program on-calc or a new folder copy on my computer, but when it comes time to do a real backup, I do it at the end of the day or the week, depending of how many updates I made.

I guess remembering that is just one hard thing, which is why some people use automated backup softwares. I usually hate to do it because it can slow me down in development, especially when TI-Connect stops working, but usually I

By the way, for people who got two calcs, backing up between each calc is A GOOD solution too, unless you use a TI-Nspire (in which case, if your batteries are low, you're screwed, as it won't even let you send files at all anymore, unlike a real 84+). When I worked on Illusiat 13, I always had my 83+ nearby, ready to send a copy of the game on it (after doing a full mem reset everytime to avoid the 2 minutes garbage collect). In fact I did that on my 83+SE too back in the days. Every few hour I would just link both calcs and send my stuff.

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Oh no! You got to be kidding meh!  :o
I feel really sorry for your loss. (S.A.D. -> One of the reason that I joined Omnimaga for)
I wish you good luck on project Crabcake.

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Oh, sorry to hear. :(

We should all take care to back up in case of the worst. 

Hot_Dog, I hope your new project turns out well. 
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Wow, I feel for ya man. This really freakin blows. Did you have any sort fo replacment plan or insurance on your laptop? I can only hope that you did, or if not that you have some money put aside for a decent replacment. I'm also sad that correlation (which I was looking foward to playing with) and SAD which was a masterpiece in the makin had to be dropped. Those are still of course secondary to the stolen laptop. What an unfortunate incident. ):

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It brings a tear to my eye that SAD was a "masterpiece" :'(  But it doesn't help that it had a long way to go. 

Needless to say, my ASM lessons are helping people, so with heavy comments I hope that it can be continued.

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It especially sucks that it had like 2 or 3 years in the works or something (since you joined UTI far before Omni and had it in the works already, although in BASIC). And Correlation is completely gone now x.x

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And Correlation is completely gone now x.x

Not true.  I have the complete code to the beta.  Only a few bug fixes are missing.

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Oh, because in your previous posts it seemed to imply you lost everything including the beta code and stuff ???. This is why I was disappointed at the lack of backups actually. I guess I was wrong then.

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Oh, because in your previous posts it seemed to imply you lost everything including the beta code and stuff ???. This is why I was disappointed at the lack of backups actually. I guess I was wrong then.

No worries.  My problem was I didn't keep up with the backups.  And I just hate doing something twice.
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Needless to say, my ASM lessons are helping people, so with heavy comments I hope that it can be continued.

I hope you do continue with the ASM lessons.  They are really helpful and easily understandable. :)
« Last Edit: April 29, 2011, 11:29:56 pm by ralphdspam »
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Man, this is too bad.  I'm sorry, Hot Dog.  Good luck getting everything that you had on there unrelated to calc stuff back, and finding a new laptop to replace that one.
As for the calc projects, this is a blow.  I was looking forward to coding in Correlation, and I've supported SAD since the beginning, even after I believe I tried to discourage you from attempting it as a "beginner" project (that's on UTI, if anyone's taking notes).  I wish you the best of luck. :-\

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Sorry to hear about your laptop being stolen. Also sorry to hear you lost a lot of your work. You had some great projects in the works that's for sure.

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That'svery sorry to hear, man.  :(  Does this mean no Correlation testing anymore?  :(

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Does this mean no Correlation testing anymore?  :(

Not for now.  However, I doubt Correlation will be discontinued altogether.