jillio
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it's like this - you bought your computer because it was advertised to be one of the fastest and most powerful stable computer ever! But... toward the deadline, you're using your computer for number crunching purpose for your research and then computer went kaput, crashing, etc. You'd yell at it, hit it.
One can say - well you should have a better time management but that's not really relevant and helping at all. so yea same thing
Actually, a computer crashing has nothing to do with time management. One can manage one's time quite efficiently, and still encounter a computer crash and lost data. The thing to do is make sure that you have backup on anything that is important. Don't put all of your faith in technology. Anything that is important and cannot be easily replaced, I have backed up, not just in backup and restore center, but on a disk at home, and a jump drive I keep at work. That way, in the case of a crash, I still have the information I need to complete the project. In the case of a fire, I do not need to worry about grabbing my computer, but can simply pick up a small box containing all of my back up disks at home, or a jump drive out of my desk drawer at work. Additionally, I have a jump drive with any in progress projects that stays with me at all times. No need to yell at or hit anything. It is not a crisis because I have planned ahead for a possible malfunction. Nor do I rely on one PC. I have a laptop that can be switched to immediately to continue whatever I was working on. Simple matter to plug in a jump drive or insert a disk and go right back to work.
Likewise with trusting technology to locate my car. Write down the location as back up in the case that technology fails.