Hi John, So troubled by your issues and I truly wish you all the best.
Let's clarify something there is a difference between a recovery disk, a backup and the trouble with ###### in files. (1) A recovery disk is used if the OS has been corrupted. It will allow you to recover your system, but the result may be the loss of all your data. (2) A backup can be of your whole computer's files or of your important work files. It is always a good idea to backup your work frequently. (3) The ##### issue is related to an OpenOffice usability bug related to various events like turning off your computer's power while saving your file. There is a connection between (1) and (3) as turning off your computer may cause issues leading to needing (1). Computer manufacturers have worked hard over the years to reduce (1). Another way that (1) can be needed is disk drive failure. Drives typical have lifetimes of 50,000 hours, but that is a mean time. I've slightly simplified this and things are improving with time. The AOO Developers are aware of the #### problem. PEOPLE BACKUP YOUR FILES! AND PLEASE BE NICE TO EACH OTHER! Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 8, 2017, at 1:21 PM, John Miller <jramil...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I was just trying to help someone, but I tried to get my Mac sorted on my > PHD. & a younger said & I quote: > “Do you have the recovery disc?” > If I was working at that level, I wouldn’t need help., if I needed someone to > help me find the recovery disc, I would be using both hands to help me find > my arse. > So, can can YOU? Make sweeping statements of Nobel Prize winner Robert B. > Woodward synthesis of LSD? Or maybe is synthesis of strychnine? > https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine_total_synthesis > <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Strychnine_total_synthesis> > I am sure you could do that at his age COULDN’T YOU? > AS I SAID, IF YOU READ< MY EMAIL (BTW DID YOU?). I only turned back to > computing because I am no longer allowed to work in a lab through ill > health. I’m only I quote “LEARNING COMPUTING” because I was too ill to > continue in my old career path. But maybe you could use me for transplant > organs or “SOYLENT GREEN” like this? > I’m sure that is much more at your “ETHICAL STANDARDS”. My sister a 2:2, said > I should be “CLEANING TOILETS” because I have cubital tunnel syndrome, a > withered right arm. I am trying to get back on my feet after doing, 7 years > of post A level degrees & 4 yrs of postdocs, but Hell, you are good enough > (like many others I have been victimised by) to attack people who are > disabled. A person with Multiple Sclerosis who had to get ho me before the > school kids came home, not because, he had done anything wrong, but because > he was”wobbly” & would be victimised if he didn’t get back earlier. A guy (& > BTW I am sure I can find it) who couldn’t live on a council estate because he > had Spina Bifydia, so was addressed as “NAPPY BOY”. So I hope you feel you > have reached you’re Nadir. BTW thanks for being so MASSIVELY BRAVE AS > REPLYING WITH YOUR NAME. > Perhaps, if you would like to continue this conversation you would give it? > >> On 8 Jul 2017, at 20:53, Peter Hillier-Brook <p...@hbsys.plus.com> wrote: >> >> On 08/07/17 20:16, John Miller wrote: >>> Bear in mind the person you are going to be looking for will, have at >>> least a good BSc. If someone comes up to you with GCSE's or A levels >>> you are being conned. Check their credentials. Again, I am sorry, I'm >>> still training, maybe try looking in Macworld or something similar >>> for PC's data recovery etc Best Regards John >> >> That's downright insulting and entirely incorrect, and from the synopsis >> of your career history - self-confessedly "learning computing" - you're >> hardly qualified to make such sweeping statements. >> >> [cut] >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@openoffice.apache.org
