> [mailto:CONLANG@listserv.brown.edu] On Behalf Of Gary Shannon
> > I have twice lost most of my conlanging, conculture
> > notes and other writings, not to mention a
> > university graduation paper in disk drive crasches.
>
> I, too, have lost stuff to disk crashes. Never fun. But in
> the long run, I can be pretty Zen about it. Just stuff.
I've been through quite a few crashed or corrupted hard drive
fiascos too, but there's a big difference between losing a few
material things that can easily be replaced, compared to losing
something that you put many hours of hard work into.