December 22, 2005
Master's thesis in a trash can
Linda Cerniglia lost her only copy of her Master's thesis saved on a jump drive when a burgler stole her purse from her car. After a few hours of her own detective work and a dive inside a dumpster, her perseverance paid off and she found her purse with her jump drive in it. She graduated soon after that and everything worked out well. Read the whole story here.
I am just totally and completely amazed that this lady was so absolutely careless to have only one copy of her thesis on a small device that can be easily lost. I remember from my thesis-writing days that I used to back up my thesis on 2 computers (one at home and one at my lab) and one Iomega zip-drive every night.
Just to be the devil's advocate: It almost seems unfair that Linda got her thesis back. She should have been punished for being so careless by making her write the whole thing again.
Posted by Parag at December 22, 2005 10:58 AM
One cannot justify the carelessness on her part but the punishment is too lethal and wicked.. not a good thought.. come on life is all about choices but also about 2nd chances..
Posted by: sujit at December 23, 2005 09:45 AMnothing about the alamo bowl yet? i thought you'd surely come up with something last night itself ... :) - good game ...
Posted by: Aditya at December 29, 2005 09:07 AM
