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Steve:
My disk crashed this week. I have a back-up service for my data. Unfortunately when I added a new disk last April it suspended backing up the Anim8or source files.   :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Sooooo, now I get to rewrite everything from mid April. This includes multi threaded rendering and the new bone editing code.

Don't worry, I'll rewrite it all. It was a lot of fun the first time, and it should be even more fun the second!

selden:
Ouch!

You have my sympathy.

I'm sure the new code will be better than the original, since now you have some experience in writing it!

Gyperboloid:
Steve ?!! /Still, when using this and any other computer program, I still offer the same advice: "Save Early, Save Often!" And don't always save to the same file. Keep a recent backup handy./  :P

Steve:
Good advice!

I thought I was. I use Carbonite which backs up files continuously. I had a disk crash 3 or 4 years ago and Carbonite had everything save and easy to reload.

Unfortunately when I changed the configuration of my computer last April it got confused and started backing up the wrong disk. Since it keeps everything for several months I got weekly reports of the back-up which looked fine.

neirao:
Sad huh Steve ... already happened to me too with some applicatives I was developing(I lost everything), lucky that I always saved a few previous versions always on web driver ... one off backups, another good tip is always PRINT the codes and save them :)

But also like you said it's fun to reprogram some things from scratch, it ends up being easier and cleaner than based on the original codes!

Good luck! :)

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