Autosave is prejudiced against hard workers
- by Pixel
Imagine two people, Carlos and Pixel.
Carlos writes 1,000,000 words a minute, Pixel can write 10, but, if he has access to Carlos’ computer, he can add spelling errors to 999,999 words per minute.
Carlos writes 5 novels, 3 novellas, a series of short stories and 29 microficticious stories in an hour. Pixel can write 10 words, then spend 59 minutes playing Spider Solitaire.
Carlos regularly forgets to save his work. Pixel is still playing Spider Solitaire.
Carlos uses a PC. Pixel uses a Mac.
Their computers both shut down.
Carlos has lost 83,333 words, which means his sequel to the unauthorized sequel to Gone with the Wind (Missing with the Flatulence) will never be published. Pixel just lost a twelve-game losing streak that he’s not entirely sad to be done with.
Had autosave saved every 50 words changed rather than every 5 or 15 minutes, Pixel would be slightly annoyed and Carlos wouldn’t be slicing his wrists while weeping like a molested school girl.
Personally, I have no problem with either. I just wish Adobe Illustrator had an autosave function in any form.
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Imagine two people, Carlos and Pixel. Carlos writes 1,000,000 words a minute, Pixel can write 10, but, if he has access to Carlos’ computer, he can add spelling errors to 999,999 words per minute. Carlos writes 5 novels, 3 novellas, a series of short stories and 29 microficticious stories in an hour. Pixel can write…