Power Outage in the Middle of a Discussion?

Well it has but as I have Grease Monkey with Firefox it saves what I have written so it was still there

I'm sorry you had lost data you typed as a result of power failure. I've not suffered data loss at myLot because of power outage, although I've lost responses that I've typed in because I forgot to sign in before typing in the comment box. One suggestion when you are typing long or extended responses is to keep doing a copy of the text that you have typed as you go along and save it somewhere more permanently like in a notepad. It's sometimes difficult to remember what you have tried to say after thinking and typing continuously for 20 or 30 minutes, and suddenly everything disappears. I know the frustrated feeling, because I have been hit before by lost data in recent months.

Oh yeah this happens to me pretty often. I have AOL and when do any kind of upgrades, it upsets my AOL program. A couple of days ago I was writing along and everything locked and that was the end of my discussion. Although it's easy enough to recall what I was writing about, it's difficult at times to remember all the details. I feel your frustration on a regular basis, unfortunately.

Yes it has. it made me so mad. I have learned to go ahead and turn off my computer and unplug it when it is thundering and lighting outside. There are times though when my lights have went out for no reason also.

Herein india not only power outage govt.s internet provider bsnls' modem facility is a hell with their dsl disturbances . You cant get continuously for ten minutes with your modems' dsl facility. E venthough lots of complains they are not caring apply apply no reply. Power outage we can succumb upto our ups availability the dsl failure really worse one uptomy experiences. Even now dsl gone out i have to wait to post after typing. Long live india.

It has never happened to me with a discussion, but I write reviews for various sites and have lost a review that way before, which can be really frustrating because I spend considerable time and thought in writing my reviews.

i guess an experience like this would make anyone frustrated. this has also happened to me a couple times before. you really feel like it's pure bad luck when it happens. just gives you so much anger. i hope that you would remember it soon. like they say; 'everything happens for a reason'

Oh heck, no big deal. Just feed some chestnuts to the squirrels and they will soon be tread-milling you back to power. Brain wracking is better than brain wrecking or brain wacking. I have had this problem before, but am thankful my computer didn't burn up or fry something inside.

We've been having storms so it's happened quite a lot lately. Luckily, my laptop switches to battery power...YAY! and the screen provides me with a light source as well.

this has not happened to me, the power outage thing. what always happens is my pda (which i mainly use for myLotting) would hang after i have typed a very long comment or discussion and i wouldn't be able to save what i have typed! its really frustrating but i can't do anything but to turn it off and restart the thing. ^.^;; sometimes i would forget what i have written but most of the times i can still remember it so i will get back on the discussion immediately and write what i have written before i lose it. ^__^;;

yep I had that when I was first on mylot and was still using mmy partners pc and boy do I remember how horrible it was - it used to give me nightmares! xxxx

It sounds like you must be having some bad weather there my friend and I'm sorry about that! I've never had that happen to me and hope it never does. Luckily we have a bright, sunny day here in Boston today.

Maybe not a power outage, but computer problems would cause the whole page to close. very frustrating..

Its a game here. The power company just shuts down areas whenever it needs more power to the gated communities especially now that billions of lights are on at night for the holidays. Soooo, get a backup battery to run you computer during outages. I have actually stayed online during hurricanes and given updates on some of our elderly who have various illnesses, to the local hospitals.

Well this happens with me a lot..!! Earlier I used to shut the computer off and used to complete that discussions after wards!! But now I use inverter, I connect my computer with inverter and atleast complete my reponse. I feels really irritaating when powers goes off in middle of something!!! :)

omg yes this has happened to me before and i was so ticked off because it was a survey i was doing and it was a ten dollar one and as i got through half way the power went out ooh i was so mad,so when the power came back on i went back to the survey and it said that the session is now over.so i ended up not getting paid for it.pattie