Sunday, August 10, 2014

Restore Tool Z

Just as nothing will really work until someone pushes the blue button in any episode of Star Trek, every piece of software needs a Restore Tool Z.

The Artist will only use Restore Tool Z when she is absolutely screwed.  Somehow the Art Information File got smashed and the server staff doesn't do on-demand restores.  Maybe she's even got a copy of it but what does she do with it.  Without a working copy of the file, the site is failed as there's no way to look at the paintings.  So, she's absolutely screwed.

The System Restore function uses a file that was previously-created backup and uploads it to a special file.  The system is not restored yet so she is still absolutely screwed ... but ... she might be a step closer to being unscrewed.

If she takes the step.

One last step to restore the system or kiss it good-bye forever.

Yes, this is a time for Restore Tool Z.

Everything else in the site is named professionally, consistently, blah, blah ... meets all the standards, never eats McDonald's french fries, never smokes reefer downwind from a cop, and swears, by God, one day it will visit Washington to look at monuments, museums and shit.

But she won't get to Restore Tool Z unless she's screwed and it just might save the day.  If she has taken a backup recently, it will save the day.

It would be better, I think, if it had a blue button.

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