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Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by dpapathanasiou on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @10:53AM (#3186990)
Insightful, and so close to a haiku as well...

Here's an attempt:

  Mac lost my data
  Many days of work gone
  Cloud to the rescue
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by Legion on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @11:30AM (#3187218)

  It's the poor craftsman
  Who points the blame at his tools
  Y U NO COMMIT?
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by ajross on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @02:14PM (#3188157)
winner
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by tjr on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @01:23PM (#3187879)

  There once was some data I lost:
  Days worth of work just got tossed!
  So I decided to write code
  On an iPad plus Linode
  Getting backups for minimal cost.
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by Tyrannosaurs on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @11:14AM (#3187129)
Mac lost my data

Many day of work gone

Learn to commit more

Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by moconnor on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @11:24AM (#3187174)
Can I get this on a t-shirt?
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by gwern on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @02:20PM (#3188183)
If I may offer David Dixon's classic?

       Three things are certain:
       Death, taxes, and lost data.
       Guess which has occurred.
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by catshirt on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @01:40PM (#3187972)
yours is not quite a haiku either.

    you say its haiku
    but you missed a syllable
    in your second line
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by TeMPOraL on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @06:07PM (#3189161)
Meta-haiku?
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by moreorless on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @02:15PM (#3188160)
The cloud went down

Cannot get to my work

Twiddling thumbs feeling dumb

Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by adyus on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @02:25PM (#3188215)
Variation:

The cloud went down

Cannot get to my work

Throwing birds at pigs

Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by vertr on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @03:19PM (#3188470)
Welcome to the hacker news sub-reddit.
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by shasta on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @03:28PM (#3188531)
This.
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by shasta on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @10:41PM (#3189948)
It was a joke. I can't delete it now.
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by podperson on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @11:35AM (#3187257)
So this is why Even if you are u63r 733t Time Machine still rocks
Re:I swapped my MacBook for an iPad+Linode by sambeau on Wednesday November 02, 2011 @02:13PM (#3188151)

  crafting great software
  takes many small commitments
  like playing Jenga