The article on geek rescue squads is interesting, but I found this paragraph horrifying:

David K. Schoenkin, executive director and asset management consultant at Oppenheimer & Co., recently lost his computer, Palm Pilot and cell phone when he dropped his shoulder bag in a Manhattan street and an 18-wheeler ran over it.

I read it aloud to Gina and she had the same jaw dropping reaction I did.

I can’t decided if it’s the loss of all that data, the amount of money that much equipment represents, or the idea of having start fresh will all those machines at once that is most horrifying.