Stolen Computer Contains Research To Cure Prostate Cancer

Found on News 9 on Thursday, 13 January 2011
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Last Sunday, Sook Shin was carrying a possible cure for cancer on a small Apple computer with years worth of data.

Unfortunately, most of the data was never backed up, a mistake Shin said could be a major setback in the fight against cancer.

Unfortunately, the couple didn't record the computer's serial number. Police said that makes finding it nearly impossible.

There is no end to human stupidity. They are smart enough to do serious cancer research, but too stupid to do something simple as backups. Worse, they won't have to suffer from that loss physically; those having cancer will pay the bill.