I'm a developer. So I've trained myself, to a completely subsconcious level, to type a bit, and then hit CTRL+S. Type some more: CTRL+S. Just sitting there thinking about code: CTRL+S one or two times. Just to make sure nothing gets lost if the power goes out, or if the world ends.

That's why I'm pissed about what Word did to me. Not only is it a sucky program to use, (Where the hell is CTRL+L to delete an entire line ;)), but it somehow managed to discard about an 1.5 to 2 hours of work I did early this morning. The time loss is one thing (under a deadline no less). What SUX is coming back to a paragraph that you know you had elegantly typed before, but now you just writers cramp looking at it. That's the true casualty here.

And yeah, I CTRL+S in Word just as much as I do anywhere else. (Confession, frequently when typing into comment boxes and stuff online I hit CTRL+S before hitting submit -- I'm addicted.)

UPDATE: Apparently CTRL+S can't save you from your own stupidity either. I'm not sure HOW I did this, but here's the gist:
1) Start working at the bottom of a 24 page word doc.
2) Make some changes you feel good about.
3) Save your file to a backup location to keep it SAFE.
4) Keep working on the doc for a while, CTRL+S-ing as you go.
5) Throw your brain away (it's just taking up space).
6) Close your .doc. Do some other stuff for a while.
7) When you're ready to resume work on your doc, open it from the ORIGINAL location, not the 'special safe backup' location.
8) Pull up the OLD version of your doc and start working on it. The changes you made before, down at the bottom of the doc, you assume are there. So start revising the top part of the doc.
9) Get to a spot where you think you're good, and save to the happy place again - destroying your previous work.
10) Fetch brain from trash. Smash furniture, etc.

How do I know this what happened Well, I duplicated it AGAIN. It's dissapointing, because I really don't LIKE to think of myself as an idiot. After that little fiasco though, I don't think there's much else in terms of options.