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		ijk on April 6, 2014 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why is 1 GB equal to 10^9 bytes instead of 2^30? Everyday should be Backup Awareness Day.

hornetblack on April 6, 2014 [–]

It is

emidln on April 6, 2014 | [–]

The only backup awareness days are the days you get audited ( by an auditor or by a disaster). Unfortunately, all other days are "backups cost a lot/are difficult to maintain/have never been tested" days.

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