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The odds of a house fire and my inability to access critical data is significantly lower than that of a cloud malfunction like the one that occurred today. htt
by StanislavPetrov 9y ago
The odds of a house fire and my inability to access critical data is significantly lower than that of a cloud malfunction like the one that occurred today.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/31/a-mysterious-message-is-locking-google-docs-users-out-of-their-files/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/10/31...
- mark242 9y agoHow many users wound up losing data because of that bug? In comparison, how many houses were lost to fire today?
- StanislavPetrov 9y agoHow many people had deadlines or papers due and couldn't access their data? Many more than couldn't hand in their papers or make their deadlines because of a house fire.