> there's a lot of risk they're not taking into account I see it the other way: experimental scientists operate with unreliable systems all the time: fickle sy

> there's a lot of risk they're not taking into account I see it the other way: experimental scientists operate with unreliable systems all the time: fickle systems, soldered one-time setups, shared lab space, etc. Computing is just one more thing that is not 100% reliable (but way more reliable than some other equipment), and usb data sticks serve as a good enough data backup.