Data is important when you need it · Proposed air date:
A guest's discussion of mission-critical systems prompts Dr. Dave's wry rule that nobody's data feels mission critical except one's own, and it is never important until it is needed. From his recovery work, he remembers people who thought a failed disk held nothing important until they recognized irreplaceable pictures or recent documents.
This excerpt runs from 1:50.210 to 3:10.526 within its preserved source recording.
Proposed recording date: 2007-11-10. The exact broadcast date may differ.
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