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qwertyuiop924
on Dec 13, 2016
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The Rule of Silence (2006)
...But when your system crashes, having all that data in an easily accessible manner (regardless of what tools you have on hand) is a major win.
michrassena
on Dec 13, 2016
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Let's not forget that when your system crashes, all of these easy-to-read text files are actually stored in a binary format, sometimes scattered in pieces, and require special tools to extract.
qwertyuiop924
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True, but they're less fragile: even if the text is garbled, you might be able to get some information out of it.
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