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A comment on Eric Schmidt’s "5 Exabytes" Quote is a Load of Crap. Parent comment

Re:Eric Schmidt’s "5 Exabytes" Quote is a Load of Crap by anonymous246 on Monday February 07, 2011 @02:31PM (#2190282)
Using shitload as a unit of data: sarcasm or serious?
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Re:Eric Schmidt’s "5 Exabytes" Quote is a Load of Crap by burgerbrain on Monday February 07, 2011 @02:38PM (#2190315)
It's not a unit, it's a magnitude or count. Used in similar situations as "a lot". It's neither 'sarcastic' nor 'serious', but rather 'casual'.
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