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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by audiodude on Monday October 06, 2025 @12:01AM (#45487537)
Reminds me when Toy Story 2 was deleted and they found the backups on an artist's laptop that was working from home.
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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by Blahagun on Monday October 06, 2025 @02:24AM (#45488202)
It was on their SGI workstation that they lugged to home, but yeah, pretty much that's how they recovered most of the files. At the end they barely used the material.
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Re:Fire destroys S. Korean government's cloud storage system... by tropdrop on Monday October 06, 2025 @11:28AM (#45492447)
>artist

technically, it was the supervising technical director.

The only reason this happened (I don't think "working from home" was very common in 1999) was because she just had a baby! I love this story because it feels like good karma – management providing special accommodations for a new mom saves the show.

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