‘Backups Will Rarely, If Ever, Be Done’

May 18, 2010

Titus at the Daily Life in an Ivory Basement blog writes a satirical open letter to the National Science Foundation in response to the funding body’s plan to require that all grant applicants provide a two-page data management plan along with their research proposals.

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