Just wondering, as I was considering storing audio files into a database this way.
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4It becomes larger, by a factor of, on average, [4/3](http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4715415/base64-what-is-the-worst-possible-increase-in-space-usage). – Michael Petrotta Dec 04 '12 at 05:45
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1encodings generally *increase* the size of the data. – goat Dec 04 '12 at 06:12
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1what's with the downvotes? I don't see any signs of a bad question personally. – Lucas Dec 04 '12 at 06:16
