26 Apr
2011
26 Apr
'11
1:55 p.m.
On 4/26/11 4:00 PM, Alexander Schreiber wrote:
Getting the wrong answer really, really fast seems to be all that
is important for quite a lot of people. This also explains the popularity
of "database systems" that don't even pretend to provide full ACID[0].
[Dave grumbles in agreement]
I really wonder how many glitches modern dram has?
The general public, and many power-lusers, have different priorities.
Speed and not "bothering" you with error reports seem to be a higher
priority than reliability and accuracy. And when I tell people "the _important_
filesystems on my home server
(system, /home, /var/spool/mail, revision control repositories) sit on
mirrored SCSI drives and are backed up to DLT& LTO tapes" they look at
me like I'm crazy ...
You're hanging out with the wrong people. If they don't "get" that,
they're morons. End of story.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL