5 Aug
2006
5 Aug
'06
4:39 p.m.
Segin wrote:
Well, in the case of some of the classics I've worked on, the total
number of known examples can be counted on the fingers of one hand -- in
unary.
The total number of classic computer enthusiasts well exceeds that number.
Anyway, how often does a classic computer failure (unlike a car crash)
resulted in death or serious injury to the user?
They're only humans. We got 6 and a half
billion on this planet, losing
one or two doesn't really make a difference.
And how many *computers* do we have? Losing one or two doesn't
really make a difference... :> And a modern drive has an MTBF of, what, 500,000 to
1,000,000 hours?!
:>
I've always found this to be somewhat misleading. If a modern drive runs
for 10^6 hours, and then fails in a way that I can't repair it, is it
really better than an old drive that runs for a hundredth of the time,
but then just needs a common, easy-to-get component replaced?
-tony