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Billy Crook wrote:
I think they should lable hard drives with their halflife.
No hard scientific evidence here, but anecdotal accounts show the new(ish) 500-Gig SATA drives have a *MUCH* shorter half-life than the previous generation of 250-Gig drives.
The company I work for (NewTek) is shipping pre-configured video editing systems, and the latest includes a 500-Gig drive. They half-life (ie: blink out of existence) so quickly I had difficulty finding enough units to stress-test the imaging system. Of course, the inventory system indicated there were plenty available...
Other items with short half-lives: - - Oscilloscope probes (Why are they called 10:1 probes? Because they ten(d) to one(run) away! <groan>). - - Sticks of DRAM - - Miniature screwdrivers - - Favorite pens/pencils
- -- Charles Steinkuehler charles@steinkuehler.net