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Re: [OM] PSTCRD: Paris as usual

Subject: Re: [OM] PSTCRD: Paris as usual
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 21 Dec 2012 21:08:17 +1100
That's ok for the hardware, but what about the buggy software with memory
leaks, etc. ?

...Wayne

 

> 
> I've never understood those who like to brag about their computers which
> haven't been rebooted in a very long time.  Pick a number... this computer
> only makes a single bit error once in every 10**13 cycles.
> Ummm, with a computer running at 3 Ghz it only take about 3 days to get to
> 10**13 cycles.  Don't like 10**13.  Pick a bigger number and it will get
there
> eventually.  Of course it's likely only a single bit error but of course
it could be
> very significant if on the high order bit of a 64 bit number.
> 


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