Phil Requirements put forth on 1/9/2011 5:53 PM: > On 2011-01-09 15:37:41 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >> Phil Requirements put forth on 1/9/2011 12:48 PM: >>> On 2011-01-09 08:02:05 -0600, Stan Hoeppner wrote: >>>> If one is so power consumption conscious to be suckered into a >>>> Green (EARS) drive, then one needs to realize the CPU dissipates >>>> about 10 times the wattage/heat of a hard drive. Thus, >>>> concentrate your power saving efforts elsewhere than the disk >>>> drive. Buy a non "green" drive, and save yourself these sector >>>> alignment/performance headaches. >> >>> I just wanted to mention that this is a type of faulty logic that >> >> FULL STOP. >> >> My logic is not faulty in the least bit, and your examples below are >> a bunch of crap. Here's why: all of the excuses you list below are > > <snip> > > Hi Stan, > > I was surpised that you reacted so strongly, so I went back and read > what was originally written, and how I responded. I can now see why my > comments were offensive, and so I want to apologize completely. I'm > sorry that I made the off-topic and unfair comments and couched it in > terms of faulty logic. > > I think I was predisposed to see your argument incorrectly, and with > the volume of the mailing list I was probably reading too quickly. I > can now see your point, that energy savings alone are not reason > enough to pursue a certain hard drive, especially if that hard drive > has problems under Linux. And that if one needs energy savings, it > would be better to look at the processor than a hard drive that might > cause problems. > > I usually try very hard to stick to the topics at hand. On this one I > went out on a limb and fell off. I think I didn't have an adequate > breakfast. > > Sorry, > > Phil :c(
No problem Phil. I likely overreacted, and was a bit too defensive. :) I stand behind the technical points I made, though I too could have worded my response better, in a manner void of breathing fire. ;) -- Stan -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-user-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/4d2ab7e8.6000...@hardwarefreak.com
