On Fri, Oct 23, 2015 at 08:52:42AM +0000, Curt wrote: > On 2015-10-22, Pascal Hambourg <pas...@plouf.fr.eu.org> wrote: > > > >> Many months ago there was a thread about > >> longevity of hard drives related to how many boots in their lifetimes. > > > > Nonsense. If the boot count mattered for hard disk longevity, there > > would be a SMART attribute for it. There is none. > > > > There exists a similar "fallacy" concerning light bulbs (if we're > talking hard (re)boot, change of phase).
fallacy? I do know that turning incandescent light bulbs off and on shortens their life. Whether the savings in electricity is worth the cost of the bulb is, of course, another matter. -- "If you're not careful, the newspapers will have you hating the people who are being oppressed, and loving the people who are doing the oppressing." --- Malcolm X
