On Friday 23 October 2015 12:42:07 Chris Bannister wrote: > 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.
And CFL surely? If turned on and off too frequently too close together - anyhow the older ones? I don't like them, so haven't used them much. Lisi
