On Wed, 2007-05-30 at 11:41 -0700, Joshua D. Drake wrote: > > I agree that /. not a great example of stability or correctness. > > Interesting statement. Question: What would be a great example of > stability of correctness? >
Admittedly, I'm comparing against an ideal. If I get ungraceful errors on /., that proves to me that it's not perfect. I haven't had any problems on ebay before, for example, but maybe I just don't use it enough. Amazon I've only had a problem once, and it was a very graceful, localized error. Gmail I had a problem once, but yahoo email has worked flawlessly for me for a long time. I'm sure others have had different experiences, and I don't mean to generalize too much, but if you ask, I would say those other sites are in a league above slashdot. Of course, slashdot certainly gets the job done. If I get some error I usually don't care much, but I would care if I was making a financial transaction or counting on email. Regards, Jeff Davis ---------------------------(end of broadcast)--------------------------- TIP 6: explain analyze is your friend