I just (finally) upgraded to Intrepid on my IBM T41 laptop.  I went like 10
minutes without any LOAD_CYCLE_COUNT increases, and thought this had
actually been fixed.  Then I checked again 5 minutes later and it jumped up
by 17.  Now I'm looking at a steady 3-4 load cycles per minute on battery,
and about the same on AC power.

I guess Ubuntu still hasn't included the Debian fix?  Is testing still
inconclusive on that?  I've been using the fixes listed here for almost a
year and haven't noticed any over heating.  I think it's time to include
this fix.  IMO, hard drives are more likely to be harmed by excessive load
cycling than by the extra 1 degree of heat or anything else.  Also, it looks
like my heads are only staying parked for a few seconds at most.  What are
the chances that my hard drive (A) will actually be parked if drop my laptop
or (B) be protected even if it is parked?

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High frequency of load/unload cycles on some hard disks may shorten lifetime
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/59695
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