On Tuesday 20 February 2007 13:39, David Brodbeck wrote:
Stevens wrote:
Auto manufacturers try to predict how their interiors and their paints will last, too, but until both are subjected to the Texas sun they are only guessing. The North has salt that kills cars; in the South it is the sun. Only when they obtain empirical data can they be sure and that data takes a long time to gather. The same goes for optical media manufacturers. Any longevity rating is a SWAG, at best, which is the reason for my cynical view.
Sure. As anyone who's ever had a couple of hard disks fail can attest, MTBF numbers are mostly fiction.
They're statistical measures. Everyone will experience a different actual failure incidence. It's also important to note what counts as a failure for the purpose of the values quoted by manufacturers. If they don't specify what their MTBF numbers quantify, _then_ I'd be suspicious. Randall Schulz -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse+help@opensuse.org