Well said. I just finished drafting a similar post, but you said it far better than I could.
-------------------------------------------------- From: "Thomas Ward" <thomasward1...@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, September 07, 2014 1:02 AM To: "Gamers Discussion list" <gamers@audyssey.org> Subject: Re: [Audyssey] making things last Hi Charles, It seems you have completely missed the point. You assume that stress testing a piece of hardware implicitly involves some form of abuse. That's not necessarily the case. There are ways of stress testing things without outright abusing it or handling it roughly. Let's take for example a portable external hard drive. There is nothing wrong with loading it up with a copy of various files they might be working on and carrying it around in a laptop bag or carrying case for a couple of months before adopting it as one's primary backup drive. This doesn't mean outright abusing the drive, but exposing it to normal working conditions such as traveling with one on a bus, in a taxi, train, etc for a while rather than just assuming it is built well and put all of one's valuable data on it for reliable backup. Even then I'd suggest keeping a second external drive at home in a desk drawer just in case that one fails. For me, at least, stress testing is not taking that drive and hurling it across the room like a baseball to see if it holds up. I'd frankly be surprised if it took too much of that abuse. However, carrying it around in a laptop case, a briefcase, or some other normal working condition before putting too much important information on it is a general way to see if the drive is reliable enough to store one's important documents and files on. Cheers! On 9/6/14, Charles Rivard <wee1s...@fidnet.com> wrote: > I still don't see the logic of purposefully abusing hardware to insure > it's > > durability. I would never jump onto a new water bed while wearing > football > > cleats to make sure that is resistant to puncture. It would be my own > fault > > if a flood occurs. > > --- > Be positive! When it comes to being defeated, if you think you're > finished, > > you! really! are! finished! --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org. --- Gamers mailing list __ Gamers@audyssey.org If you want to leave the list, send E-mail to gamers-unsubscr...@audyssey.org. You can make changes or update your subscription via the web, at http://audyssey.org/mailman/listinfo/gamers_audyssey.org. All messages are archived and can be searched and read at http://www.mail-archive.com/gamers@audyssey.org. If you have any questions or concerns regarding the management of the list, please send E-mail to gamers-ow...@audyssey.org.
