I know this is mostly off topic, so I'll keep it short:
All the recent stuff about HDs and what would cause Prime95 to fail first got
me thinking. I know theoretically about "electron wind", the phenomenon that
pushes around metal and other atoms in chips, albeit slowly. Does anyone
know of a real instance of a CPU failing due to the electron wind? I
remember reading that it would take 20 or so years to do so.
You can imagine the hoaxes now: "Beware Prime95 - it's an electron wind virus
that'll rip your CPU's wiring to shreds... in two decades..."
And another thought: when'll the name be changed to Prime00? I have yet to
see any software or products named with "00", while the plethora of "2000"
stuff is obvious. I think that "Prime00" would be a wickedly nifty name.
Stephan "Windy City" Lavavej
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