> On Fri, 22 Jul 2005 at 13:22 -0600, Lars Rasmussen wrote: > > Are you inferring that NICs are as prone to failure as power supplies?
On 7/23/05, Hans Fugal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Facetiously. I know NICs are (or at least should be) more reliable than > power supplies. So we agree? > I don't really care how power supplies compare to NICs, the point is > that NICs fail. Even more important, switches fail, switches lose power, > cables between switches and servers and other switches fail, and dumb > system administrators accidentally unplug cables. I'm quite sure all > those problems combined are more frequent than failing power supplies. This last statement is a good example of the 'Hasty generalization' & 'Appeal to authority' logical fallacies. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Appeal_to_authority http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hasty_generalization -- Lars .===================================. | This has been a P.L.U.G. mailing. | | Don't Fear the Penguin. | | IRC: #utah at irc.freenode.net | `==================================='
