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Benjamin Franz wrote: > > On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Elliotte Harold wrote: > >> Benjamin Franz wrote: >> >> >>> Just because it doesn't have any 'moving parts' doesn't mean it >>> doesn't wear out: EVERYTHING wears out sooner or later. >> >> >> Yes, but there's a point at which a quantitative difference becomes a >> qualitative one; and I think the orders of magnitude difference >> between a computer wearing out due to cosmic rays and thermal fatigue >> and a car engine wearing out due to mechanical friction crosses that >> line. > > > The difference is only about 1 order of magnitude in my experience. Not > enough to call it a qualitative difference. I am not really taking part in this thread, but here is some real life experience that shows it can also be the other way around: My father was a watchmaker, so I learned to like mechanical watches. I am currently wearing a watch built in 1965. The last time I had it serviced was 1993. I have never seen an electronic watch (LED or LCD display, no moving parts) that has lasted even half as long. Karl
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