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From: Chris Ahlstrom on 12 Jul 2010 11:06
Hadron stopped playing his vuvuzela long enough to say:

> David <nospam(a)nomaps.amnops.invalid> writes:
>
> <me tooing snipped>
>
> Chris isn't very bright at times.

On this particular calculation, yes, I was as stupid as hell.

Doh!

I blame "no coffee yet".

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From: Hadron on 12 Jul 2010 11:31
Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc(a)launchmodem.com> writes:

> Hadron stopped playing his vuvuzela long enough to say:
>
>> Chris Ahlstrom <ahlstromc(a)launchmodem.com> writes:
>>
>>> Mean Time Between Failure (MTBF)
>>> Calculated MTBF is 356K hours.
>>> (That's about 14800 days or about 1200 years).
>>
>> What is it with COLA "advocates" and maths? First we have Rasker telling
>> us that Linux netbooks are outselling the Windows one "and this link
>> proves it" and now Chris is FAILing basic arithmetic.
>
> Not having had my morning coffee, I stupidly dropped the 365 factor.
> Get over it.
>
>> Firstly MTBF means nothing to the user whose card breaks down a week
>> later.
>
> Thank you Mr. Obvious.

I am "Mr Obvious" getting something right and you can be a factor of 30 out
because you claim not to have had your morning coffee?

Weak. Even for you.


>
>> Secondly : the first was a "server class" card. Not a bucket card in the
>> average desktop.
>
> <rest of tripe snipped>

You mean rest of correction of your "advocate" post?

Hint Liarmutt : when posting figures as facts to show off, try getting
them right. You were a factor of 30 off ...


From: Chris Ahlstrom on 12 Jul 2010 12:06
Hadron stopped playing his vuvuzela long enough to say:

> Hint <insult snipped> : when posting figures as facts to show off, try
> getting them right. You were a factor of 30 off ...

And you claimed that NICs "wear out". And yet even the cheapos have
an MTBF of 40 years.

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From: mcp on 12 Jul 2010 16:59
On Sun, 11 Jul 2010 21:48:35 -0400, The Hooded Plumber
<dimethalchrystalexiter(a)fakeee.org> wrote:

>If you actually worked in Information Technology, you would realize
>that hardware is a small portion of the cost.
>Can you say tax deduction?

It's the government we are talking about, tax deductions are
irrelevant.
From: Nix on 12 Jul 2010 17:12
On 12 Jul 2010, Chris Ahlstrom spake thusly:

> Hadron stopped playing his vuvuzela long enough to say:
>
>> Hint <insult snipped> : when posting figures as facts to show off, try
>> getting them right. You were a factor of 30 off ...
>
> And you claimed that NICs "wear out". And yet even the cheapos have
> an MTBF of 40 years.

In practice, this equates to an MTBF of 'until you trip over the cable
during a renovation and bend the back of the card all to hell'. However,
Intel can't tell when you'll do that.

(The longer MTBF Is only really going to happen in office buildings and
very new houses with Ethernet calbe runs in the walls.)
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