"Arny Krueger" wrote

Certainly empirical experiences have more weight than
applied modeling. Do you have evidence that HDs, in
general, don't last five years. My experience is that most
of the computers headed for the recycle still have fully
operating HDs and users who a glad to see them go
away.

Most = 50% . I scrap a fair number of PCs and my
experience agrees with you, Powell. More than half
of the hard drives I install are scrapped maybe 5 or
more years out, and they are still running. Anybody
want any 1 or 2 GB drives?

I keep a few of my old computers in basement storage.
While I not longer have a 8086 I still have a 386. A
couple of years ago I was presented with a 5.25" floppy
and asked to retrieve the data off it. After 10+ years of
storage, I guess, the computer worked perfectly. I realize
that this wasn’t sufficient in duration for any conclusions
but still interesting given the storage environmental and
notions of mechanical life expectancy of parts. A
colleague who oversees mainframe tells me that he fears
HD failure the most when companies shuts down for
holidays and such. He has experienced more failures
in cool boot over long term operating longevity.


We've got to remember that Morein tried to sue his
school in the Supreme Court of the United States in a
failed attempt to get a PhD degree. This is one
seriously and expensively bruised ego.

As one who has invested substantial funds in attorney
fees as a necessary expense of doing business I can
appreciate Robert’s disposition on the matter. I have
respect for anyone who has been thought the financial
commitment of litigation and psychological hardships
they can cause.

While it is sport to dig Robert I don’t believe it is a
reflection of any greater truth of moral or ethical quality.
Two metaphors to consider “A man who carries a cat by
the tail learns something he can learn in no other way
- Mark Twain”, and Voltaire who said “I was never ruined
but twice; once when I lost a lawsuit, and once when I
won one.”


Like his RAO cohort in legal failure Scott Wheeler,
Morien's case got thrown out of court.

In Scott’s case his predicament was neither financially
or psychologically taxing, but an overaction due to youth,
IMO. BTW, your hands are not clean in this matter. You
would do everyone here a great benefit if you would just
move on regarding this stillbirth subject.