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Reliability of Computer Memory?
olddoc writes "In the days of 512MB systems, I remember reading about cosmic rays causing memory errors and how errors become more frequent with more RAM. Now, home PCs are stuffed with 6GB or 8GB and no one uses ECC memory in them. Recently I had consistent BSODs with Vista64 on a PC with 4GB; I tried memtest86 and it always failed within hours. Yet when I ran 64-bit Ubuntu at 100% load and using all memory, it ran fine for days. I have two questions: 1) Do people trust a memtest86 error to mean a bad memory module or motherboard or CPU? 2) When I check my email on my desktop 16GB PC next year, should I be running ECC memory?"
Holy Shit! 61 Days! And you had to reboot for updates, so who could complain about that??!!!
Oh I don't know, how about the Linux users who use an OS that has uptimes measured in years. What's that you say? How incompetent are they if they don't update for years? You see that is the thing. They did apply updates daily ! Linux uses some kind of voodoo magic to allow updates without downtime! (it's scary to think about, I know). Now go back to your stickball game kid. The adults have some real computing to do.
You are the epitome of the idea that people who use Windows simply don't know any better.
Guns don't kill people; Physics kills people! - John Lithgow as Dick Solomon on Third Rock From The Sun
The real point is, the people who purchase Vista are funding the Trusted Computing group that sees the need to put encryption between my computer and my stereo and my television to make sure my computer is hobbled, and my mom's computer is hobbled, and so on and so forth.
It doesn't matter if they like Vista or not. They are responsible for funding and empowering these antisocial saboteurs, and should be punished for the part they play in it.
The right reason not to buy from Microsoft is that someone might grab your laptop and smash it on the ground and send your teeth to join it if you do, and you would deserve it.
-1 Uncomfortable Truth