From owner-freebsd-hackers Tue May 22 20: 5:12 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from smtp-1.enteract.com (smtp-1.enteract.com [207.229.143.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C8A1437B424 for ; Tue, 22 May 2001 20:05:10 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dscheidt@tumbolia.com) Received: from shell-3.enteract.com (shell-3.enteract.com [207.229.143.42]) by smtp-1.enteract.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EB5536144; Tue, 22 May 2001 22:04:59 -0500 (CDT) Date: Tue, 22 May 2001 22:04:59 -0500 (CDT) From: David Scheidt X-X-Sender: To: Shannon Hendrix Cc: Jason Andresen , "Albert D. Cahalan" , , , , Subject: Re: technical comparison In-Reply-To: <20010522210824.C2734@widomaker.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 22 May 2001, Shannon Hendrix wrote: : :Point taken, but the "yank power, see who survives" test is illogical :and dangerous thinking. Depends on the enviornment. I've had lots of machines just lose power. People will pull power cords out, the back-up generators won't start before the battery back-up runs out, someone will push the Big Red Switch. Even the best back-up power isn't going to help if it catches fire. I sort of like machines to work when the power comes back. -- dscheidt@tumbolia.com Bipedalism is only a fad. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hackers" in the body of the message