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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.
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Elliotte Rusty Harold elharo@metalab.unc.edu
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