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Comment Wear leveling uses full capacity, not half. (Score 1) 165

Doubling lifespan that way requires that you only use half the disk capacity.

Actually, the amount of data that can be written is: the capacity of the device that is used × the number of times it can be written. For example, a CD-R and a DVD-R can both be written only once, but you can write at 10MB/s to a DVD much longer than you can to a CD-R. Using only half the capacity of the DVD-R wouldn't help, and would in fact halve the amount of time you could write 10MB/s to the DVD. A SSD is similar, except that it has multiple write cycles. The way wear leveling works is that writes are are distributed evenly across the medium, so you always use the full capacity of the device.

Comment Slow Day on Help Desk (Score 1) 569

Caller:> I'd like a Family Size BBQ Pizza.
Techie:> ehh... (checks customer service manual... must do what ever caller wants...) OK, I guess we can handle that what address do you want it delivered to?
Caller:> (Address)
Techie:> OK, we will get it to you right away

Techie orders and collects pizza, delivers to address

Techie:> That'll be $13.95
Caller:> OK, (hands over fee)
Techie:> You are welcome, at newbie-tech-support we do everything we can to help our customers. In future you might as well cut out the middle man and go straight to pizza hut/ though to be honest Pizza Hut is probably more qualified for your pizza delivery needs. If you have any computer related needs we will be happy to provide qualified assistance.

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