[HCoop-Discuss] Frank's confusion

[j.c.hallgren at juno.com]

I've been staying out of this mess but now must put in my $.01 at least...I'd have to definitely agree with John S's reply to this...

I think if HCoop were to fall apart, (which I hope doesn't happen because I don't know where I'd find a host for my site that gives me the minimal features I need for such minimal cost), I would have to put almost all of the blame on Adam's attitude and behavior here, and this posting by him is just the latest example of the childish attitude and hostility that I've seen recently.

Now to the most condescending stmt that I've seen in months: "Startling as this may sound, software cannot cause hardware failures."...well, it CAN cause hardware problems!  Here's a link to a pgrm that I use which, if used improperly, can fry my system: http://www.diefer.de/i8kfan/index.html because if I use it to force my fans to be off, I can quickly overheat my CPU and that will be hardware damage...there are other system utilities that warn they can cause hard drives to fail or wear out prematurely, and improper refresh settings can damage a CRT...ok, so that second one's a bit of a crossover, but it's set via software...and let's not forgot about a failure in BIOS flashing...that's software, but fixing it requires a hardware fix in many cases. 

---------- Original Message ----------
From: Adam Megacz <megacz at hcoop.net>
To: Discussion by HCoop members of issues related to the co-op <hcoop-discuss at lists.hcoop.net>
Subject: [HCoop-Discuss] Frank's confusion
Date: Tue, 18 Aug 2009 22:29:49 -0700

Franklin Gordon Bynum <frank at hcoop.net> writes:
> but the example of krunk going down must seal the issue for good:
> AFS-- for practical reasons, not technical ones-- is that AFS isn't
> going to work for us at this point in time as we have it now.

HiStartling as this may sound,
software cannot cause hardware failures. Frank.  I can understand your confusion, as you yourself have
mentioned that you aren't familiar with computers.

In computing, we make a distinction between hardware and software.

Krunk's ethernet defective controller is what is called a "hardware"
failure.  AFS is a piece of software.  Startling as this may sound,
software cannot cause hardware failures.

Here are some links to further your education on this matter:

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Software
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware

Please let me know if I can be of further assistance in explaining
this subtle distinction to you.

  - a

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