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>I'm not sure I see why: are you equally paranoid that the
>bits in core will be flipped by a passing alpha particle?
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I find that to be an odd comparison. Being aware of what variables
are present in your environment and how they can possibly affect
your work is imperative. I find it hard to see that as paranoia.
I simply did not know the facts or the statistics. That's why I
ask questions ;).

>I have to confess I don't see why people are so afraid of
>randomization.
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Who said I was afraid of randomization? I just want to know
the facts so that I am aware of the possibilities I must face
when trusting a given environment.

>For something like venti it is worth working
>out the numbers and probably worth detecting collisions, but
>the chances of silently losing/corrupting data due to disk
>firmware or driver bugs, for instance, seems much worse.
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That may be true, but, how can I know that without any facts?
If you admit that venti is worth working out the numbers, why
even make this rant?

Don

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