On 2015-10-23, Lisi Reisz <lisi.re...@gmail.com> wrote: >> > > >> > > Nonsense. If the boot count mattered for hard disk longevity, there >> > > would be a SMART attribute for it. There is none. >> > >> > There exists a similar "fallacy" concerning light bulbs (if we're >> > talking hard (re)boot, change of phase). >> >> fallacy? >> >> I do know that turning incandescent light bulbs off and on shortens their >> life. Whether the savings in electricity is worth the cost of the bulb is, >> of course, another matter. > > And CFL surely? If turned on and off too frequently too close together - > anyhow the older ones? I don't like them, so haven't used them much. > > Lisi > >
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scare_quotes I am in the dark about these matters.