Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by mrspuratic on Friday June 25, 2021 @05:43AM
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7 years is a relatively long time for a product, but not necessarily for a car. The average car age at scrap time is 13.9 years (UK stats). [Wildly off topic ranting about the
balance of embodied versus emitted CO2 for the typical ICE vehicle omitted. Clue: 10 years is about the break-even point.]
Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by tpxl on Friday June 25, 2021 @07:17AM
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> Wildly off topic ranting about the balance of embodied versus emitted CO2 for the typical ICE vehicle omitted. Clue: 10 years is about the break-even point
Do you mean it takes about 10 years for the car to emit the same amount of co2 that was used in producing it?
Re:WD My Book users wake up to find their data deleted
by alisonkisk on Friday June 25, 2021 @09:20AM
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If so, that's not "breakeven". Breakeven is when future emissions savings from a newer better car make it worth scrapping (not just selling) a car and replacing it with a newly manufactured one.
So car manufacturers are forced to allow their cars to be repaired, not necessarily with their parts, a long time after they've stopped selling them.
IT stuff should start following the same lifecycle.