Tom Fine wrote:
Does anyone have any recent science showing the 80's (700megs) are any less reliable than the
74's (650megs) -- apples to apples on manufacturer and dye material?
"Reliability" usually refers to probability of failure over time. Since the time spans involved in
CD-R degradation are of the order of decades, there's little hope of getting meaningful results
during the lifetime of the product line. Accelerated life test is wonderful - if there are reasons
for believing that the relationship between acceleration and 'reality' can be established. I have
seen no science, recent or otherwise, that suggests that altering a parameter by X is equivalent
to multiplying test time by Y.
I am reminded of a boss I once had who suggested accelerating software life test by running the
computer in an oven.
Mike
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