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Isn't it a little hard to accept that it isn't a value judgement when we generally have a lower value of things that have rusted? I think the original comparis
by matmatmatmat 6y ago
Isn't it a little hard to accept that it isn't a value judgement when we generally have a lower value of things that have rusted?
I think the original comparison to 'spinning rust' was tongue-in-cheek and not meant to be taken so-very-seriously, but it's kind of taken on a life of its own and, personally, I feel that it's gone a bit far and undeservedly undervalues hard drives.
- monocasa 6y agoIt's a term from an era where HDDs were the best way to bulk store data (except maybe tape in some applications, which where also iron oxide). I think you're reading too much into it.
- sennight 6y agoThe earliest use I could find is more inline with my observations of matter-of-fact usage than a joke taken too far: "Logically, if you utilize a 'memory' disk you are ridding yourself of the physical limitations of disk drive technology — basically trading in the spinning rust. In a disk drive, you are battling physics to squeeze more performance out of your array; there are certain physical properties that just can’t be altered on a whim." - 2004 https://web.archive.org/web/20041018152106/http://www.dba-oracle.com/art_dbazine_ault_ssd.htm https://web.archive.org/web/20041018152106/http://www.dba-or... As to the question of its present use as a method to hurt the feelings of hard drives and hard drive cognoscenti... I dunno.