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Some failures are at a random distribution - running 1000 for a year will help you estimate that. But any moving part has a finite lifetime due to wear, and yo
by StrawberryFrog 15y ago
Some failures are at a random distribution - running 1000 for a year will help you estimate that.
But any moving part has a finite lifetime due to wear, and you want to know how long this is. Running lots of them for 1/1000 of the expected lifespan shouldn't produce any at all of this kind of failure.
- wmf 15y agoThe normal speed of the clock is very slow, so it should be easy to run it at an accelerated rate to test wear. (There are limits, though; apparently the Difference Engine jams frequently if you overclock it.)