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Very common in the communities I frequent where filesystems like ZFS are discussed, such as https://forum.level1techs.com/ https://forum.level1techs.com/ and f

Very common in the communities I frequent where filesystems like ZFS are discussed, such as https://forum.level1techs.com/ https://forum.level1techs.com/ and formerly the ZFS reddit sub, now https://discourse.practicalzfs.com/ https://discourse.practicalzfs.com/

PrimeMcFly 3y ago
I can definitely see it being popular in specific groups as a kind of in-group slang. I don't think it's particular popular as a general term though.
- lproven 3y ago
  I'm sorry, but you are dead wrong. I would go so far as to say this is the standard informal/slang way to distinguish rotating magnetic media from optical/solid-state media, and off the cuff I'd say it has been since the advent of consumer optical media about 30 years ago. A definition from a decade and a half ago: https://etherealmind.com/network-dictionary-spinning-rust/ https://etherealmind.com/network-dictionary-spinning-rust/ From 8Y ago: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_spinning_rust.htm http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_spinning_rust.htm It's in Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spinning_rust https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spinning_rust And Urban Dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spinning%20Rust https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spinning%20R...
  - PrimeMcFly 3y ago
    > I'm sorry, but you are dead wrong. I'm not, but I appreciate your confidence in asserting so. Finding evidence of that term being used has no bearing on how widespread that term was. Just because you've encountered it doesn't mean it is as widespread as you seem to assume. You remind me of people I would meet in one state, who would use certain slang or have certain customs particular to that state and insisted it was a USA wide custom, despite having never left their state. I very quickly get the impression you are one of those "need to have the last word" types, so I won't be responding to you further. Cheers.

PrimeMcFly 3y ago

I can definitely see it being popular in specific groups as a kind of in-group slang. I don't think it's particular popular as a general term though.

lproven 3y ago
I'm sorry, but you are dead wrong. I would go so far as to say this is the standard informal/slang way to distinguish rotating magnetic media from optical/solid-state media, and off the cuff I'd say it has been since the advent of consumer optical media about 30 years ago. A definition from a decade and a half ago: https://etherealmind.com/network-dictionary-spinning-rust/ https://etherealmind.com/network-dictionary-spinning-rust/ From 8Y ago: http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_spinning_rust.htm http://www.dba-oracle.com/t_spinning_rust.htm It's in Wiktionary: https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spinning_rust https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/spinning_rust And Urban Dictionary: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spinning%20Rust https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Spinning%20R...
- PrimeMcFly 3y ago
  > I'm sorry, but you are dead wrong. I'm not, but I appreciate your confidence in asserting so. Finding evidence of that term being used has no bearing on how widespread that term was. Just because you've encountered it doesn't mean it is as widespread as you seem to assume. You remind me of people I would meet in one state, who would use certain slang or have certain customs particular to that state and insisted it was a USA wide custom, despite having never left their state. I very quickly get the impression you are one of those "need to have the last word" types, so I won't be responding to you further. Cheers.