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Would you support redefining glitch to be specifically only the class of errors that "cosmic ray event" falls under?

• stcredzero 11y ago
  Has someone calculated the rate of data decay due to cosmic ray events?
  • astazangasta 11y ago
    Some facts here: http://ccm.net/faq/1678-myth-cosmic-rays-cause-errors http://ccm.net/faq/1678-myth-cosmic-rays-cause-errors
  • gghh 11y ago
    sure thing: http://lwn.net/Articles/219983/ http://lwn.net/Articles/219983/
• brandonmenc 11y ago
  Yes, exactly this. Everything else should get a better explanation. Misconfigurations and faulty programming aren't "glitches."