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| From: | James <wireless@×××××××××××.com> | ||
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| To: | gentoo-user@l.g.o | ||
| Subject: | [gentoo-user] Re: [OT] Was re: system uptime | ||
| Date: | Mon, 31 Aug 2015 15:04:36 | ||
| Message-Id: | loom.20150831T165909-785@post.gmane.org | ||
| In Reply to: | Re: [OT] Was re: [gentoo-user] system uptime by Alan McKinnon |
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| 1 | Alan McKinnon <alan.mckinnon <at> gmail.com> writes: |
| 2 | |
| 3 | > Ah, an old timer - I forgot that for a second there |
| 4 | |
| 5 | Both you guys are 'young whipper_snappers.....' |
| 6 | |
| 7 | |
| 8 | > Eventually I gave up trying to clarify that part, but sometimes (like |
| 9 | > now) the old habit comes back |
| 10 | |
| 11 | Both of you have 'fuzzified' the key terms:: |
| 12 | "Random vs Sequential" [1,2]. |
| 13 | |
| 14 | In SSD memory it's a hybrid, referred to as block access; so the issue is |
| 15 | still with us, just morphed. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | hth, |
| 18 | James |
| 19 | |
| 20 | |
| 21 | [1] |
| 22 | http://kb.sandisk.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/8150/~/difference-between-sequential-and-random-access-operations |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequential_access_memory |