Subj : Re: Pi-FAN for RPi4 with 4 (instead of 3) cables?
To   : The Natural Philosopher
From : David Higton
Date : Mon Dec 09 2024 17:27:19

In message <vj6i1l$c6u2$4@dont-email.me>
          The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:

> On 08/12/2024 19:50, David Higton wrote:
> > In message <vj1d28$31v9g$12@dont-email.me>
> >            The Natural Philosopher <tnp@invalid.invalid> wrote:
> >
> > > It's an interesting thought as to why one would use a fan at all. If
> > > its such a high compute task that you need one, maybe a bigger Pi or an
> > > Intel based machine is indicated.
> > >
> > > I dislike fans. They fail.
> >
> > PC fans run pretty much all the time.  A fan on a RasPi is likely to run
> > less of the time, and could well last longer overall.
> >
> > Fans fail.  Disc drives fail.  SSDs fail.  Batteries fail.  Reservoir
> > capacitors fail.  But before they do, they are very useful.
> >
>
> Such an ArtStudent™ view of life.
>
> Do you know what MTBF means?

Yes.  Something I don't understand, though, is why so many people use
the term MTBF when the appropriate one would be MTTF, since so few of
the things referred to are repaired.

David

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