astropheed Veteran Posted March 11, 2014 Veteran Share Posted March 11, 2014 I was on your retarded friends side until he said half a bit. Digital data in itself cannot degrade over time (obviously), it can indirectly degrade over time on certain storage mediums however. Now, if you discussed that you believe the hard-drive was suffering bitrot (or a hardware fault) and he argued that it wasn't the HDD, but in fact the file, you can make some inferences. I think the tell-tale sign of this story is 'half bit', passed that I need little else to form a conclusion with some level of certainty that your friend is a half-bit half-wit. :) Someone else mentioned bringing up the weather, or even stop being friends with him; both seem like sound advice. Now, I'm going to go listen to my MP3's while I still can! snaphat (Myles Landwehr) and cacoe 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snaphat (Myles Landwehr) Member Posted March 11, 2014 Member Share Posted March 11, 2014 I think the tell-tale sign of this story is 'half bit', passed that I need little else to form a conclusion with some level of certainty that your friend is a half-bit half-wit. :) bahah, :laugh:. OP should tell his friend that! astropheed and cacoe 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stumper66 Posted March 12, 2014 Share Posted March 12, 2014 Half a bit? I think he's really just enjoying watching your wheels turn as you try to correct him. He's apparently a very good troll! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cacoe Posted March 12, 2014 Author Share Posted March 12, 2014 Half a bit? I think he's really just enjoying watching your wheels turn as you try to correct him. He's apparently a very good troll! You see, I really, REALLY wish he was trolling, but I don't think he knows what it means even! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T3X4S Posted March 13, 2014 Share Posted March 13, 2014 It might be possible to teach him how data is written to a device which is nothing more than a platter with special surface where magnetism, light, and chemicals create hills & valleys (1s & 0s) In a vacuum (think "a situation where the equation is impervious to outside influences") the structure of the magnetic bits will not change... the laws of phyiscs do not change inside a hard drive, only hardware failure will change the outcome. Degredatation of data integrity has to have an outside influence. It doesnt just change because it decides too.Am I correct in this? its awfully early for me... my Diet Coke & 5 Hour Energy hasnt kicked in(update - now that Im a little more awake - I think light only comes into play with photores in making semiconductors, transistors, and such) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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