obscurity

[Kenneth Almquist]

> > The hardware screws up and scribbles on the disk and you're complaining
> > about the software?				[Snoopy]
> 
> Hate to introduce you to reliable systems, but yes.  A truly robust
> filesystem isn't bothered by little details like flaky hardware, even if
> you can't afford to replicate it.		[Geoff Kuenning]

This is a rather brief introduction; perhaps you could expand on it?
If the disk drive doesn't write correctly, you've lost the information
written unless you have replicated it; am I right?
				Kenneth Almquist
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