How I installed Lucid on a USB flash disc - WAS: Please, Ubuntu, do not embarrass me again!

[Colin Law]

On 10 June 2010 15:24, Basil Chupin <blchupin at iinet.net.au> wrote:
> On 11/06/10 00:16, Basil Chupin wrote:
>> On 10/06/10 20:38, Colin Law wrote:
>>
>
>>>
>>> Often when you look at guarantees carefully you find they only cover
>>> it if it 'does not operate according to spec' or some such wording.
>>> If one looks carefully at the spec it may define the max number of
>>> supported write cycles.  Therefore if you wear it out by going over
>>> this limit
>>>
>> How they gonna that, eh? :-)
>>
>
> Isn't there a way to edit ones reply after it was sent? Back in the
> Usenet days I thought one could at least try and edit a post....

It's not possible with a mailing list.  Once I have received it there
is no way you can get onto my pc and change it.  At least I hope there
isn't.

>
>
> The above should read, of course,, "How they gonna *know* that, eh?"

By analysing the mode of failure I suppose they could say that it is
what they expect to find when it has been written to too many times.
It would be difficult for the customer to prove otherwise.  Of course
they *might* just replace it anyway as it is less hassle than to
fight.  Alternatively they might just have a standard reply that it is
worn out rather than faulty and wait for the customer to try and prove
otherwise.

Colin