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by lazide 211 days ago
Cite? By definition it appears to not meet the definition of ‘functional’.
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coldtea 211 days ago
The definition of functional in the context of the discussion is that in works in the way the manufacture explicitly designed it work, in a standard industry practice fashion, not as an unforeseen bug or malfunction.

Not some abstract notion.

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lazide 211 days ago
So not enumerating as a drive, and not allowing you to read even valid blocks is ‘working’?
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coldtea 210 days ago
Yes, same as a facility self-destructing, if it was programmed to do so, is working as per its spec.
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lazide 210 days ago
And what spec requires that? I have yet to see one.
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coldtea 210 days ago
The manufacturers'.
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lazide 208 days ago
Cite? I have yet to see that actually documented anywhere, and you keep avoiding actually referring to one either.
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