Is ECC memory any use?

[Bruno Wolff III]

On Mon, Dec 10, 2007 at 00:49:25 -0800,
  Les <hlhowell at pacbell.net> wrote:
> Bits do not typically "flip occasionally".  As memory ages, a "feature"
> of CMOS is something that creates bridges internal to the silicon.  This
> in turn causes failures.  If you are lucky, the bit that fails will

Bit flips are also caused by cosmic rays and those do happen occassionally.