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I can start my 1978 Ford Pinto in 4 seconds

I can start my 1978 Ford Pinto in 4 seconds

Posted Oct 6, 2008 20:46 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: I can start my 1978 Ford Pinto in 4 seconds by gumby
Parent article: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

Thank you for completing this discussion by providing the obligatory
Stupid Car Analogy(TM). (It is well known that all computing discussions
must eventually include a stupid and inappropriate analogy to the
automobile.)


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I can start my 1978 Ford Pinto in 4 seconds

Posted Oct 8, 2008 3:31 UTC (Wed) by pgan (guest, #54573) [Link]

Well, using analogies is like two eggs sunny-side-up, flying through space.

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