I can start my 1978 Ford Pinto in 4 seconds

Posted Oct 6, 2008 18:32 UTC (Mon) by gumby (guest, #54545)
Parent article: LPC: Booting Linux in five seconds

Providing its not to cold, I can turn ignition to start, fire up the cylinders put car in gear put foot on the gas, let clutch out in 4 seconds on a good day.

Why are computers so slow at starting, maybe it takes them a while to warm up and get those electrons flowing.

I can start my 1978 Ford Pinto in 4 seconds

Posted Oct 6, 2008 20:46 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link] (1 responses)

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.)

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.