Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:7644 comp.unix.internals:1202 comp.misc:10712 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!van-bc!mdivax1!mitchell Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals,comp.misc Subject: Re: Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5) Message-ID: <1990Dec4.150322.11901@mdivax1.uucp> Date: 4 Dec 90 15:03:22 GMT References: <1990Dec2.202402.21977@decuac.dec.com> <1990Dec4.020605.10498@lavaca.uh.edu> Reply-To: mdivax1!bb29c!mitchell (Bill Mitchell) Organization: Mobile Data International Lines: 21 Return-Path: Apparently-To: van-bc!rnews In article <1990Dec4.020605.10498@lavaca.uh.edu> jet@karazm.math.uh.edu (J. Eric Townsend) writes: >In article <1990Dec2.202402.21977@decuac.dec.com> mjr@hussar.dco.dec.com (Marcus J. Ranum) writes: >>If cars were designed the same way as software is today, >>they'd all have buggy-whip holders (from "Car V1.0") and starter cranks >>(from "Car V2.1") and electric ignitions (from "Car V3.0") and so on. > >Ahem. My state-of-the-art 1969 VW Bug is slotted for a starter crank. >(Dunno about Supers, and my Karman Ghia isn't crankable.) > >Now where I'll *find* a crank for it is another story... :-) > This stirred up memories of my red 196x Sunbeam Alpine, which was not only slotted for a crank but came equipped with one. I manually cranked the car over on more than one occasion (I don't think it had magnetos, so the battery had to be live enough to provide spark). Kind of like using ex commands in vi, eh? -- mitchell@mdi.com (Bill Mitchell) Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com