Xref: utzoo alt.folklore.computers:7646 comp.unix.internals:1203 comp.misc:10713 Path: utzoo!utgpu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!uunet!mcsun!hp4nl!star.cs.vu.nl!gpvos From: gpvos@cs.vu.nl (Gerben 'P' Vos) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers,comp.unix.internals,comp.misc Subject: Re: Software Obesity (was Re: Jargon file v2.1.5) Message-ID: <8411@star.cs.vu.nl> Date: 4 Dec 90 13:54:02 GMT References: <1990Dec2.202402.21977@decuac.dec.com> <1990Dec4.020605.10498@lavaca.uh.edu> Sender: news@cs.vu.nl Lines: 17 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... :-) Try the one you get with a Citroen 2CV... - Gerben. -- --- Gerben Vos - Aconet: BIGBEN!Gerben Vos - Internet: gpvos@cs.vu.nl ---- Definition of intelligence: Anything a human does better than a computer Brought to you by Super Global Mega Corp .com