Linux fat/bloated

[Walter Dnes]

On Tue, Apr 11, 2006 at 10:23:36AM -0400, Lennart Sorensen wrote

> >   - if you know what you're doing, you can run circles around an auto-
> > transmission vehicle with the same engine.  How many auto-transmission
> > cars win races?
> 
> That depends how you define "auto-transmission".  Some of the sequential
> gearboxes used on race cars need no clutch to change gears, just hitting
> buttons, and even that could be automated (it is on many cars that use
> sequential gearboxes, at least as an option, ie the Smart has such an
> option).

  The mechanics of changing gears are different, but you still get to do
it manually.  And if you know what you're doing, you will beat a fully
auto system.

> >   The idiots who insist on "-O9" and "MAKEOPTS=-j16" and stupid
> > unrolling are like leadfooted drivers in manual transmission cars,
> > who push the pedal to the floor and ignore the red line.
> 
> They certainly must like broken in subtle odd ways software.

  Some of them were genuinely ignorant of the facts, and will change
their ways when informed of what they're doing wrong, so I try not to
be too harsh first time I encounter someone doing that.  Others simply
refuse to change regardless of repeated warnings.

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