Price/Performance of time

[Ben Scott]

On Tue, Sep 30, 2008 at 7:14 PM, Ric Werme <ewerme at comcast.net> wrote:
> We used to make comparisons like "If the automobile industry had improved
> at the same rate as computers...."  It's been a long time since that made
> any sense - a car would travel at Mach 10, seat 1,500, get 500 mpg, and fold
> up and fit in your shirt pocket.

  But Linux cars wouldn't be able to travel on Macintosh roads, and no
two cars would put the steering wheel in the same place...

-- Ben