[rescue] Re: geek vehicles

[Brian Hechinger]

On Sat, Aug 25, 2001 at 02:55:28PM -0400, Kurt Huhn wrote:
> > i've seen goldwings, i've seen harleys, i've seen them with VW engines,
> and i've
> > even seen one with a chevy 350.  they come in all shapes, sized, and
> levels of
> > insanity (do you really need a 350 in something like that?  jesus.)
> >
> 
> Depending upon the audience, that might be rhetorical question.
> Another example - "Jeez, do you really need a PDP-11 in your house?"
> 
> :)

dude.  there is a HUGE difference.  actually, a better comparison would be to
say "do you really need a Cray in your house" but even that is way different.
no matter how fast a computer is, you can always find work for it.  having
an engine that is 20x as powerful as you need is pointless.

-brian