From Nathan Fisher
>I'll take your car analogy and run with it.
And I shall run it into the ground...
>When the car's computer detects a problem with the engine, it turns on
>the Check Engine light. Ok, that's the failed assertion warning. Would
>you appreciate it if the computer shut down your car, "just to be on the
>safe side"? That's what RB is doing currently. Most of us are willing
>to accept a little risk in this situation, at least to get the car
>pulled off to the side or that last block home from the store. I'm not
>asking for it to go 100 miles, but I'd like to try to make it a block or
>two to a good stopping point if I can. If it finally kills (due to the
>engine problem), that's something I can accept.
That little light goes on in your car because the people who put the car
together have sensors in places where they know something wrong might
happen. When it does, you go to your dealer/mechanic, pay him a lot of
money to atttach a computer (run by RB, hopefully ;) ) to your car, and
have him tell you what's wrong.
Your car throws a Failed Assertion when something Really Bad happens.
For example, your plugs misfire, bending your camshaft, and causing your
rods to rocket through the hood of your car and into the clear blue sky.
How do you deal with that? Naturally, you grind to a screeching halt
right then and there and show a dialog box saying CallAAA.1800BIGBUXS.
>oh, and if you're not humor-impaired...
>
>http://www.vftp.net/temp/windowssttng.jpg
This was funny. Is it just me, or does it seem like all the internet
satirists can't spell and can't use grammar to save their own lives?
Tim
Tokyo, Japan
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