On Fri, 13 Sep 2013 06:20:50 +0100, Stephen wrote:

> On 13/09/2013 5:43 AM, Jim Henderson wrote:
>> But a microchip is just a tad more complex than a combustion engine,
>> too.
> 
> Not any more it's not. ;-)
> 
> I used to service my own cars and bikes. Other than check the fluids all
> I can do with the engine nowadays is check that it is still there. :-)

Well, some cars have computers in them now, that's true.  But the 
mechanical parts are still basically the same.  Patrick's analogy is 
flawed because he's comparing physical items in the boot to data on a 
hard drive.  The two are so /not/ comparable it's not even funny.

Jim

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