After takin' a swig o' grog, Erik Funkenbusch belched out
this bit o' wisdom:
> You're sure about that? Most people have no idea that CD's are slower than
> hard drives. Most people have no idea what the difference is, other than
> removability.
>
> Certainly, very technical people can deduce those things. Most people
> would never make the connection.
Sure they would, and if they didn't, and voiced it, someone would explain it
to them.
> Most people still don't understand the difference between RAM and Hard Disk
> space. I constatly hear people say something like "My Microsoft has 500GB
> of memory". And you think those people will understand the intricacies of
> CD versus hard disk performance?
Easily. "You see, a CD has the acceleration of a truck, while the hard disk
has the acceleration of a racer."
--
Be careful of reading health books, you might die of a misprint.
-- Mark Twain
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