On Wed, Mar 30, 2011 at 02:09:17AM +0200, Polytropon wrote: > On Tue, 29 Mar 2011 16:56:14 -0700, Chip Camden <sterl...@camdensoftware.com> > wrote: > > Quoth Polytropon on Wednesday, 30 March 2011: > > > > > > T: (a deep sigh while rolling his eyes) No, that's not the fuel, > > > that's the tachometer. It is supposed to point at zero if the > > > car is not started. The fuel indicator is usually to the left > > > and smaller that the tachometer, and it should have E written > > > upon it, then a semicircle, then F. > > > > > > > And on a VW, it doesn't say "E" and "F" -- it says "0/1" and "1/1". > > That's okay - as long as it doesn't say "1/0" which would > cause the operating system of the car to crash, and you have > to send the onboard computer unit to VW Germany in order to > get it replaced. :-)
We were speaking in analogies here, where the car *is* the operating system -- so I think if it said "1/0" it would be more accurate to say the "car" would crash. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]
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