15 Dec
2004
15 Dec
'04
1:32 p.m.
Rumor has it that Dan Williams may have mentioned these words:
On Wed, 15 Dec 2004 13:56:43 -0500, Paul Koning
<pkoning(a)equallogic.com>
wrote:
Nah... how many people do you know that measure their auto's fuel mileage
in MIPS & MFLOPS??? ;-)
Laterz,
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
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Of course, that's a rather tiny engine. My
Honda Insight hybrid car
has a gasoline engine about that size (3 cylinder 1 liter). It starts
in a small fraction of a second. The magic is a combination of good
fuel mixture controls, and the fact that the starter motor is a
monster good for about 10 kW...
paul
Good idea, but isn't that a bit of overkill for your home collection.