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Ed Stroligo had a great one three or four years ago but I can't remember what it was.
EDIT: The thread is in trouble even though I know you all don't answer
"...but this one has more m'gahurtz" with talk about 'work per clock cycle'.
How do you illustrate it to them?
EDIT EDIT: Simplest analogy requiring the least amount of thought through the use of something that a minimum wage person can recognize instantly. Preferably a two sentence hit:
It's like A vs B.
B xxx faster but you get more xxx with A.
* * *
If you wish to skip the first page or so, here's a quick summary:
Graphic67: 8-cylinder engines vs. 4-cylinder engines story.
Hoot: Two school backpacks with different number of books story.
Gnufsh: Why do you need an analogy?
borg: posted to say he has no analogy.
mustrum: posted to say Graphic67's analogy would be correct if US car producers wouldn't suck so bad in engine technology.
deeman: posted to say we need to put an automotive thread in the forums.
JigPu: a 283 word post about floating point operations.
Finally deeman: posted a link to a story about a child and an adult walking together, and the child needing to take more steps to keep up with the adult.
Cyrix_2k: posted a story about 40mph 4-lane road vs. a 65mph 2-lane road.
barton2500: story about cycles per second.
c627627: took barton2500's story to Joe at the gas station to which Joe replied "Bicycles, what?"
Gnufsh: posted full blown Einstein's Theory of Relativity as an example. (OMG)
EDIT: The thread is in trouble even though I know you all don't answer
"...but this one has more m'gahurtz" with talk about 'work per clock cycle'.
How do you illustrate it to them?
EDIT EDIT: Simplest analogy requiring the least amount of thought through the use of something that a minimum wage person can recognize instantly. Preferably a two sentence hit:
It's like A vs B.
B xxx faster but you get more xxx with A.
* * *
If you wish to skip the first page or so, here's a quick summary:
Graphic67: 8-cylinder engines vs. 4-cylinder engines story.
Hoot: Two school backpacks with different number of books story.
Gnufsh: Why do you need an analogy?
borg: posted to say he has no analogy.
mustrum: posted to say Graphic67's analogy would be correct if US car producers wouldn't suck so bad in engine technology.
deeman: posted to say we need to put an automotive thread in the forums.
JigPu: a 283 word post about floating point operations.
Finally deeman: posted a link to a story about a child and an adult walking together, and the child needing to take more steps to keep up with the adult.
Cyrix_2k: posted a story about 40mph 4-lane road vs. a 65mph 2-lane road.
barton2500: story about cycles per second.
c627627: took barton2500's story to Joe at the gas station to which Joe replied "Bicycles, what?"
Gnufsh: posted full blown Einstein's Theory of Relativity as an example. (OMG)
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