Entangled monolith? [was: Re: GR proposed re: choice of init systems]

[Scott Ferguson]

On 23/10/14 18:48, Chris Bannister wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 10:29:13AM +0900, Joel Rees wrote:
>> (Sorry about double-pumping a couple of posts.)
>>
>> On Wed, Oct 22, 2014 at 7:08 AM, Andrei POPESCU
>> <andreimpopescu at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> On Mi, 22 oct 14, 06:22:30, Joel Rees wrote:
>>>>
>>>> Ever seen a ball of yarn?
>>>
>>> Yep. Disentangled a few. Not a monolith. :)
>>
>> Ever considered the molecular structure of obsidian, marble, or granite?
>>
>> Pushing the metaphor a bit far, but then so is my question about yarn,
>> and so was your question about a monolith being entangled.
>>
>> While I'm on the subject, diamond's hardness is derived in great part
>> from the interconnection between the crystals. But that's still not
>> really the kind of "hardness" we want in an init system.
> 
> Mixing one's metaphors and analogies can quickly get you climbing up the
> wrong ladder.
> 
... or hurt your back from constantly moving goalposts


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