Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Highway to Hell Newsgroups: comp.lang.java.programmer Subject: Re: Controlling the Garbage Collector Date: Tue, 26 Jun 2012 23:23:20 -0400 Organization: Bikers Lines: 25 Message-ID: References: <5d156697-1477-49c1-a098-f7bfa76783b4@googlegroups.com> <11c2c33a-ae05-4179-9a66-eee7bb90a49d@googlegroups.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: P/ofiJ8T7n5EGkM/Zddp1A.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: NewsTap/3.5.5 (iPhone/iPod Touch) X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.java.programmer:15651 On 26/06/2012 11:01 PM, Gene Wirchenko wrote: > On Tue, 26 Jun 2012 21:52:30 -0400, Highway to Hell > wrote: > >> On 26/06/2012 9:20 PM, Lew wrote: >>> Nope. >>> >>> My car was $800.00 less expensive with a manual transmission than with >>> an automatic transmission. Manual gets better fuel economy. It gives better >>> control over the vehicle, especially in inclement weather. You can drop to >>> a lower gear and accelerate to pass more readily. >>> >>> Subconscious distrust of complicated technology, indeed! Sniff! It's a >>> rational economic decision for those of us skilled enough to drive a manual >>> transmission. >> >> Why am I not surprised that you'd not only have one, but be snobbish >> about it? > > Hardly snobbish. I beg your *freaking* pardon? "Sniff! It's a rational blah blah for those of us skilled enough blah blah" is about as intellectually-snobbish as it gets. He clearly looks down on everyone who chooses differently than him, in that and several other arenas.