Re^2: How Software Engineers Are Different Than Auto Mechanics

I have no problem with my car running Linux, but god I hope that they find a replacement for make and Configure.

The idea that I am going to have to pullover, run Configure and then re-build the whole thing in order to adjust my seat position, the electric mirrors or close the sunroof when it starts raining scares me sh...illy.

Gives a whole new meaning to "Making cars" and home-builds :)

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Re^3: How Software Engineers Are Different Than Auto Mechanics by itub (Priest) on Feb 23, 2005 at 14:24 UTC
You will usually need to run configure and make once, and that will be done at the factory, so only car hackers will worry about it. Afterwards you just need to edit ~/.carrc, or, if you want the changes to affect all users of the car, /etc/carrc . :-)	[reply]
Re^3: How Software Engineers Are Different Than Auto Mechanics by wolfger (Deacon) on Feb 23, 2005 at 16:08 UTC
I have no problem with my car running Linux, but god I hope that they find a replacement for make and Configure. Portage! I want to check for upgrades to my car every night when I come home from work! I think having a Gentoo Jeep would be awesome. :-) -- Linux, sci-fi, and Nat Torkington, all at Penguicon 3.0 perl -e 'print(map(chr,(0x4a,0x41,0x50,0x48,0xa)))'	[reply] [d/l]
Re^3: How Software Engineers Are Different Than Auto Mechanics by Anonymous Monk on Feb 23, 2005 at 14:14 UTC
I don't have a problem with make or configure. What I would find scary is cars driving on the street that could be programmed by anyone. That's far more scary than whatever OS it might be running (which I strongly doubt will be Windows or a Unix flavour).	[reply]