Observational humor

[Martin Owens]

On Thu, 2009-01-15 at 15:06 -0500, markw-FJ05HQ0HCKaWd6l5hS35sQ at public.gmane.org wrote:
> I'm compiling a custom Linux kernel.  Sort of walking down memory lane as
> it were. Can someone please explain to me how doing this in 2009, with a
> very fast dual core CPU and very fast SATA disks takes LONGER than it did
> back in 1999 (10 years ago)? (rhetorical question)
> 
> I mean come on? How much faster are systems today than 10 years ago? Has
> the Linux kernel REALLY grown that much?

You would have expected the compiler to be different as well. But it's
like Cory Doctorow says: Hardware advancements happen incredibly fast,
compared to software progress which seems to be one of the slowest
modern industry.