A "nice -n 19" process is completely unaware he is throttled and kicked off the CPU for long periods of time, unless it is interacting with something _else_ (a resource) outside of his own process.
Like the observation that space is expanding at ever greater rates of speed, without explanation?
I don't think that it does what you think it dies [sic].
Your statement is far more accurate than you intended
Even in a muscle car, the brakes are more powerful than the engine.
That's complete and utter bullshit. I drive a '95 Impala. I can hold the brakes at a stop and floor the throttle, and cut the back tires loose. That car is completely bone-stock with factory-sized extra wide tires to give it as much traction as possible and I have enough power to overcome the hydraulic brakes at a dead stop. Hydraulic brakes don't have a chance if the car is actively under wide open throttle at speed, the brakes will heat up and effectively lose friction, causing them to fail.
By contrast, the e-brake on a car is not hydraulic, it's a physical steel cable that pulls on the rear brake's shoes to pull them into physical contact with the drums, or in the case of rear-disc cars, to have special auxiliary shoes make contact with the central hub of the rear rotor. Those brakes are designed to hold the vehicle still when parked on a slope so that if the parking pawl doesn't seat properly in the output shaft of the transmission, the car doesn't immediately roll down the hill.
As those e-brake cables are generally made of mild steel, they're prone to rust and fail, and it's very common to have to replace them in rustbelt climates. I've even seen them fail in desert, dry climates after enough years.
Stop spreading this crap that's completely false. Brakes on cars only really work right when there are no other forces acting at the same time. Throttle on? Brake will be ineffective. Going downhill at a high rate of speed? Brake will be less effective. Being pushed? Brake will be ineffective.
"It says he made us all to be just like him. So if we're dumb, then god is dumb, and maybe even a little ugly on the side." -- Frank Zappa