Comment Re:metaphor (Score 1) 345
The NT metaphor would be a 60 speed bike with 5 chainrings in the front and 12 sprockets on the rear cluster and yet only had 24 unique gear ratios. Plus, it has a ultrathin chain that a strong rider could break at will.
The manufacturer's justification being that it is too much to ask the rider to know the location of desireable gear ratios and so they put the same gear ratios in so many different chainring/sprocket combos. And to do that they accepted reduced reliability.
The Linux metaphor would be to give every different rider different gearing based upon rider strength and the local terrain. And btw, have lots of different "standardized" variations of chains including one variation designed for the spacing and width of the timing chain from a '50 chevy.
The manufacturer's justification being that it is too much to ask the rider to know the location of desireable gear ratios and so they put the same gear ratios in so many different chainring/sprocket combos. And to do that they accepted reduced reliability.
The Linux metaphor would be to give every different rider different gearing based upon rider strength and the local terrain. And btw, have lots of different "standardized" variations of chains including one variation designed for the spacing and width of the timing chain from a '50 chevy.
