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On Thu, 21 Jul 2011 22:16:41 -0400, Albert Hopkins wrote: |
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> Think of it this way: You have a house with an attic. Now the attic is |
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> not as "efficient" as say, the middle of your living room. You have a |
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> Christmas tree, but you only use that Christmas tree maybe once a year. |
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> Now it's much more efficient to keep that Christmas tree in the attic |
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> for 11 months of the year and use that reclaimed space in your living |
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> room for.. say a coffee table. Then, when you need that Christmas tree |
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> in December, you pull it out of the attic and maybe put the coffee table |
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> up in the attic for a month. |
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And the winner of the Analogy of the Month award is... |
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This has to be the best explanation of how swap is used I have ever read. |
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Neil Bothwick |
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All right, set phasers to deep fat fry! |
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