> Like a pressurised container full of money; if there is any crack or way a hole can be made, it bursts and the money is gone.
That is, far and away, the best description of the problem I've heard. Did you come up with it?
That is, far and away, the best description of the problem I've heard. Did you come up with it?
I'd been considering rocketry analogies, where one software error (Ariane) or bad seal (Challenger) will blow the whole thing up, but I wanted to convey leakiness. Mtgox found a slow puncture and went down like a deflated bouncy castle.