A million lines of code

[Wampus]

Interesting visual representation of how much code goes into different projects:-
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/visualizations/million-lines-of-code/

Simple iPhone game: ~10 thousand lines of code (seems about right)
World of Warcraft server: ~27 million lines of code
Average modern high-end car: ~10 billion lines of code

[Ian Price]

Wow!!

[Moru]

And since when is the number of lines of code important?

If you compare a car to a computer-game, you have to include all the drivers and all the other os-components into your games number of lines.

This sounds like the famour compare of apples to oranges. :-)

[Ian Price]

It's not important, but it shows how inefficient most coders are!

And why we need to get back to cars that don't have computers running them so that you can actually fix them yourself

[Moru]

Ours actually have a heatsink that is very similar to one in computers so I could change it myself :-)

[Wampus]

And why we need to get back to cars that don't have computers running them so that you can actually fix them yourself

Personally, my knowledge of fixing cars extends about as far as recognising that auto repair shops are where to take mine when it breaks down (and a basic understanding of electronics). If modern cars are so dependent on code, maybe I can actually do something to fix them. 

Don't snub your nose at me, mechanic. I'm a coder.