>>More the other way around... hardware without software is useless. However, software may work independently.
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>Not really, software or not all the hardware in my office keeps it nice and warm - summer, winter fall, spring, doesn't matter.

But it's the software that runs it (even if it's just a simple bimetal thermostat) that makes it run smoothly, or else you'd have to flip the switch manually every now and then. My thermostat cost $70 just because of the software it contains.

Or, look at the difference between the ordinary washer and the new energy-saving ones. The difference is in the software, the fuzzy logic they use. Other than that, it's the same jumble of relays, valves, heaters and motors.

>As for sorting CDs, if I listen to it it's on the top of the pile, otherwise it's on the bottom.

Ah, but this is for the ones I don't listen to so often - but when I want to find something there, I want to find it before I forget what I wanted :).