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From: jeff@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (Jeff Wandling)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Novice question: measuring speed
Message-ID: <1991Mar19.033409.1093@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu>
Date: 19 Mar 91 03:34:09 GMT
References: <645@ssdc?> <Mar.18.21.39.27.1991.17252@pilot.njin.net>
Organization: Western Washington University, Bellingham WA.
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gould@pilot.njin.net (Brian Jay Gould) writes:

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>The only real way to measure the speed of a system is to drop
>it from a building and calculate 42 feet per second squared.

Turns out that this is faster than some of the first IBM RS/6000 520's in
multi-user mode. :-) :-) :-)

-- 
     Jeff Wandling        
     jeff@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu