Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!ceres.physics.uiowa.edu!news.iastate.edu!IASTATE.EDU!john From: john@IASTATE.EDU (Hascall John Paul) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Novice question: measuring speed Keywords: Has this gotten silly enough yet? Message-ID: <1991Mar19.090929@IASTATE.EDU> Date: 19 Mar 91 15:09:29 GMT References: <645@ssdc?> <1991Mar19.052828.20842@Think.COM> Sender: news@news.iastate.edu (USENET News System) Reply-To: john@IASTATE.EDU (Hascall John Paul) Organization: Iowa State University Lines: 20 In article <1991Mar19.052828.20842@Think.COM>, barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: > In article gould@pilot.njin.net (Brian Jay Gould) writes: > >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. > > Wow, that's a fast computer! I don't even expect the Connection Machine to > do better than 32 f/s^2. Of course, that's ((32 f/s^2) * N-processors) for a truly amazing MIPS rating (Meaningless Index of Plummeting Speed) ;-) Maybe we need a fhallingStones benchmark? -- John Hascall An ill-chosen word is the fool's messenger. Project Vincent Iowa State University Computation Center john@iastate.edu Ames, IA 50011 (515) 294-9551