Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!apple!netcom!tim From: tim@netcom.COM (Tim Richardson) Newsgroups: comp.arch Subject: Re: Novice question: measuring speed Message-ID: <1991Mar20.184510.8019@netcom.COM> Date: 20 Mar 91 18:45:10 GMT References: <645@ssdc?> <1991Mar19.033409.1093@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu> Organization: techNET, San Jose, CA Lines: 22 In article <1991Mar19.033409.1093@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu> jeff@unicorn.cc.wwu.edu (Jeff Wandling) writes: ==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. == =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 Programed with heavy metal components. -- Tim Richardson email: tim@netcom.com {apple, amdahl, claris}!netcom!tim ******************************************************************************* "Those willing to give up a little liberty for a little security deserve neither security nor liberty". ------ Benjamin Franklin *******************************************************************************