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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Novice question:  measuring speed
Message-ID: <23185@as0c.sei.cmu.edu>
Date: 26 Mar 91 14:39:58 GMT
References: <645@ssdc?> <Mar.18.21.39.27.1991.17252@pilot.njin.net>
Reply-To: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
Organization: Software Engineering Institute, Pittsburgh, PA
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In article <Mar.18.21.39.27.1991.17252@pilot.njin.net> 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.

Not on this planet, i fear.