Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!harvard!ut-sally!cyb-eng!bc From: bc@cyb-eng.UUCP (Bill Crews) Newsgroups: net.arch,net.micro.att Subject: Re: AT&T MIPS claim Message-ID: <882@cyb-eng.UUCP> Date: Tue, 17-Jun-86 14:57:13 EDT Article-I.D.: cyb-eng.882 Posted: Tue Jun 17 14:57:13 1986 Date-Received: Sun, 22-Jun-86 06:45:55 EDT References: <577@scirtp.UUCP> <266@comm.UUCP> <286@sfsup.UUCP> <612@mtune.UUCP> <16@vax1.ccs.cornell.edu> Distribution: net Organization: Cyb Systems, Austin, TX Lines: 23 Xref: linus net.arch:3188 net.micro.att:1319 > In article <612@mtune.UUCP> jhc@mtune.UUCP (Jonathan Clark) writes: > > >Remember, these days there are five types of falsehoods: > > Lies > > Damned Lies > > Statistics > > Benchmarks > > Salesman's claims > > > >PS Anyone know the origin of this recent version of the famous > >chestnut? Even the original original? > >-- > >Jonathan Clark > > The original original was from Benjamin Disraeli, revered statesman. > > --Bruce F. Wong Really? It wasn't Sam Clemens? I thought it was Sam Clemens. Wasn't it? -- - bc - ..!{seismo,topaz,gatech,nbires,ihnp4}!ut-sally!cyb-eng!bc (512) 835-2266