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From: reeder@ut-emx.UUCP (William P. Reeder)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Cray architecture
Message-ID: <1461@ut-emx.UUCP>
Date: 28 Mar 88 20:26:12 GMT
References: <7762@alice.UUCP> <418@ole.UUCP> <3216@phri.UUCP> <1574@osiris.UUCP>
Organization: University of Texas Computation Center
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In article <1574@osiris.UUCP>, mjr@osiris.UUCP (Marcus J. Ranum) writes:
> 	Maybe computers could issue an impressive spine chilling whine when
> the load average gets high - I see spoilers, air dams, MIPS-meters, and curb-
> feelers as integral parts of the next generation of super-computers.
> 
> --mjr();

I have suggested to many sales reps that they need a bank of gee-whiz
lights on the front which blink faster as the load goes up.  That way
people who walk by our machine room and look through the big window
could see something "impressive".

-- Wills

-- 
William {Wills,Card,Weekly,Virtual} Reeder	reeder@emx.utexas.edu

Scholars who study dinosaurs say there were some smart dinosaurs and lots
of stupid dinosaurs.  Those smart dinosaurs came along early, but in the
survival wars, please note, the stupid dinosaurs won.

DISCLAIMER:	I speak only for myself, and usually only to myself.