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From: earle@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Greg Earle)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: Re: Speed of computer vs. appearance of its user (`Cray architecture')
Message-ID: <240@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov>
Date: 8 Apr 88 05:34:59 GMT
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Reply-To: earle@mahendo.JPL.NASA.GOV (Greg Earle)
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In article <1504@alliant.Alliant.COM> lackey@alliant.UUCP (Stan Lackey) writes:
>[Dave Barry] goes on to say that, if you want to tell if how fast a computer
>really is, your best bet is to look at the person using it.  If he is
>neatly shaven and wearing a tailored suit, the computer is obviously a
>real clunker.  If, however, he is bearded with long, scraggly hair,
>wearing a T-shirt and cutoff jeans, it must be a top-of-the-line
>scientific supercomputer.

Hmmn, obviously Dave hasn't seen many Sun employees working on Sun-4's ...

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	How 'BOUT that R-3000?		:-)


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