[rescue] pursuing a VAX

Dave McGuire mcguire at neurotica.com
Mon Dec 9 14:51:01 CST 2002


On Monday, December 9, 2002, at 03:47 PM, Eric Dittman wrote:
>>    Of course...I don't think anyone expects linear scaling there. ;)
>
> At least, they shouldn't.  I've heard Wintel-worshippers say
> things like, "I've got a dual 1GHz Pentium III system, so it's
> twice as fast as a 1GHZ Pentium III!" which isn't close to the
> truth.  You can't correct them, either.

   Yeah...you can't correct those kiddiez on most technology-related 
things, it seems.

     -Dave

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