[tech] Patience/Magicarp

[James French]

Especially if we aim it such that the machines really do leave marks
on the benches.

2010/1/24 Ian McKellar <ian at mckellar.org>:
> I love benchmarks!
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> On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Simon Fryer <fryers at ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au>
> wrote:
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>> > A while ago Bob Adamson tapped:
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>> [...]
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>> > PS: anyone know a good, high, out of sight window we can use to make
>> > Patience go faster than it ever has?
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>> The physics department roof has always been attractive for dropping things
>> off.
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>> Maybe we could recreate classical experiment by dropping two computers of
>> different architectures off the top of a building and seeing which one
>> hits
>> the ground first! This will of course answers the question as to which
>> architecture is faster!
>>
>> Simon
>>
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>> "Well, an engineer is not concerned with the truth; that is left to
>> philosophers and theologians: the prime concern of an engineer is
>> the utility of the final product."
>> Lectures on the Electrical Properties of Materials, L.Solymar, D.Walsh
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