[tech] Patience/Magicarp

[Simon Fryer]

> A while ago Bob Adamson tapped:

[...]

> PS: anyone know a good, high, out of sight window we can use to make  
> Patience go faster than it ever has?

The physics department roof has always been attractive for dropping things
off. 

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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