<div dir="ltr">I love benchmarks!<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Sat, Jan 23, 2010 at 7:38 PM, Simon Fryer <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fryers@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au">fryers@ucc.gu.uwa.edu.au</a>></span> wrote:<br>
<blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">> A while ago Bob Adamson tapped:<br>
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> PS: anyone know a good, high, out of sight window we can use to make<br>
> Patience go faster than it ever has?<br>
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The physics department roof has always been attractive for dropping things<br>
off.<br>
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Maybe we could recreate classical experiment by dropping two computers of<br>
different architectures off the top of a building and seeing which one hits<br>
the ground first! This will of course answers the question as to which<br>
architecture is faster!<br>
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Simon<br>
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