earle@mahendo.Jpl.Nasa.Gov (Greg Earle) (04/08/88)
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 ... [ Followups to comp.misc, where they belong (at least more than comp.arch) ] Relevant Comment added for increased signal to noise ratio: How 'BOUT that R-3000? :-) -- Greg Earle earle@mahendo.JPL.NASA.GOV Indep. Sun consultant earle%mahendo@jpl-elroy.ARPA [aka:] (Gainfully Unemployed) earle%mahendo@elroy.JPL.NASA.GOV Lake View Terrace, CA ...!{cit-vax,ames}!elroy!jplgodo!mahendo!earle