Article 3285 of alt.humor.best-of-usenet: Path: udel!princeton!rutgers!dziuxsolim.rutgers.edu!uunet!in1.uu.net!inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com!news From: Matthew Edward Patton Newsgroups: alt.humor.best-of-usenet Subject: [comp.benchmarks,...] Appliance benchmark? Followup-To: alt.humor.best-of-usenet.d Date: 20 Jun 1995 20:40:17 GMT Organization: best of usenet humor Lines: 31 Approved: ahbou-mod @ acpub.duke.edu Message-ID: <3s7bnh$imr @ inet-nntp-gw-1.us.oracle.com> NNTP-Posting-Host: orion.us.oracle.com X-Disclaimer: the "Approved" header verifies header information for article transmission and does not imply approval of content. See .sig below. X-Submissions-To: ahbou-sub @ acpub.duke.edu From: juhana @ ebri01.ebara.co.jp (Juhana Rasanen) Newsgroups: comp.arch.storage,comp.periphs.scsi,comp.benchmarks,comp.nfs.sex,gnu.emacs.sex Subject: Re: Appliance benchmark? In article <3ptibv$kb7 @ larry.rice.edu> vivek @ cs.rice.edu (Vivek Sadananda Pai) writes: >In article <3ps8h3$88l @ lsi.lsil.com>, gjb @ lsil.com (gary bridgewater) writes: >|> In article <3pqu2u$o5s @ supernova.netapp.com> hitz @ netapp.com (Dave Hitz) writes: >|> >My toaster can toast 2 slices of bread in 42 seconds. My neighbor has >|> >one that can toast 4 slices of bread at once but it takes 67 seconds. >|> > >|> >Response time or throughput? The eternal dilemma. >|> >|> Buy a second 2-slice toaster. >|> >|> Time versus money? The eternal conundrum. > >Squish your 4 slices so they take the space of 2, then >toast them in your fast 2-slice toaster. >Compression's been around for a long time. > >Size vs speed? The eternal doughnut. Toast the first two slices, and while eating them, toast the second two ones. Pipelining is the happening thing. -- Moderators accept or reject articles based solely on the criteria posted in the Frequently Asked Questions. Article content is the responsibility of the submittor. Submit articles to ahbou-sub @ acpub.duke.edu. To write to the moderators, send mail to ahbou-mod @ acpub.duke.edu.