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From: Spalls Hurgenson <spallshurgenson@gmail.com>
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On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:43:13 -0000 (UTC), "Mark P. Nelson"
<markpnelson@sbcglobal.net> wrote:

>Altered Beast <j63480576@gmail.com> wrote in news:lhuuhvFlce3U2@mid.individual.net:
>
>> 
>> What units are computing power measured in?
>
>Never mind the mathetical operations, I always like to measure this in monk-hours as a 
>matter of practical productivity. Considering how much text a computer could output, via a 
>decent printer, in one second, how long would it have taken one monk, using a quill and 
>parchment, to produce the same number of verses, with or without illuminated caps?
>
>But, if you insist on FLOPS, consider a monk with a quill and parchment. How long will it 
>take him to solve a given quadratic equation versus the computer's performance?
>

It depends on the monk, I suppose. Are we running these maths on a
'Thomas Aquinas' processor or a 'Bob-the-Inebriated-Dribbler' core?

;-)