Path: ...!eternal-september.org!feeder3.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Xocyll Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: rant Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 12:19:36 -0400 Organization: A noiseless patient Spider Lines: 32 Message-ID: References: <38pmbjd03lmv0voha1ma5gpo6pthutm805@4ax.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Injection-Date: Wed, 14 Aug 2024 18:21:57 +0200 (CEST) Injection-Info: dont-email.me; posting-host="1bfc074d1dafc03ee5566009869c5ddd"; logging-data="562288"; mail-complaints-to="abuse@eternal-september.org"; posting-account="U2FsdGVkX1/k+nzZItvck/Qm+EXiGLa5" Cancel-Lock: sha1:zyav5HpdwjFRd5rGzYNn7r9NVco= X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.640 Bytes: 2293 Spalls Hurgenson looked up from reading the entrails of the porn spammer to utter "The Augury is good, the signs say: >On Tue, 13 Aug 2024 04:43:13 -0000 (UTC), "Mark P. Nelson" > wrote: > >>Altered Beast 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? > >;-) Or Rainman the Monk. A savant will outperform a computer every time in their field. Xocyll