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- From: hrubin@pop.stat.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
- Newsgroups: comp.arch
- Subject: Re: BUSES
- Message-ID: <54988@mentor.cc.purdue.edu>
- Date: 24 Jul 92 13:18:37 GMT
- References: <1992Jul23.092211.18462@nuscc.nus.sg> <BrusoI.2so@zoo.toronto.edu>
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- In article <BrusoI.2so@zoo.toronto.edu> henry@zoo.toronto.edu (Henry Spencer) writes:
- >In article <1992Jul23.092211.18462@nuscc.nus.sg> eletanjm@nuscc.nus.sg (TAN JIN MENG) writes:
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- >>Also, if I get my file within 0.5 sec as opposed to 1.0 sec, will I
- >>notice enough to pay for the hardware?
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- >If you get a hundred files in 50 seconds as opposed to 100, you will notice.
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- If you do not notice the difference in getting your file in .5 sec, you have
- an unusually slow reaction time. With a useful window system, this is a
- real major nuisance.
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