On Tue, 10 Jan 2006 21:44:29 -0700, Paul Gilmartin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>In a recent note, "Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.)" said: > >> Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2006 14:40:41 -0500 >> >> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 01/10/2006 >> at 01:11 AM, Phil Payne <[log in to unmask]> said: >> >> >http://www.baghdadmuseum.org/ref/?title=Million_instructions_per_second >> >> >"Analyst firm Isham Research has lately coined the term kMIPS >> >> What's wrong with GIPS, other than the inherent meaninglessness of >> quoting IPS? >> >For YA abomination, I lately noticed that the z/Series PoOP >makes a statement to the effect that bit 31 of the TOD clock >is incremented every megamicrosecond (paraphrased to avoid >use of a Greek character). > >A megamicrosecond is, of course, about 1.05 seconds. Except in SI. > >-- gil >-- >StorageTek >INFORMATION made POWERFUL > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- >For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, >send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO >Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html I can't believe that in 2006 this is still being discussed. I thought it was all settled, starting in the 60's. :-) http://www.bipm.fr/en/si/prefixes.html ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
