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[rhiannen]

LOL
Microsoft Math

I can see their slant now: "The "new math" for the new millenium...."

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rhia
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Geoffrey wrote:
> 
> Too funny...
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Microsoft violates Mean Value Theorem
> Resent-Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:12:53 -0700 (PDT)
> Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef at petting-zoo.net
> Date: Mon, 13 May 2002 11:12:25 -0700
> From: gkm at petting-zoo.net (glen mccready)
> To: 0xdeadbeef at petting-zoo.net
> 
> Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <nev at sleepycat.com>
> From: Greg Rose <ggr at qualcomm.com>
> 
> While investigating a VPN problem, I ran "ping" from a Windows2000 box
> across a lossy link which crosses the Pacific Ocean 4 times to get the
> response back to me.
> 
> Ping statistics for xx.xx.xx.xx:
>        Packets: Sent = 120, Received = 99, Lost = 21 (17% loss),
> Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
>        Minimum = 550ms, Maximum =  691ms, Average =  468ms
> 
> So, the average time for those packets is significantly less than the
> minimum time, eh? They've clearly divided the total time for successful
> replies by the number of total packets *sent*, not *received*. Smart, huh?
> It certainly looks like that Windows ping command is much more efficient
> than the competition!
> 
> Greg.
> 
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> Until later: Geoffrey           esoteric at 3times25.net
> 
> I didn't have to buy my radio from a specific company to listen
> to FM, why doesn't that apply to the Internet (anymore...)?
> 
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