MIPS (was re: all sorts of stuff)

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From: John Hascall
Date: Thu, 27 Jul 1989 00:19

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In article <1653@zen.co.uk> frank@zen.co.uk (Frank Wales) writes:
>In article <1989Jul18.220621.8941> bhoward@inquiry.org (Bruce Howard) writes:
>>i like the term mups (mythical units of processing) coined by
>>peter honeyman.
 
>Or where MIPS == Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed.

   How about "Marketing Inflates, Producing Sales"? :-)


   --john

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From: hascall@atanasoff.cs.iastate.edu (John Hascall)
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Subject: MIPS (was re: all sorts of stuff)
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Date: 27 Jul 89 00:19:33 GMT
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