Imagine if the OS were smart enough to recognize that you were copying to /dev/null and would simply optimize that operation out of existence! Now *that* would be fast.
Years ago 'C' compiler writers noticed that folks were attempting to benchmark the program that came out of their compiler by running a program called the "Sieve of Erastophanes". These bright compiler writers would look for the code pattern and simply throw away the code replacing it with a table print out! Needless to say their compiler would look great compared to one that actually did the work. Similar games were played in the video card space... -Alex Wirth's Law: Software gets slower faster than Hardware gets faster! "On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux." - Anonymous The closest I'm going to get to retirement is when I put new Michelins on my car! ***************************************************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the text 'unsubscribe gnhlug' in the message body. *****************************************************************
