All Adam's and all Noah's children. Adds up to a lot. But, back to MIPS. It's a plural of an acronym: Misleading Indicator of Performance
\jc On Wed, 7 Jun 2006 14:20:49 -0700, Charles Mills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Well, my note was sloppy. I'm sure I've heard the 1/3 statistic but I don't >have a source. What's your source for the 70 billion? > >BTW, Wikipedia thinks there are only 6.5 billion folks, but that is neither >here nor there. > >Charles > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf >Subject: Re: One or two CPUs - the pros & cons > >One-third of all people who ever lived have not died. > >Charles >============================================================= > >There have been over 70 billion humans on this planet. There >are only less than 7 billion living right now. > >Unless, of course, you believe creationism instead of science, >then any number will do. > >/J > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 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
