Personally I would want a big machine that digs 10 feet deep holes...
> Luuk Paulussen wrote: >> Would the fact that it has 132 2GHz athlon processors be a reasonable >> pointer as to why it's approximately 200 times faster than a common >> desktop PC? > > If you want to dig a hole ten feet wide, 10 men with shovels will be > about 10 times as fast as one man with a shovel. > > If you want to dig a hole 10 feet deep, extra men won't help. You want a > big man with a big shovel. > > parallelisable problem versus non-parellelisable problem. > > Cheers, > Carl. > > > ********************************************************************** ** This email and attachments have been scanned for content and viruses and is believed to be clean ** This email or attachments may contain confidential or legally privileged information intended for the sole use of the addressee(s). Any use, redistribution, disclosure, or reproduction of this message, except as intended, is prohibited. If you received this email in error, please notify the sender and remove all copies of the message, including any attachments. Any views or opinions expressed in this email (unless otherwise stated) may not represent those of Canterbury District Health Board **********************************************************************
