On Thu, 18 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:
> Well, Zuse is aa Unit for
>
> m^2 * kg * w
> ------------
> bit * IPS
>
> So a for example the Zuse 1 (100% mechanical,
> binary floating point) ends up somewhere near
> 55 Z, while a modern PC (Lets take the dual
> PIII 700 MHz with 384 MB I'm using right now)
> gets around 4,8*10^-14 Z or 48 fZ (Femtozuse)
>
> I think this gives a good evaluation of the
> geek value.
I like it, but why don't we add a coefficient to make the Zuse 1 come out
with a Zuse rating of 1?
Multiplying it by .0181818... (1/55) would do the trick (lamely :)
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