On Fri, 19 Apr 2002, Hans Franke wrote:
> > The Pentium III with 256MB and 10GB hard disk sitting on my desk should be
> > something in the TerraZuse range (or much higher).
>
> So this stupid Pentium is a 10^12 times more geeky then a Zuse ?
> Come on. This is the geeknes factor. If the pentium gets a nanozuse
> it's already way overrated.
Ok, I see your point. I guess the thing to do then is make the Zuse
number be between 0 and 1. A zero would mean a computer fresh off the
assembly line.
> > We should also factor in user I/O. Machines that used front panels and
> > blinkenlights should have much lower (i.e. more classic) scores than those
> > that have keyboards and 16MB bit-mapped displays with 24 million colors
> > and what not.
>
> Machines with blikenlights are bigger and more heavy than modern
> workstations, so you got this included. If we use to arbitrarily
> citeria (like Display, MS ability, etc. pp. it looks less 'serious'.
So you're only counting the CPU "box" in the equation?
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