Author: Robert Hyatt
Date: 17:50:48 02/12/03
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On February 12, 2003 at 16:27:23, Angrim wrote: >On February 12, 2003 at 11:24:33, Robert Hyatt wrote: > >>On February 12, 2003 at 01:58:36, Matt Taylor wrote: >> >>> >>>Dr. Hyatt's figures "in practice" still show an 1 GHz McKinley 4 times faster >>>clock-for-clock than a Pentium 4. >>> >> >> >>CCC is a sort of "ageless", "faceless" place. I'd prefer to be known as "Bob" >>here. :) >> >>IE I know little about your age, your background, my only impressions are >>based on what you write here and you seem to be technically competent in this >>particular area (architecture) to me. >> >>However, by the same token, you know little about me, and I think the >>conversations here are more cordial in terms of "Matt", "Bob" and "Tom" >>regardless of whether I am older, younger, more educated, less educated, >>more experienced, less experienced, etc. >> >>:) >> >>Only a request, however, not a demand. In 1970 I was hired at the University >>where >>I had just graduated. It was _very_ difficult to reach a point where I could >>call the >>department chair "Danny" as he had always been "Mr. Carter" when I was an >>undergrad >>student... >> >>So I know it can be difficult to adjust, but believe me, I don't consider "Bob" >>to be >>a sign of disrespect... :) > >However, there are far more people addressable as "Bob" than as "Dr. Hyatt" >thus using the second form of address greatly reduces the chances of >a namespace collision. > >Angrim That's actually a good point, of course, although we are not overrun with Bobs here, particularly. But it is for certain that there are fewer "Dr. Hyatts" around. :)
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