Author: Matt Taylor
Date: 21:50:50 02/12/03
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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... :) Yes...I always insist on using titles until invited to do otherwise. Some people otherwise take it as an insult. (Some of my friends have their own opinions regarding such people.) -Matt
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