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Re: Why “new”?

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On 08-02-2011 10:14, Ken Wesson wrote:
> On Tue, 08 Feb 2011 07:39:27 -0500, Lew wrote:
>> Ken Wesson wrote:
>>>> There comes a point when finding out what someone meant is easier by
>>>> simply asking them rather than googling. I find that point tends to
>>>> come if I'd have to run three or four google queries in a row to get
>>>> the answer rather than, say, one.
>>
>> Peter Duniho wrote:
>>> Really? Incredible!
>>>
>>> Google says it resolves a search in around 2/10ths of a second for me.
>>> Even accounting for network latency, I can get a search done in about 1
>>> second. Even accounting for the time it takes to type (let's assume
>>> you're awful at typing and can manage only 5 words a minute or so, thus
>>> making the typing time by far the dominant time-consumer in the
>>> activity), you ought to be able to complete a half-dozen three-word
>>> queries in a few minutes.
>
> 1. You grossly underestimate my latency. I hate waiting for webpages to
>     load.
> 2. Asking is still quicker than messing around trying multiple google
>     queries.

How long time did it take from you posted the question to you got an
answer?

Arne

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Re: Why “new”? Arne Vajhøj <arne@vajhoej.dk> - 2011-02-08 23:08 -0500
  Re: Why “new”? Lew <noone@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-09 08:21 -0500
    Re: Why “new”? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-02-09 15:14 +0000
      Re: Why “new”? Lew <lew@lewscanon.com> - 2011-02-09 10:02 -0800
  Re: Why “new”? Andreas Leitgeb <avl@gamma.logic.tuwien.ac.at> - 2011-02-09 12:55 +0000

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