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To: Scumbria who wrote (122544)	8/21/2000 4:08:00 AM
From: Pravin Kamdar	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 1571766

I liked these quotes from Anand's article: While we can't release performance numbers today (those will have to wait until the CPU is actually released), remember that the Rapid Execution Engine might be necessary in order to make sure that the Pentium 4 can outperform the Pentium III in integer applications. and AMD took advantage of the fact that Intel's flagship platform was and still is the i820. If the acceptance of RDRAM continues to be as low as it has been, the i850 may be a tragic flaw of the Pentium 4, at least for the first few months of its existence. Pravin.

To: Scumbria who wrote (122544)	8/21/2000 7:13:38 AM
From: stribe30	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 1571766

Scumbria re: being OT and saying Northern Canada being bare: "While flying over the Arctic last week, I was rather surprised about how little snow and ice there was. Northern Canada was almost bare." The far north does have a summer as well.. albeit brief and only a couple of months.. Even in winter, there is usually less snow and ice on the ground then in the south. Surprising? Not if you think about it. With the area being so remote, it cant be reached by warm moist air systems from the Gulf of Mexico, and only occasionally by systems from the Gulf of ALaska and Northern Pacific. It is thus dominated by large high pressure systems from Siberia and over northern Canada's arctic region.. bringing sunny and clear but very cold conditions in the winter months. Here endeth the geography lesson and my minor role in educating our friends south of the border. :)