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To: Scumbria who wrote (59624)5/25/1999 4:32:00 PM
From: Mani1  Respond to of 1585058
 
Scumbria, those benchmarks are not "scientific" and FiringSquade never claimed they were. They are mainly for entertainment reasons. Take it for what it is and don't worry about it.

Looking at the way the big boys (INTC DELL EMC CSCO MSFT) have behaved lately, we have a lot more important stuff to worry about. I am currently only small caps (outside IRA) and perhaps will stay this way for the time being.

Mani



To: Scumbria who wrote (59624)5/25/1999 6:19:00 PM
From: RDM  Respond to of 1585058
 
<, the numbers are meaningless.>

Shure, but it create's interest. It is clear that even Paul does
really believe the benchmarks since he has not sold his stock. It is clearly not sold because he has become a long term AMD investor.



To: Scumbria who wrote (59624)5/25/1999 6:31:00 PM
From: Paul Engel  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 1585058
 
SCUMbria - Re: "I think it is incredibly irresponsible to release benchmarks when you do not know what it is you are benchmarking. Anyone with basic Windows training can run Winstone. The BIOS settings of any CPU can be adjusted to produce a performance range of 10X, and without a production BIOS and CPU, the numbers are meaningless."

I'm having trouble deciding which is worse - how PANICKED you are or DEEP in DENIAL you are.

Maybe it's a tie.

Paul