Subj : Off Topic (was: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY) To : meirman From : Outsider Date : Wed Feb 06 2002 11:32 am From: Outsider@f3.n342.z1.cereal.mv.com (Outsider) Subject: Off Topic (was: MS XCOPY v 4DOS internal COPY) From: Outsider meirman@invalid.com wrote: > > In comp.os.msdos.4dos on 6 Feb 2002 04:26:10 GMT > Jasen.Betts@xspamp42.f531.n640.z3.fidonet.org posted: ....snipped This is really off topic, but sure is a lot better than senseless fighting :). > >about 2-1/2 times faster, that's pretty impressive. > OT A lot of people say it this way but I believe it should be "2-1/2 > times as fast".** Otherwise, what would "one time faster" mean? 1*1=1 so one time faster is the same speed, no? I think "faster" is incorrect in this context. > **Or 1-1/2 times faster. > >It should be about 10 times faster than that bat, and does the same thing. > Here, where you may mean 10 times as fast or 9 times faster, it > doesn't matter so much. Proportionally, there's not such a big > difference. I think it depends on how you phrase it. 1) Batch A at 100 seconds. Batch B at 133 seconds 100 seconds increased by 33% is 133, or 1-1/3 * 100. 100 * 33% = 133 2) Batch A at 133 seconds. Batch B at 100 seconds 133 seconds decreased by 25% is 100, or 3/4 * 133. 133 - 25% = 100 -------------- 1a) The runtime of batch A has increased by 33% (1.3 times) in batch B which makes batch B 33% slower than A, and batch A 25% faster than B. 2a) The runtime of batch A has decreased by 25% (0.75 times) in batch B which makes batch B 25% faster than A, and batch A 33% slower than B. Someone correct me if I made a mistake. -- MS-DOS 6.22, Windows for Workgroups 3.11, Netscape Communicator 4.08 -- |Fidonet: Outsider 1:342/3 | | Origin: The Cereal Port BBS (603)899-3335 199.125.78.133 (1:132/152) --- # Origin: (1:132/152.4) * Origin: Baddog BBS (1:218/903) .