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Where's My 10 Ghz PC?

Posted by michael on from the don't-forget-the-flying-car dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Based on decades of growth in CPU speeds, Santa was supposed to drop off my 10 Ghz PC a few weeks back, but all I got was this lousy 2 Ghz dual processor box -- like it's still 2001...oh please! Dr. Dobbs says the free ride is over, and we now have to come up with some concurrency, but all I have is dollars... What gives?"

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  1. And that is why... by lukewarmfusion · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    ...you shouldn't do drugs.

    Since when did Slashdot start mimicking Hunter S. Thompson?

  2. dollars? by ack154 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    but all I have is dollars...

    They're probably even Canadian dollars...

  3. Re:And where is my Jetson's car! by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    I don't trust drivers on two dimensions. 40k people in America die in auto accidents per year already.

  4. OT: Your sig is wrong by tomhudson · · Score: 1, Offtopic
    Educational Sig: Referrer is spelled with two r's, not one. HTTP_REFERER has a typo.
    No, referrer has 4 r's, not two:
    R - E - F - E - R - R - E - R
    If you're going to be pedantic, at least get it right :-)