Re: st: on 32/64-bit OS, CPU and Stata

[Nick Winter <nw53@cornell.edu>]

Seeing this made me laugh and wonder to myself--is the difference 
between Intercooled and SE that the hamster that turns the crank is 
given steroids before shipping?

Seriously, though, thanks once again, Bill, for the clear and useful 
explanation.

--NW

At 10:11 AM 7/29/2005, you wrote:

> One way to picture a computer is as a machine with gears and a crank
> sticking out of the side:
>
>                                              +--==     <- crank
>                   +---------------------+    |
>                   |  ||   ||   ||   ||  |    |
>       shaft ->    +---------------------+----+
>                   |  ||   ||   ||   ||  |
>                   +---------------------+
>
>                          ||
>                     The  --  is one gear on a shaft.
>                          ||
>
> The picture above is an illustration of a 4-bit computer.
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