Muzzle Velocity (was: High resolution sleep (Linux)

[Cameron Laird]

In article <mailman.7404.1178622935.32031.python-list at python.org>,
Hendrik van Rooyen <mail at microcorp.co.za> wrote:
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>2) That the old NATO round (.308 Winchester) travels at 
>around 2500 fps. - and this was some forty years ago, 
>when I did my stint of military duty.
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>So being an idle bugger, I just naturally assumed that the
>speed would have doubled in the intervening time since
>I was last involved in this subject. - hence the 5000.
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Ha!  It's interesting, especially for "computerists", to consider
how some technologies "plateau":  steam car speeds, fresco paint-
ing, dry-stone walls, ...