On Nov 5, 2013, at 11:12 AM, Alan Gauld <alan.ga...@btinternet.com> wrote:
> On 05/11/13 02:02, Danny Yoo wrote: > >> To visualize the sheer scale of the problem, see: >> >> http://i.imgur.com/X1Hi1.gif >> >> which would normally be funny, except that it's not quite a joke. :P > > I think I'm missing something. All I see in Firefox is > a vertical red bar. And in Chrome I don't even get that, > just a blank screen... > > ??? > > -- > Alan G > Author of the Learn to Program web site > http://www.alan-g.me.uk/ > http://www.flickr.com/photos/alangauldphotos It took me a while… If you put your cursor up in the extreme upper left hand corner of that red bar, you get a + sign that allows you to expand the image. In the expansion you will see text that explains the graphical scales in question. A pixel (L1 cache), a short bar of pixels (L2 cache), a longer bar (RAM) and finally that huge block of pixels that represent disk latency. -Bill _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
