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Dan Knight - 2000.10.08 - Tip Jar

cache    CPU   graphics  disk    math
 32KB    0.87    0.91    0.67    0.99
 64KB    0.87    0.91    0.67    0.99
128KB    0.87    0.91    0.67    0.99
256KB    0.87    0.91    0.57    0.99

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