From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: temperature standard - global config option?
Date: 9 Jun 2001 00:57:42 -0700 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <9fsktm$nhv$1@cesium.transmeta.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20010608140553.C20944@alcove.wittsend.com> <200106082116.f58LGd2497562@saturn.cs.uml.edu> <20010608191600.A12143@alcove.wittsend.com>
Followup to: <20010608191600.A12143@alcove.wittsend.com>
By author: "Michael H. Warfield" <mhw@wittsend.com>
In newsgroup: linux.dev.kernel
>
> Yes, bits are free, sort of... That's why an extra decimal
> place is "ok". Keeping precision within an order of magnitude of
> accuracy is within the realm of reasonable. Running out to two decimal
> places for this particular application is just silly. If it were for
> calibrated lab equipment, fine. But not for CPU temperatures.
>
Do you want to bet that that is going to remain the case, or are you
just assuming the current state of the art will continue to be used
forever? That is extremely poor interface design. Designing
interfaces is NOT the same thing as judging science fairs and
presenting data.
-hpa
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2001-06-09 7:58 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 79+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2001-06-06 12:27 temperature standard - global config option? David N. Welton
2001-06-06 13:50 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-06 16:06 ` Chris Boot
2001-06-06 16:16 ` Peter Svensson
2001-06-06 16:58 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-06-06 20:47 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-06-06 21:40 ` Kipp Cannon
2001-06-06 23:02 ` Maciej Zenczykowski
2001-06-06 23:27 ` David Flynn
2001-06-08 20:04 ` Pavel Machek
[not found] ` <9fm4sc@cesium.transmeta.com>
2001-06-08 20:06 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-06 19:32 ` Matthias Urlichs
2001-06-06 21:45 ` es1371 compile issue in 2.4.5-ac9 Alan Olsen
2001-06-07 15:14 ` Keith Owens
2001-06-07 18:27 ` Alan Olsen
2001-06-06 19:44 ` temperature standard - global config option? José Luis Domingo López
2001-06-07 3:50 ` watermodem
2001-06-06 20:42 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-06 21:52 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-06-07 10:05 ` Philips
2001-06-07 12:20 ` L. K.
2001-06-07 16:44 ` David Rees
2001-06-07 21:37 ` Chris Boot
2001-06-08 0:03 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-06-08 0:54 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-06-07 21:02 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-06-07 21:23 ` L. K.
2001-06-07 21:30 ` mirabilos {Thorsten Glaser}
2001-06-08 1:21 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-06-08 11:30 ` Thomas Speck
2001-06-08 17:33 ` Chris Boot
2001-06-08 18:05 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-06-08 18:43 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-06-08 18:56 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-06-08 19:00 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-06-08 21:16 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-06-08 21:22 ` L. K.
2001-06-08 21:38 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-06-08 21:28 ` Chris Boot
2001-06-09 7:55 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-06-21 7:33 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-21 11:18 ` Jonathan Morton
2001-06-21 15:39 ` Kurt Roeckx
2001-06-08 23:16 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-06-08 23:53 ` John Chris Wren
2001-06-09 3:52 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-06-09 7:58 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-06-09 9:17 ` James Sutherland
2001-06-09 15:06 ` Charles Cazabon
2001-06-09 0:13 ` Bill Pringlemeir
2001-06-09 10:11 ` L. K.
2001-06-09 10:20 ` Steffen Persvold
2001-06-09 17:21 ` Chris Boot
2001-06-09 5:45 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-06-09 7:57 ` H. Peter Anvin [this message]
2001-06-09 8:00 ` Albert D. Cahalan
2001-06-09 8:43 ` H. Peter Anvin
2001-06-08 6:48 ` L. K.
2001-06-06 14:06 ` john slee
2001-06-06 19:19 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-06-06 19:01 ` Dr. Kelsey Hudson
2001-06-06 19:08 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-06 19:26 ` J . A . Magallon
2001-06-06 21:00 ` Paul Fulghum
2001-06-06 21:01 ` Harald Arnesen
2001-06-06 21:05 ` Alan Cox
2001-06-07 10:43 ` David N. Welton
2001-06-06 20:45 ` Pavel Machek
2001-06-06 21:04 ` Alan Cox
-- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2001-06-07 22:10 Chris Adams
2001-06-08 21:33 Leif Sawyer
2001-06-08 23:50 ` Michael H. Warfield
2001-06-09 9:30 ` L. K.
2001-06-21 12:06 Randal, Phil
2001-06-21 12:56 ` Richard B. Johnson
2001-06-21 12:45 Richard J Moore
2001-06-21 16:59 ` Lauri Tischler
2001-06-21 19:14 ` Kai Henningsen
2001-06-21 20:19 ` Lauri Tischler
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