Re: percentages (was re: repeat with i in string optimization)
Re: percentages (was re: repeat with i in string optimization)
- Subject: Re: percentages (was re: repeat with i in string optimization)
- From: Paul Berkowitz <email@hidden>
- Date: Mon, 24 Feb 2003 09:20:51 -0800
On 2/24/03 9:08 AM, "Charles Arthur, The Independent"
<email@hidden> wrote:
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Which leads us therefore to conclude that 900% = 10x faster.
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So 100x faster would be 9,000% faster. But this sounds like 9x to the
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untrained ear.
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The lesson: do not use percentages greater than 100%. They are always
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confusing.
Actually, 100x faster is 9,900% faster. I figured 10,000% was a reasonable
rounding, although not absolutely precise. It's a lot closer than your bad
guess of 9,000%, however.
--
Paul Berkowitz
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