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I've heard this joke before on HN.

• devoutsalsa 5y ago
  I’ve told this once or twice before I think. True story.
• Sebb767 5y ago
  I'm not sure I got the pointe. Could you explain?
  • mitchdoogle 5y ago
    The professor is incompetent because he doesn't actually know how to talk about the performance of computers. It's not really a "joke", more of an anecdote
    • cyanydeez 5y ago
      Or he was about to reveal classified information and stopped short.
• LoveMortuus 5y ago
  In the original it's actually over 8000, which is interesting because numbers usually don't cause translation issues.