One measure of the speed of of a computing device is the CPU rate and the Input/Output (I/O) rate. The CPU rate is usually orders of magnitude faster than the I/O rate.
Translating to humans, the CPU corresponds (roughly) to the brain and the I/O corresponds (roughly) to the ears/mouth.
Unfortunately, many politicians exhibit a behaviour that is inverse to a computing device; their I/O rate tends to be much faster than their CPU rate. If they could only place a filter on their I/O device they will spare us the common phrase we so often hear
"my quote was taken out of context"
Translating to humans, the CPU corresponds (roughly) to the brain and the I/O corresponds (roughly) to the ears/mouth.
Unfortunately, many politicians exhibit a behaviour that is inverse to a computing device; their I/O rate tends to be much faster than their CPU rate. If they could only place a filter on their I/O device they will spare us the common phrase we so often hear
"my quote was taken out of context"
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posted by silberschatz @ 3:21 PM
