scott wrote:
> Dude, you so should be doing something else than fixing computers for a 
> job.

...and during today's lunch break, a wrote a program that connects to 
the Internet, downloads an HTML page via HTTP, parses the large table in 
the middle, and outputs the resulting data as a CSV file.

In other words, with a single command, it gives me a CSV file containing 
all of PassMark's CPU ratings data.

(NB. I am not aware of any HTTP libraries for Haskell, so I'm handling 
HTTP manually. Similarly, I am not using any XML library, just plain 
string matching.)

Apparently, a Mac Mini is a few percent faster than my current PC.

[Difference between a normal person and a Geek:

- A normal person goes to a website, looks up the speeds, and has their 
answer.

- A Geek goes to a website, finds the information, writes a program to 
download the page and parse the dense presentational markup, and produce 
a searchable database. And then they have their answer.

Hmm... I'm really inefficient!]

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