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MIPS -- Isn't that a Conehead swear word?
MIPS: Meaningless Indicator of Processor Speed.
MIPS: /mips/ [abbreviation] n. 1. A measure of computing speed
formally, `Million Instructions Per Second' (that's 10^6 per second, not 2^(20)!...
miracle: an extremely outstanding or unusual event, thing, or accomplishment.
-- Webster's Dictionary...
MIRACLE, n. An act or event out of the order of nature and unaccountable, as beating a normal hand of four kings and an ace with four aces and a king.
-- Ambrose Bierce, "The Devil's Dictionary...
Miracle owes its origin to the negation of thought.
Miracles are great, but they are so damned unpredictable.
Miracles are so called because they excite wonder. In unphilosophical minds, any rare or unexpected thing excites wonder, while in philosophical minds the familiar excites wonder also.
-- George Sa...
MIRACLE -- something that never happens in our generation.
Miracle Story #7234 One leg Johnny can run again.

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