All,
> Lots of "maybes" here, but certainly lots of things *likely* to happen
> that will throw off attempts to time things. Configuration would also
> have big effects on timings; more cache would generally make some
> operations take less time, thereby drawing timings together, and
> cutting down on the variations that the "attacker" is trying to
> measure.
Heh, I never thought our unpredictable response times would be an asset ...
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Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco