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zokier
on May 31, 2012
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LibreOffice 3.5.4 released with up to 100% perform...
Throughput can be 100% faster. Eg if it could previously decode docx at 100kb/s and now can do it 200kb/s then it would be 100% faster.
Or wouldn't you say that a car that goes 100 mph is 100% faster than a car that goes 50 mph?
epo
on May 31, 2012
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No, I'd say it goes twice as fast.
chc
on May 31, 2012
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That's the same thing. "Twice as fast" = "Two times as fast" = "200% as fast" = "100% faster"
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Or wouldn't you say that a car that goes 100 mph is 100% faster than a car that goes 50 mph?