gistfile1.txt

for i in $( seq 0 10 ) ; do time curl "http://www.plurk.com/Geo/getCities?region_id=2548" ; done 
[]
real	0m0.428s
user	0m0.001s
sys	0m0.002s
[]
real	0m9.817s
user	0m0.001s
sys	0m0.004s
[]
real	0m0.433s
user	0m0.001s
sys	0m0.003s
[]
real	0m0.432s
user	0m0.002s
sys	0m0.003s
[]
real	0m0.422s
user	0m0.002s
sys	0m0.002s
[]
real	0m0.439s
user	0m0.001s
sys	0m0.003s
[]
real	0m0.424s
user	0m0.001s
sys	0m0.004s
[]
real	0m9.801s
user	0m0.002s
sys	0m0.002s
[]
real	0m10.004s
user	0m0.001s
sys	0m0.004s
[]
real	0m9.814s
user	0m0.000s
sys	0m0.004s
[]
real	0m0.423s
user	0m0.003s
sys	0m0.002s