Jarred-Sumner

// Comcast Cable Communications, LLC Proprietary. Copyright 2014.
// Intended use is to display browser notifications for critical and time sensitive events.
var _ComcastAlert = (function(){
	return {
		SYS_URL: '/e8f6b078-0f35-11de-85c5-efc5ef23aa1f/aupm/notify.do'
		, dragObj: {zIndex: 999999}
		, browser: null
		, comcastCheck: 1
		, comcastTimer: null
		, xmlhttp: null

jboner

Latency Comparison Numbers (~2012)
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L1 cache reference                           0.5 ns
Branch mispredict                            5   ns
L2 cache reference                           7   ns                      14x L1 cache
Mutex lock/unlock                           25   ns
Main memory reference                      100   ns                      20x L2 cache, 200x L1 cache
Compress 1K bytes with Zippy             3,000   ns        3 us
Send 1K bytes over 1 Gbps network       10,000   ns       10 us
Read 4K randomly from SSD*             150,000   ns      150 us          ~1GB/sec SSD