Fast writes, slow reads

[Brion Vibber]

I wrote:

> With Evan's "slow.py" demo, I see the wait disappear after the first 
> get when using a delay longer than the minimum time on the Linux box, 
> connecting to either server: 

[snip]

> $ python slow.py 0.05
> Trying get()s with 0.05s delay
> get took 0.04 seconds
> get took 0.00 seconds
> get took 0.00 seconds
> ... 


If I modify the script to use a different key (for which there is data) 
for each request, the slowdown remains consistent does not go away with 
increased delays between requests.

-- brion vibber (brion @ pobox.com)