From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: erik quanstrom Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:05:24 -0400 To: 9fans@9fans.net Message-ID: <433e731961e1aae6df3256c6f0f5bb3d@coraid.com> In-Reply-To: References: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Subject: Re: [9fans] VMs, etc. (was: Re: security questions) Topicbox-Message-UUID: e2c64f34-ead4-11e9-9d60-3106f5b1d025 > I often tell my students that every cycle used by overhead > (kernel, UI, etc) is a cycle taken away from doing the work > of applications. I'd much rather have my DNA sequencing > application finish in 25 days instead of 30 than to have > the system look pretty during those 30 days. i didn't mean to imply we should not be frugal with cycles. i ment to say that we simply don't have anything useful to do with a vast majority of cycles, and that's just as wasteful as doing bouncing icons. we need to work on that problem. > > that, plus the fact that the the mhz wars are dead and > > gone. > > Does that mean we're all playing core wars now? :) yes it does. i've got $50 that says that in 2011 we'll be saying that this one goes to eleven (cores). - erik