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From: erik quanstrom <quanstro@coraid.com>
Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 15:05:24 -0400
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Subject: Re: [9fans] VMs, etc.  (was: Re: security questions)
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> 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