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Re: [TCLUG:21710] Anticiparallelism & Boot up
Mike Hicks wrote:
>
> Phil Plumbo wrote:
> >
> > Interesting column from Bob Metcalfe in Infoworld this week - his final one
> > for that trade rag. As he often does, this time he's asking leading
> > questions to try to get some discussion going, arguing for smarter use of
> > computer resources during apparent idle time, among them:
> >
> > "What is your computer doing those first minutes after you start it up? It's
> > been idle for hours. It will be idle for much of the time thereafter. So why
> > doesn't it handle its duties before or after starting up?"
> >
> > I've always been peeved at lengthy boot times, which leads me (and most I
> > know) to just leave the box on all the time (a waste).
> >
> > So I'm curious. How would we answer Bob's question for Linux? (Besides "um,
> > well... it was turned *off*, Bob").
distributed.net/SETI@home anyone?