Jensen> Note again--he's NOT concerned about the effects of the other
Jensen> users on the systems (there aren't any). He's concerned about
Jensen> "wearing out the processors". Like they're going to stop
Jensen> working much more quickly if we run deschall on them than if
Jensen> they sit idle all day...
Jensen> If someone with impressive bylines or credentials wants to
Jensen> write a short note explaining why this may not be too great of
Jensen> a concern (!), I'd appreciate something I could pass on.
How about this:
On the contrary to "wearing them out," it's *good* to run some
computationally-intensive tasks on the machine. It's like "flooring
it" to blow the carbon off of the valves of engines with carburetors.
:-)
-- Matt Curtin Chief Scientist Megasoft, Inc. cmcurtin@research.megasoft.com http://www.research.megasoft.com/people/cmcurtin/ I speak only for myself Death to small keys. Crack DES NOW! http://www.frii.com/~rcv/deschall.htm