Re: 2.4.8-pre1 and dbench -20% throughput

[Jonathan Morton <chromi@cyberspace.org>]

>  > And remember that in physics, temperature (at least in the cases
>>  where it's used by non-physicists) does measure something
>>  approximately like average particle velocity, which some
>>  (non-physicist) people might well call "activity".
>
>Temperature also captures the idea of gradual decay.  Activity sounds
>fine too, both are way better than age.

Temperature works for me.  Activity would also work, but it's not as 
strong on verb-support for me either - you can say "tired", 
"more/less activity", "asleep" but that's about it.  With temperature 
you can say "hot", "cold", "warmer", "cooler" and all sorts of things 
based around that - it even fits with the theorem that CMOS-based 
circuitry tend to warm up when actively in use.  I like it...
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