From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Mime-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: In-Reply-To: <01073116132401.00303@starship> References: <85vG$i31w-B@khms.westfalen.de> <01073116132401.00303@starship> Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 18:37:35 +0100 From: Jonathan Morton Subject: Re: 2.4.8-pre1 and dbench -20% throughput Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" Sender: owner-linux-mm@kvack.org Return-Path: To: Daniel Phillips , Kai Henningsen , linux-mm@kvack.org List-ID: > > And remember that in physics, temperature (at least in the cases >> where it's used by non-physicists) does measure something >> approximately like average particle velocity, which some >> (non-physicist) people might well call "activity". > >Temperature also captures the idea of gradual decay. Activity sounds >fine too, both are way better than age. Temperature works for me. Activity would also work, but it's not as strong on verb-support for me either - you can say "tired", "more/less activity", "asleep" but that's about it. With temperature you can say "hot", "cold", "warmer", "cooler" and all sorts of things based around that - it even fits with the theorem that CMOS-based circuitry tend to warm up when actively in use. I like it... -- -------------------------------------------------------------- from: Jonathan "Chromatix" Morton mail: chromi@cyberspace.org (not for attachments) website: http://www.chromatix.uklinux.net/vnc/ geekcode: GCS$/E dpu(!) s:- a20 C+++ UL++ P L+++ E W+ N- o? K? w--- O-- M++$ V? PS PE- Y+ PGP++ t- 5- X- R !tv b++ DI+++ D G e+ h+ r++ y+(*) tagline: The key to knowledge is not to rely on people to teach you it. -- To unsubscribe, send a message with 'unsubscribe linux-mm' in the body to majordomo@kvack.org. For more info on Linux MM, see: http://www.linux-mm.org/