Re: 2.4.8-pre1 and dbench -20% throughput

Jonathan Morton
2001-07-31T17:37:35Z

> > 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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