context switching

2003-04-06 Thread Barton Robinson
When somebody tells me something is very fast - I always wonder at the value. Like having a car that will easily do 150MPH on roads supposedly limited to 65mph... It's fun, it's fast, it's expensive, but not all that useful. Though I've heard that context switching is fas

Re: context switching

2003-04-06 Thread Alan Cox
On Sul, 2003-04-06 at 16:17, Barton Robinson wrote: > When somebody tells me something is very fast - I always > wonder at the value. Like having a car that will easily > do 150MPH on roads supposedly limited to 65mph... It's > fun, it's fast, it's expensive, but not all that useful. The PC is che

Re: context switching

2003-04-06 Thread John R. Campbell
Phil Payne wrote: >> I'm confused. And I've been following this whole discussion from >> the beginning. Can one of you, or any of you, reiterate? > > I've ben here since 1969, and I still get confused. Yup. Mind you, I like to *sow* some confusion, given how often I seem to reap i

Re: context switching

2003-04-06 Thread Paul Raulerson
AIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 06, 2003 8:29 PM Subject: Re: context switching > Phil Payne wrote: > >> I'm confused. And I've been following this whole discussion from > >> the beginning. Can one of you, or any of you, reitera