On Thu, 6 Nov 2003 16:26:49 +0100, Twisted Hardware <sorry@IwantNO.spam> wrote:
: You probably have hyperthreading enabled, so SETI can only use 50% of your
: CPU. You should use the CLI in combination with a tool to run 2 instances of

You should probably read the information on hyperthreading to be found at
http://www.arstechnica.com/paedia/h/hyperthreading/hyperthreading-1.html

It appears that you have misunderstood the details of hyperthreading,
because it is not true that hyperthreading somehow "splits" the CPU
into two parts.  Running two work units simultaneously will not lead
to the improvement you have predicted.