Subject: Re: Is this time ok?
From: Stagger Lee
Date: 06/11/2003, 23:51
Newsgroups: alt.sci.seti

On Thu, 06 Nov 2003 18:17:28 GMT, Sowulo <bosco@UFO.com> wrote:
: *snip*
: 
: > Running two work units simultaneously will not lead
: >to the improvement you have predicted.
: 
: I don't see any prediction other than running two at once will slow
: down your times but increase your overall production and this is most

In the original post, Twisted Hardware 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 ..."

: certainly accurate information.  That 3.0c should be turning out about

Then perhaps you'd better take a remedial reading course.  The claim by Twisted
Hardware is utter rot. 

In other words, the phrase "can only use 50% of your CPU" is baloney.