Glass

Photo by my daughter (age 14).

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Sysinternals proposal

I posted the following feedback at the SysInternals.com site:

Hi,

As the number of cores increases, we need Process Explorer and similar tools to display the CPU usage in a more readable format.  I would propose that the first core go half way up the graph and all remaining cores be scaled such that if all cores are 100% busy then the graph looks to be full.  Ideally this would exponential so if two cores are busy, the graph is 3/4 full, and three cores is 7/8ths full, then 15/16ths, and on until the final core fills the last little bit left (depending on the number of cores this might be just 1/32nd or such).

This will solve the problem where you have 16 cores and a process is pegged at 100% of one core but the graph is so small you won't be able to even see it.

Thanks,

-- Stephen Clarke-Willson

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A Model Day at the Park

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Sound Banking: A Capitalist Imperative - The Market Ticker

Sound Banking: A Capitalist Imperative - The Market Ticker:

"It is time to 'clear the decks' and talk about exactly what a sound banking system is - and is not.

It is time to identify that which is an exercise in capitalism, and that which is an exercise in fraud."

This is a really good article that describes how fractional reserve banking goes bad. Basically, it says that banks can loan out money they "create" as long as they have a hard asset to back it up. In modern times, of course, banks are making loans against things that don't exist: a building that isn't built yet, your ability to pay (or not pay) your credit card, and incorrect assessment of home values.

So there's lots of fraud and most banks, by this definition, are insolvent.

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