On Wed, Dec 02, 2009 at 01:22:38PM +0200, Penguin Lover Dirk Uys squawked:
> This has been bothering me for some time now. I have a Dell PC at work,
> Intel Core2 Duo with 4gb ram etc. Whenever something does a lot of disk
> access, the PC slows down to a halt? I remember some issue between Firefox
> and the kernel causing long pauses, but I've had several different kernel
> versions running.
>
> I also use the ntfs-3g driver for write access to a doze partition, but
> although the degradation in performance more severe with the ntfs-3g driver,
> access to the native (ext3) partition also drags the system down for a
> while.
Since you already have decided that the problem is disk activity
related, perhaps check hdparm (if applicable)?
Do you happen to know what kind of harddisk you are using?
>From what you described it seems not to be a driver issue.
Cheers,
W
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science. The new element, Governmentium (Gv), has one neutron, 25
assistant neutrons, 88 deputy neutrons, and 198 assistant deputy
neutrons, giving it an atomic mass of 312.
These 312 particles are held together by forces called morons, which
are surrounded by vast quantities of lepton-like particles called
peons. Since Governmentium has no electrons, it is inert; however, it
can be detected, because it impedes every reaction with which it comes
into contact. A tiny amount of Governmentium can cause a reaction
normally taking less than a second, to take from four days to four
years to complete.
Governmentium has a normal half-life of 2-6 years. It does not decay,
but undergoes a reorganization in which a portion of the assistant
neutrons and deputy neutrons exchange places. In fact, Governmentium's
mass will actually increase over time, since each reorganization will
cause more morons to become neutrons, forming isodopes, not to mention
multiple oxymorons.
This characteristic of moron promotion leads some scientists to
believe that Governmentium is formed whenever morons reach a critical
concentration. That hypothetical quantity might normally be called
'critical mass' but, in this unique case it is known as 'critical
mess'.
When catalyzed with money, Governmentium becomes Administratium (Am),
another just-discovered element that radiates just as much energy as
Governmentium since it has half as many peons but twice as many
morons.
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