Re: [TCLUG:21710] Anticiparallelism & Boot up

[Kent Schumacher <kent@structural-wood.com>]

Phil Plumbo wrote:
> 
> Interesting column from Bob Metcalfe in Infoworld this week - his final one
> for that trade rag. As he often does, this time he's asking leading
> questions to try to get some discussion going, arguing for smarter use of
> computer resources during apparent idle time, among them:
> 
> "What is your computer doing those first minutes after you start it up? It's
> been idle for hours. It will be idle for much of the time thereafter. So why
> doesn't it handle its duties before or after starting up?"
> 
> I've always been peeved at lengthy boot times, which leads me (and most I
> know) to just leave the box on all the time (a waste).
> 
> So I'm curious. How would we answer Bob's question for Linux? (Besides "um,
> well... it was turned *off*, Bob").
> 
Plug more X-terminals into your box (*grin*)

I was playing Heavy Gear II at the console the other night while my Aunt ran 
StarOffice and Netscape on an ancient HDS X-Terminal plugged into my box.  Too
cool!

Kent