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