Re: Why do CPUs run hotter...?

On Sun, 18 Jun 2006 22:20:31 -0400, mc wrote:
As it has to accomodate "users" by switching between various applications
it uses the "halt" command inherent in CPU's which IS not used by

Windows is multiuser too. Are you sure Windows does not use HALT in its
idle loop?

Windows is not exactly UNIX based, although it is certainly in the same
broad class.

Check your info. When in the '80s the "New Technology" (NT) was announced
for some strange reason it was castrated of the main security Unix-like
design where the admin and users have separate classes of permissions to
protect the system in broad sense of multiuser activity.

I'm not sure what you're talking about. There is an elaborate
object-oriented system of permissions and administrators are certainly
different from ordinary users.

I had a bit of a turn the other day - I _have_ to use Windows, for certain
software; just to plug a hole, I downloaded firefox to use for browsing.
I was kind of astonished when W2K did the whole install, and I was only
a normal user. The _ONLY_ files that are protected from other users are
the ones on the system drive, under "my documents" or some such.

IOW, Windows security sucks.

Thanks,
Rich

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