On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, Paul Jakma wrote:
>On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Jesse Pollard wrote:
>
> On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, Paul Jakma wrote:
> >bzzzttt... bad analogy. :)
> >
> >overcommit is more like writing out many cheques where you know from
> >experience that typically only a small percentage are ever cashed.
> >
> >would you keep $1,000,000 of cash in reserve when you know that most
> >likely you could cover your debts with only $100?
>
> You do if it means that you will die if someone calls your bluff.
>
>indeed you would. But in this analogy the risk of death might be well
>worth taking, ie resurection is just a reboot away. (and also in this
>analogy the $1,000,000 dollars is as good as unattainable.)
Consider that the "resurection" has eliminated your memory of the
previous existance (as far as the process doing the computation goes).
>it's a performance/risk tradeoff. Adjust it to your liking.
Thats a different problem. I can't adjust it.
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