In message <428A03C1.50202 / ieee.org>, Steven Jenkins 
<steven.jenkins / ieee.org> writes
>and figure out why randomness plays such a large role in the performance
>of my system.

The execution of other programs running on your multi-process capable 
computer. Hence my rationale.

Stephen
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