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PwNzAgE33: ok so in assembly language we learned that
processes in the cpu get set priority levelsPwNzAgE33: 0-7, 7
being the highest priority
PwNzAgE33: this is the example the book gives
PwNzAgE33: "For example, a computer's payroll program may run
overnight, and at PL0. It has all night to finish - not
terribly urgent. A program that corrects for a nuclear power
plant current surge may run at PL6. We are perfectly happy to
let the payroll wait while the nuclear power correction keeps
us from being blown to bits."
PwNzAgE33: this begs two questions
PwNzAgE33: first
PwNzAgE33: who in the hell is running payroll and a nuclear
power surge correction on the same machine
PwNzAgE33: and second, if nuclear power surge correction gets
PL6, what on God's green earth gets a fucking PL7?