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title: 'Re: resource hog'
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date: 2010-07-15 14:59:00 UTC
original: https://bitcointalk.org/index.php?topic=327.msg3162#msg3162
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# Re: resource hog
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Re: resource hog
July 15, 2010, 02:59:00 PM

Then all the CPU time is the generate thread, which definitely runs at the lowest possible priority, idle priority.  It's normal that your CPU meter is 100%.  Since it's idle priority, it won't actually slow anything else down, even though the CPU meter is 100%.
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