re: #132 unproven innocence

It is good that you are aware of cpu usage. That puts you ahead of most computer users.

But high usage for very long periods is not normal. You may have a zombie, or a hardware issue. Consult a trusted friend.

Nah, it’s supposed to do that. It’s why I bought it. Each RNA sequencing data file is 2 GB, composed of 20 million 100 base pair reads. The computer has to compare all of them and align them, and align them with the 4.5 Gigabase human genome, and then the hundreds of thousands of known transcripts, and then compile all the prevously unknown transcripts. Takes about a hour at 95-100% of CPU for each data file, and I had 2 files each for 22 samples.

Modern molecular biology - wow! When I started in this field in 1980, it was a chore to sequence 300 bases. Took 3 days just to generate the samples to load on the gels, another 2-3 days to run the gels, then 2-7 days to expose the film, so you could read them.

And people thought we were wizards for doing that!

/when-I-was-a-boy