basically, what bandit was trying to say was the "cpu cycle" can be drawn analogous to the following steps, which occur, generally, at the same time:
1) read a word of a book/essay/poem/et cetera
2) process a possible meaning
3) write a comment of meaning
now, sometimes, the comment is read as a book/et cetera, and in turn follows the same path. the possible meanings of the word could be one, or of many different possibilities; the "correct" meaning is strictly dependent on context, such as:
"a"
could refer to a sigularity, a specific type of something, the first letter of the alphabet, et cetera. what follows would be considered context.
some cpu's can execute cycles extremely fast.
the analogy above is generally considered:
read
execute
write
where each step does the action against 'an instruction.'
like i was saying, computers can do this extremely fast. currently, my laptop has a 1.8GHz Pentium 4-M processor; the main point is the 1.8GHz -- basically 1.8 billion times a second, my cpu is currently:
reading input (keyboard, mouse, other devices: network, storage -- hard drive, cd/dvd, solid state memory card)
executing (windows os, ms outlook 2003 -- among about 25 services)
writing output (the quick reply message, the display -- 1024x768 pixels x 32 bits per pixel x 60 times per second (60 Hz refresh rate -- among other types of output, such as the network (internet window), storage: hard drive, memory card)
so, bandit is saying he has cpu cycles (computers) lying around either idling or turned off. very powerful and fast machines.
