Odd heuristic in load average calculation when many processes start in a small window

I found a strange spike in one of my machine's load average. The machine does nothing (right now). The normal load average is nearly zero, the user and system usage is not more than 5 per cent. But once in a while the load average go to more than one, some times even much higher (5-20). The

Odd heuristic in load average calculation when many processes start in a small window

I found a strange spike in one of my machine's load average. The machine does nothing (right now). The normal load average is nearly zero, the user and system usage is not more than 5 per cent. But once in a while the load average go to more than one, some times even much higher (5-20). The