@@ -2082,13 +2082,14 @@
 	 (adjmaxload (* maxload (max 1 numcpus))) ;; possible bug where
 					       ;; numcpus (or could be
 					       ;; maxload) is zero,
 					       ;; crude fallback is to
 					       ;; at least use 1
-	 (loadjmp (- first (if (> next (* numcpus 0.7))
+	 (loadjmp (- first (if (> next (* numcpus 0.7)) ;; could do something with average of first and next?
 			       0
 			       next))) ;; we will force a conservative calculation any time next is large.
+	 (first-next-avg    (/ (+ first next) 2))
 	 ;; add some randomness to the time to break any alignment
 	 ;; where netbatch dumps many jobs to machines simultaneously
          (adjwait (min (+ 300 (random 10)) (abs (* (+ (random 10)
 						      (/ (- 1000 count) 10)
 						      waitdelay)