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+#include <time.h>
+#include <glib.h>
+
+#include "autoscaler.h"
+
+/* i wish i could have used C99 initializers instead of writing this function */
+void autoscaler_init(AutoScaler *that, unsigned interval, unsigned floor)
+{
+	that->update_interval = interval;
+	that->floor = floor;
+	that->max = 0;
+	that->count = 0;
+	that->last_update = 0;
+	that->sum =  0.0f;
+	that->last_average = 0.0f;
+}
+
+
+unsigned autoscaler_get_max(AutoScaler *that, unsigned current)
+{
+	time_t now;
+
+	that->sum += current;
+	that->count++;
+	time(&now);
+
+	if((float)difftime(now, that->last_update) > that->update_interval)
+	{
+		float new_average = that->sum / that->count;
+		float average;
+
+		if(new_average < that->last_average)
+			average = ((that->last_average * 0.5f) + new_average) / 1.5f;
+		else
+			average = new_average;
+
+		that->max = average * 1.2f;
+
+		that->sum = 0.0f;
+		that->count = 0;
+		that->last_update = now;
+		that->last_average = average;
+	}
+
+	that->max = MAX(that->max, current);
+	that->max = MAX(that->max, that->floor);
+#if 0
+	printf("%p max = %u, current = %u, last_average = %f\n", that, that->max, current, that->last_average);
+#endif
+	return that->max;
+}