old_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # Copyright 2014 Boundary, Inc.
  #
  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  # You may obtain a copy of the License at
  #
  #    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  #
  # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  # limitations under the License.
  
  import random
  import thread
  from time import sleep
  import platform
  
  class Dispatcher:
      
      def __init__(self):
          pass
      
      
      def configure(self, configuration):
          pass
      
      def printMetric(self,metric):
          print(metric + " " + str(random.randrange(0,99)) + " " + platform.node())
          
      def run(self):
          while True:
              self.printMetric("LOAD_1_MINUTE")
              self.printMetric("LOAD_5_MINUTE")
              self.printMetric("LOAD_15_MINUTE")
  
new_contents: #!/usr/bin/env python
  # Copyright 2014 Boundary, Inc.
  #
  # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
  # you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
  # You may obtain a copy of the License at
  #
  #    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
  #
  # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
  # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
  # WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
  # See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
  # limitations under the License.
  
  import random
  import thread
  from time import sleep
  import platform
  
  class Dispatcher:
      
      def __init__(self):
          pass
      
      
      def configure(self, configuration):
          pass
      
      def printMetric(self,metric):
          print(metric + " " + str(random.randrange(0,99)) + " " + platform.node())
          
      def run(self):
          while True:
              self.printMetric("LOAD_1_MINUTE")
              self.printMetric("LOAD_5_MINUTE")
              self.printMetric("LOAD_15_MINUTE")
              sleep(5)
  
subject: Add sleep call