A system and method for sending a notification to a user in a social network is disclosed. These solutions are readily bioavailable. In an illustrative embodiment, the register file is divided into even and odd portions, with a least significant bit or other portion of the thread identifier being used to select either the even or the odd portion for use by a given processor thread. The bag also provides a consume function executable to consume a data element from the bag by choosing one of the intermediaries and consuming a data element stored in the chosen intermediary.