Deciphering top's data

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Why is my load stuck around 3?

top - 01:19:55 up 146 days,  5:53,  2 users,  load average: 3.00, 2.95, 2.52
Tasks: 121 total,   1 running, 120 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  0.0% us,  0.3% sy,  0.0% ni, 99.7% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si
Mem:   1928300k total,  1911640k used,    16660k free,    10760k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      224k used,  2031384k free,  1561196k cached



top - 01:20:22 up 146 days,  5:54,  2 users,  load average: 3.06, 2.97, 2.54
Tasks: 121 total,   1 running, 120 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  0.0% us,  0.2% sy,  0.0% ni, 99.8% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si
Mem:   1928300k total,  1911192k used,    17108k free,    10816k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      224k used,  2031384k free,  1561276k cached



top - 01:21:14 up 146 days,  5:54,  2 users,  load average: 3.02, 2.97, 2.56
Tasks: 121 total,   1 running, 120 sleeping,   0 stopped,   0 zombie
Cpu(s):  0.0% us,  0.0% sy,  0.0% ni, 100.0% id,  0.0% wa,  0.0% hi,  0.0% si
Mem:   1928300k total,  1911448k used,    16852k free,    10912k buffers
Swap:  2031608k total,      224k used,  2031384k free,  1561180k cached

$ cat /proc/cpuinfo
processor       : 0
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 75
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 1800.178
cache size      : 512 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 0
cpu cores       : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni
cx16
bogomips        : 3603.04
TLB size        : 1088 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp [4] [5]

processor       : 1
vendor_id       : AuthenticAMD
cpu family      : 15
model           : 75
model name      : AMD Athlon(tm) 64 X2 Dual Core Processor 4200+
stepping        : 2
cpu MHz         : 1800.178
cache size      : 512 KB
physical id     : 0
siblings        : 2
core id         : 1
cpu cores       : 2
fpu             : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level     : 1
wp              : yes
flags           : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov
pat pse36 clflush mmx fxsr sse sse2 ht syscall nx mmxext lm 3dnowext 3dnow pni
cx16
bogomips        : 3603.04
TLB size        : 1088 4K pages
clflush size    : 64
cache_alignment : 64
address sizes   : 40 bits physical, 48 bits virtual
power management: ts fid vid ttp [4] [5]

$ cat /proc/meminfo
MemTotal:      1928300 kB
MemFree:         17292 kB
Buffers:         10984 kB
Cached:        1561244 kB
SwapCached:          0 kB
Active:        1254600 kB
Inactive:       410104 kB
HighTotal:           0 kB
HighFree:            0 kB
LowTotal:      1928300 kB
LowFree:         17292 kB
SwapTotal:     2031608 kB
SwapFree:      2031384 kB
Dirty:              96 kB
Writeback:           0 kB
Mapped:        1222324 kB
Slab:           151796 kB
CommitLimit:   2995756 kB
Committed_AS:   568768 kB
PageTables:       7200 kB
VmallocTotal: 536870911 kB
VmallocUsed:    264072 kB
VmallocChunk: 536606367 kB
HugePages_Total:     0
HugePages_Free:      0
Hugepagesize:     2048 kB


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