*/
  long millisElapsedSince(long startNanoTime) {
    return NANOSECONDS.toMillis(System.nanoTime() - startNanoTime);
  }

  /** Returns a new started daemon Thread running the given runnable. */
  Thread newStartedThread(Runnable runnable) {
    Thread t = new Thread(runnable);
    t.setDaemon(true);
    t.start();
    return t;
  }

  /**