Server code for stupid guage

server.rb

require 'socket'

maximum_load = 8.0
puts "Starting"
server = TCPServer.new(3000)
puts "Listening"
loop do
  client = server.accept
  puts "Accepted client"
  while true
    sleep 1
    begin
      current_load = (`cat /proc/loadavg`.split(" ")[0].to_f * 100.0).round / 100.0
      total_load   = (current_load / maximum_load).to_s
      puts "[#{Time.now.to_s}] Sending: " + total_load
      client.puts total_load + "\n"
    rescue Errno::EPIPE, Errno::ECONNRESET
      break
    end  
  end
  puts "Closing connection"
  client.close
end