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Firefox 3 Performance Gets a Boost

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the powers-of-ten dept.

jason writes "Mozilla has been working hard at making Firefox 3 faster than its predecessor, and it looks like they might be succeeding. They've recently added some significant JavaScript performance improvements that beat out all of the competition, including Opera 9.5 Beta. And it comes out to be about ten times faster than Internet Explorer 7! Things are really starting to fall into place for Firefox 3 Beta 4 which should be available in the next week or two."

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  1. Re:Safari by stoanhart · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Not if you're the shop owner, and people don't buy stuff anymore because everyone's got a replicator.

    Just sayin'

  2. Re:Why is this marked as troll? by Thing+1 · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Piracy is ethically no different from a mob looting a store whose locks were broken.

    Actually, "piracy" (by which I understand you to mean "copyright violations" and not "theft and murder on the high seas"), to fit into your analogy, is really more like "a mob entering a bookstore (without breaking), photocopying all the books (using their own photocopier and electricity), and then replacing them on their original shelves, in their original conditions, and locking up when they leave."

    They're not depriving anyone of any property. Their act does no harm; it merely enriches their own lives.

    The only perception of harm comes from the thermodynamically-challenged laws we have on our books. (In other words, the laws attempt to reverse entropy; tag goodluckwiththat.)

    Your AC responder also had a good comment. I've seen you before, but this is the first time I've seen the new sig. Can't say I approve; your ethics don't seem to tell the difference between "depriving of income" and "depriving of property". There's a big difference; one is a potential future event, the other has immediate effects.

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    I feel fantastic, and I'm still alive.
  3. Re:Why is this marked as troll? by tcolberg · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    The act of photocopying books in a book store (piracy) does do harm. It is depriving both the holder of the IP revenue for consumption of their good as well as depriving the bookstore revenue for the provision of the hard copies that were obviously used. Just because the mob leaves the books on the shelves after photocopying them doesn't mean that they aren't stealing property and services.