FTFS: "The researchers found that people who reported feeling a great deal of boredom were 37 per cent more likely to have died by the end of the study."
I'm not defending the headline, and I haven't RTFA but wow, dude.
I, on the other hand, find that firefox is very stable, even with a number of extensions installed. It is certainly a memory hog, but Opera is actually worse. What is more, Opera is crashy. Now this is the linux version of Opera, so it may be different than the windows version.
In a different post here, someone claimed that Chrome had rarely ever crashed for them and they had installed it very soon after it was released. Again, not at all my experience with Chrome.
Conclusion: Anecdotal evidence is often quite meaningless. Unfortunately slashdot's comments are full of it. Actually, this shouldn't be as bad as it is, but I often find that the comments that get modded up are very unrepresentative.
Actually, out of curiosity, what does a linux/unix system do if you "rm -rf/" as root? (While it is running, that is). I suppose processes would keep running until they tried to use files or paths that had been deleted and then they would crash or something.
I tried doing the equivalent on a Windows XP installation I was nuking (I forget the exact DOS command, something like "deltree/y c:\"), which was kind of entertaining. The Windows file protection failed to prevent the OS from being irreparably damaged. A lot of core windows stuff still seemed to be there but it was unable to boot afterward.
In fact on Newegg (and probably many other sites) the percentage of very negative reviews is disproportionately high. People are more likely to post a bad review and complain about a hard drive that dies than they are about a hard drive that does its job without any problem. I should know. I rarely review things. The only review of a technology product that I've written was for a SanDisk flash drive that died immediately after I bought it.
If you don't recognize the fact that negative experiences are overrepresented, you'll get the impression that most products are crap.
In a year or two when software starts to actually use this capacity, Ill upgrade storage and video for a bit of a boast. Unfortunately, faster hard drives only make a bit of difference.
Furthermore, because standby mode is less annoying, people are more likely to use it. You can even set up a computer to stand by automatically when idle for a period of time. In other words, pragmatically it is more likely to save power than telling people to turn off their computers when they aren't using them.
But can you imagine the kind of legal hot water Google would find itself in if it only allowed its own ads? I don't think you will see any kind of 'AdBlock', because it would have to be all or nothing... Well, unless they can find a loophole with an 'Annoyance Annihilator'.
Why not a third-party AdBlock? AdBlock for Firefox is third-party, after all. Google couldn't be held responsible for a third-party extension.
In fact, since apparently the new version of Chrome has GreaseMonkey support, it should be quite easy to implement (or possibly even port) AdBlock.
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Simple solution: Set the processor affinity. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Processor_affinity
Wow. This is even modded +4 Insightful.
FTFS: "The researchers found that people who reported feeling a great deal of boredom were 37 per cent more likely to have died by the end of the study."
I'm not defending the headline, and I haven't RTFA but wow, dude.
This comment needs to be modded insightful and troll.
The correct term is a Beowulf clusterfuck.
They're working on a "Mastering yes" book, but I hear they're having trouble finishing it.
It's also an excellent form of one-way encryption.
Intel shits the bed running in 64 bit mode.
Is that a good thing?
Funkatron is obviously not running in common sense mode.
I, on the other hand, find that firefox is very stable, even with a number of extensions installed. It is certainly a memory hog, but Opera is actually worse. What is more, Opera is crashy. Now this is the linux version of Opera, so it may be different than the windows version.
In a different post here, someone claimed that Chrome had rarely ever crashed for them and they had installed it very soon after it was released. Again, not at all my experience with Chrome.
Conclusion: Anecdotal evidence is often quite meaningless. Unfortunately slashdot's comments are full of it. Actually, this shouldn't be as bad as it is, but I often find that the comments that get modded up are very unrepresentative.
Actually, out of curiosity, what does a linux/unix system do if you "rm -rf /" as root? (While it is running, that is). I suppose processes would keep running until they tried to use files or paths that had been deleted and then they would crash or something.
I tried doing the equivalent on a Windows XP installation I was nuking (I forget the exact DOS command, something like "deltree /y c:\"), which was kind of entertaining. The Windows file protection failed to prevent the OS from being irreparably damaged. A lot of core windows stuff still seemed to be there but it was unable to boot afterward.
What about the polling agency? Did they know the difference?
In fact on Newegg (and probably many other sites) the percentage of very negative reviews is disproportionately high. People are more likely to post a bad review and complain about a hard drive that dies than they are about a hard drive that does its job without any problem. I should know. I rarely review things. The only review of a technology product that I've written was for a SanDisk flash drive that died immediately after I bought it.
If you don't recognize the fact that negative experiences are overrepresented, you'll get the impression that most products are crap.
(With a fattening layer of MS)
Anybody feel like booting from CoreBoot into Windows 7 beta then running KDE 3.2RC?
[Citation needed]
This is getting modded up? I have never heard this anywhere.
Besides, from the "I hate hard-drives" comment it is obvious that the AC has an anti-hard-drive bias. ;-)
Right, KDE being open source means you can just dive into the code and de-bloat the thing. Piece of cake. Seriously?
In a year or two when software starts to actually use this capacity, Ill upgrade storage and video for a bit of a boast. Unfortunately, faster hard drives only make a bit of difference.
Ah, so that's what it's actually for...
Um, ever heard of the AwesomeBar?
Wait, exactly how easy to use would it have to be for your grandmother to use it, then?
No, it just reads zero all the time. It's hideously impractical.
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Russian is hard. : |
Furthermore, because standby mode is less annoying, people are more likely to use it. You can even set up a computer to stand by automatically when idle for a period of time. In other words, pragmatically it is more likely to save power than telling people to turn off their computers when they aren't using them.
I'm tired of this gag. It doesn't even make sen
In the city where I live, people leave their cars running unattended with keys in the ignition all the time.
On the other hand I see police cars patrolling the streets all the time as well.
But can you imagine the kind of legal hot water Google would find itself in if it only allowed its own ads? I don't think you will see any kind of 'AdBlock', because it would have to be all or nothing... Well, unless they can find a loophole with an 'Annoyance Annihilator'.
Why not a third-party AdBlock? AdBlock for Firefox is third-party, after all. Google couldn't be held responsible for a third-party extension.
In fact, since apparently the new version of Chrome has GreaseMonkey support, it should be quite easy to implement (or possibly even port) AdBlock.
You sure it wasn't the lousy wi-fi connection? ;-)
With greasemonkey support, AdBlock should be fairly easy to implement.