I agree that the relevant thing here is the law of conservation of momentum. However how can the electromagnetic wave carry away so much momentum.This would be like trying to have a space ship run by emitting a light beam - Surely ejecting mass is more effective.
How can u judge a program on what its resource consumption is. I think we were all resigned to the fact that newer versions of anything whatsoever would consume many more resources while adding a little functionality-thats standard and accepted. So u cant really judge Netscape 6 on that.
For example if this is ur yardstick, why use Word Perfect(mentioned in the article) at all. Why not Word Star which consumes just a fraction of the resources Word Perfect does? Why use Windows for that matter, and not Dos?
The important thing to consider is what is the new functionality added. Hardware will soon develop so that the extra memory and time required becomes completely inconsequential.
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I agree that the relevant thing here is the law of conservation of momentum. However how can the electromagnetic wave carry away so much momentum.This would be like trying to have a space ship run by emitting a light beam - Surely ejecting mass is more effective.
How can u judge a program on what its resource consumption is. I think we were all resigned to the fact that newer versions of anything whatsoever would consume many more resources while adding a little functionality-thats standard and accepted. So u cant really judge Netscape 6 on that. For example if this is ur yardstick, why use Word Perfect(mentioned in the article) at all. Why not Word Star which consumes just a fraction of the resources Word Perfect does? Why use Windows for that matter, and not Dos? The important thing to consider is what is the new functionality added. Hardware will soon develop so that the extra memory and time required becomes completely inconsequential.