Same here (Internet Explorer). I had surfed away, but he still got a good 30 minutes of CPU time out of me before I randomly ran 'netstat' and saw the connection to the server still open. My CPU usage was at 100% when I checked, but once I closed all Internet Explorer windows it returned to normal. Oh well, that's what I get for using IE.:)
If anything ever comes of this, I can see someone finding some rather more nefarious uses for this Java malarkey...
Good points. It sounds odd, but the cache is far *too* useful in its current state. Imagine that, eh?
I use the cache not only because it's often far faster, but Google helpfully highlights your search terms on the page, too. Why bother messing around with your browser's search facility when Google do it all for you?
And that's without even starting on those evil PDF files...
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System Entirely Contrary to the American Method? :)
If anything ever comes of this, I can see someone finding some rather more nefarious uses for this Java malarkey...
Good points. It sounds odd, but the cache is far *too* useful in its current state. Imagine that, eh?
I use the cache not only because it's often far faster, but Google helpfully highlights your search terms on the page, too. Why bother messing around with your browser's search facility when Google do it all for you?
And that's without even starting on those evil PDF files...