Maybe I am an anomaly but I find on both my work and home computer Chrome uses substantially more memory than Firefox. My work computer is a few years old and and has many extensions while the chrome installation has no extensions. My home computer I bought in November and has 5 Firefox and 1 chrome extension installed. I am at home and have both Firefox and chrome open and they have been open for several days. In Firefox I have 17 tabs open and chrome 21. Chome is using 904MB and and 1.3GB of virtual memory. Firefox is using 355MB and 369MB of virtual memory. My work computer sees the same thing. Chrome using about 3x the memory as Firefox under the same usage.
They actually don't anymore. They haven't since version 5. They scan all the extensions and if they are compatible automatically bump the compatibility number. If they aren't compatible, they email the author beforehand so if the extension is still being maintained it can be fixed. The vast majority of extensions and all that I use have worked with 5, 6, and 7.
For video upload everything to youtube in 1080p. Set to private so people can't find it. For pictures you can get extra storage from picasa or other sites relatively cheaply. Backup everything additionally on three hard drives. Keep one at home. Keep the second in a safety deposit box. Keep the third at your grandparent's house. Update the copy in the safety deposit box every few months by swapping it with the HD you keep at home. Update the grandparent's copy by mailed DVD or when you visit. Keep copies of new material on home computers/flash media until all backups are updated. For additional safety you can also buy new flash cards for photos and save the old ones in the safety deposit box.
I have a friend who had her photos on two laptops and an external hard drive. When her home was broken into everything was stolen. Offsite backup is mandatory.
You should try Vindictus. They used to have a token system limiting how much you can play for free but it was recently removed. I think it is only available in Canada, USA, and South Korea the moment but a European version is supposed to come out before the end of the year.
About 6% were marked as incompatible 1 month before firefox 5 came out. All affected addon developers were contacted so many were fixed before firefox 5 came out. I can't speak for anyone else but this was the most seamless firefox version update ever with 100% of my addons working with the new version.
Gmail ignores the dot. You can't sign up for another email address that is only different by number or locations of the dots. The dots only matter for logging in (or at least did in 2005).
Quest For Glory 5 will probably never be freeware and the copywrite won't expire within our lifetimes. It was released for windows and works on windows XP with a patch or in windows 98 compatibly mode. You can buy a used copy from Amazon. I don't know if you can buy anywhere else.
I think your points are good. Additionally it was too buggy. Google is good at producing proof of concept software but don't seem to have people willing to flush out bugs (outside of core projects). A messenger or collaboration tool needs to show who is online. When I started using Google wave it would show yourself as online with a green dot but didn't show anyone else online. They eventually fixed this, but when they did, it was still broken. I have a friend who was always marked as online for several months even though they didn't login once.
Google wave would also get slower and slower as the wave grew larger. If two people are just using it to talk after about an hour it would become so slow you could type a sentence before the first letter would appear on the screen. There are lots of interesting features but if you can't even get the basics working properly your product is not fit for general use.
That is the worst debunking I have ever read on snopes. It even says 'perhaps more fairly labeled as "True, but for trivial and unremarkable reasons."'
The entire site screams PHB. It takes five minutes to load a single gif comic with all the extra crap and flash and popups that go along with it.
Seriously - it's like an act of self parody. I just picture Scott Adams sitting in a cube somewhere trying to draw comics while tearing his hair out and a PHB over his shoulder saying "We'll call it Dilbert.com BETA! And we'll have MASHUPS! OooooOOOooo!!"
The number of crashes by Boeing or Airbus are meaningless by itself. Since Boeing has so many more flights you have to compare the rate of accidents for which Boeing is generally better: http://www.airdisaster.com/statistics/
There are two reasons why it is hard to get a linux netbook these days. First, Microsoft panicked and started letting the netbook manufacturers put windows on for next to nothing. Second, even the better manufacturers put a barely usable Linux on the netbooks that wouldn't allow you to install any software without using the command line, broke the wireless when you installed software updates, etc. Some of the manufacturers didn't even include working webcam drivers on their Linux netbooks.
The biggest problems with those limitations I see is the RAM and SSD size. 2GB of RAM already costs next to nothing. You can already get netbooks with 64 GB of SSD. In a few years 64GB SSD might even be hard to buy.
I guess they may alter the max specs every year.
What I was thinking was just create a spreadsheet with Google docs. Google docs lets you create a webform to let anyone submit data to your spreadsheet. You could have your tracking software fill out the form with the IP address. The spreadsheet by default can only be viewed by your google account but it you want additional security, encrypt the entries.
The thing is, I don't think most of the linux netbook returns are from people not being able to use Linux. I bought an Eee PC 1000 which is supposed to be one of the netbooks that did linux the best and the version of Xandros they put on was terrible. One of the updates broke the wireless. Icons randomly changed locations and sometimes even disappeared. It had a good selection of software but was extremely hard to install anything knew and required accessing the command line. Some of other netbooks the webcam or wireless didn't even work out of the box.
Since I have installed ubuntu I have been much happier.
Xandros is a real distro but the crippled version that comes on the EEE pcs is terrible. Expecially since ASUS started selling eee pcs with windows XP what is available for the 90X and 1000 models is garbage. You can't easily modify the desktop. The advanced mode can't be enabled without breaking software (open office no longer works). The repositories are horribly out of date and contain almost no software. I installed the updates that came available and my wireless no longer worked.
I installed ubuntu on my eee pc 1000 and installed array.org's modified kernel for the eee pc and now I have a real computer.
You almost exactly described the eee pc 1000 except the eee pc 1000 has longer battery life. Mine gets about 5 hours of video playback and a few hours longer if surfing the net or word processing.
A lot of people have commented that ASUS has lost touch with the netbook with the larger models but the 901 or the 1000 was exactly what I was waiting for. It is usable enough as a main computer while out of town for a few days and still light enough to carry around with you easily.
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Maybe I am an anomaly but I find on both my work and home computer Chrome uses substantially more memory than Firefox. My work computer is a few years old and and has many extensions while the chrome installation has no extensions. My home computer I bought in November and has 5 Firefox and 1 chrome extension installed. I am at home and have both Firefox and chrome open and they have been open for several days. In Firefox I have 17 tabs open and chrome 21. Chome is using 904MB and and 1.3GB of virtual memory. Firefox is using 355MB and 369MB of virtual memory. My work computer sees the same thing. Chrome using about 3x the memory as Firefox under the same usage.
Chrome also comes on some new computers. The Lenovo Thinkpad I bought last month came with chrome.
They actually don't anymore. They haven't since version 5. They scan all the extensions and if they are compatible automatically bump the compatibility number. If they aren't compatible, they email the author beforehand so if the extension is still being maintained it can be fixed. The vast majority of extensions and all that I use have worked with 5, 6, and 7.
For video upload everything to youtube in 1080p. Set to private so people can't find it. For pictures you can get extra storage from picasa or other sites relatively cheaply. Backup everything additionally on three hard drives. Keep one at home. Keep the second in a safety deposit box. Keep the third at your grandparent's house. Update the copy in the safety deposit box every few months by swapping it with the HD you keep at home. Update the grandparent's copy by mailed DVD or when you visit. Keep copies of new material on home computers/flash media until all backups are updated. For additional safety you can also buy new flash cards for photos and save the old ones in the safety deposit box.
I have a friend who had her photos on two laptops and an external hard drive. When her home was broken into everything was stolen. Offsite backup is mandatory.
You should try Vindictus. They used to have a token system limiting how much you can play for free but it was recently removed. I think it is only available in Canada, USA, and South Korea the moment but a European version is supposed to come out before the end of the year.
About 6% were marked as incompatible 1 month before firefox 5 came out. All affected addon developers were contacted so many were fixed before firefox 5 came out. I can't speak for anyone else but this was the most seamless firefox version update ever with 100% of my addons working with the new version.
Gmail ignores the dot. You can't sign up for another email address that is only different by number or locations of the dots. The dots only matter for logging in (or at least did in 2005).
Quest For Glory 5 will probably never be freeware and the copywrite won't expire within our lifetimes. It was released for windows and works on windows XP with a patch or in windows 98 compatibly mode. You can buy a used copy from Amazon. I don't know if you can buy anywhere else.
Very dangerous then? My wife is a nurse and she has patents terminally ill with lung cancer from second hand smoke.
Many copiers aren't built to support 200+lbs on the glass which can lead to very painful results.
I think your points are good. Additionally it was too buggy. Google is good at producing proof of concept software but don't seem to have people willing to flush out bugs (outside of core projects). A messenger or collaboration tool needs to show who is online. When I started using Google wave it would show yourself as online with a green dot but didn't show anyone else online. They eventually fixed this, but when they did, it was still broken. I have a friend who was always marked as online for several months even though they didn't login once. Google wave would also get slower and slower as the wave grew larger. If two people are just using it to talk after about an hour it would become so slow you could type a sentence before the first letter would appear on the screen. There are lots of interesting features but if you can't even get the basics working properly your product is not fit for general use.
That is the worst debunking I have ever read on snopes. It even says 'perhaps more fairly labeled as "True, but for trivial and unremarkable reasons."'
Youtube added 1080p in November last year.
Dilbert.com
The entire site screams PHB. It takes five minutes to load a single gif comic with all the extra crap and flash and popups that go along with it.
Seriously - it's like an act of self parody. I just picture Scott Adams sitting in a cube somewhere trying to draw comics while tearing his hair out and a PHB over his shoulder saying "We'll call it Dilbert.com BETA! And we'll have MASHUPS! OooooOOOooo!!"
Fortunately they have this: http://www.dilbert.com/fast/
The number of crashes by Boeing or Airbus are meaningless by itself. Since Boeing has so many more flights you have to compare the rate of accidents for which Boeing is generally better: http://www.airdisaster.com/statistics/
If you don't know what is wrong, or even if you do, you might find this useful: http://www.rethinkingschools.org/just_fun/games/mapgame.html
I second that Citizen makes great watches. I have an older Eco-Drive watch that is over 10 years old and still runs great on solar power.
There are two reasons why it is hard to get a linux netbook these days. First, Microsoft panicked and started letting the netbook manufacturers put windows on for next to nothing. Second, even the better manufacturers put a barely usable Linux on the netbooks that wouldn't allow you to install any software without using the command line, broke the wireless when you installed software updates, etc. Some of the manufacturers didn't even include working webcam drivers on their Linux netbooks.
The biggest problems with those limitations I see is the RAM and SSD size. 2GB of RAM already costs next to nothing. You can already get netbooks with 64 GB of SSD. In a few years 64GB SSD might even be hard to buy. I guess they may alter the max specs every year.
What I was thinking was just create a spreadsheet with Google docs. Google docs lets you create a webform to let anyone submit data to your spreadsheet. You could have your tracking software fill out the form with the IP address. The spreadsheet by default can only be viewed by your google account but it you want additional security, encrypt the entries.
The thing is, I don't think most of the linux netbook returns are from people not being able to use Linux. I bought an Eee PC 1000 which is supposed to be one of the netbooks that did linux the best and the version of Xandros they put on was terrible. One of the updates broke the wireless. Icons randomly changed locations and sometimes even disappeared. It had a good selection of software but was extremely hard to install anything knew and required accessing the command line. Some of other netbooks the webcam or wireless didn't even work out of the box. Since I have installed ubuntu I have been much happier.
SuperTuxKart is also a very good game with good music. It is similar to Mario Cart.
Xandros is a real distro but the crippled version that comes on the EEE pcs is terrible. Expecially since ASUS started selling eee pcs with windows XP what is available for the 90X and 1000 models is garbage. You can't easily modify the desktop. The advanced mode can't be enabled without breaking software (open office no longer works). The repositories are horribly out of date and contain almost no software. I installed the updates that came available and my wireless no longer worked.
I installed ubuntu on my eee pc 1000 and installed array.org's modified kernel for the eee pc and now I have a real computer.
You almost exactly described the eee pc 1000 except the eee pc 1000 has longer battery life. Mine gets about 5 hours of video playback and a few hours longer if surfing the net or word processing. A lot of people have commented that ASUS has lost touch with the netbook with the larger models but the 901 or the 1000 was exactly what I was waiting for. It is usable enough as a main computer while out of town for a few days and still light enough to carry around with you easily.
I do some work for the oil sands in Alberta BC and the numbers I have heard are around $25/barrel.