When I first started experimenting with Firefox, I opened up tabs for each of the sites that I have open during the day, and compared the amount of memory used against Internet Explorer - Firefox won hands down. I could have all the sites normally open running in the same footprint that one or two copies of internet explorer used.
The worst part of this election is that it's hinging on what may be some exagerations from a boasting veteran of what happened 35 years ago.
And he's the one that keeps bringing it up! That's like Microsoft wanting to sell Windows XP based upon the fact that Windows 95 was secure, but not wanting to debate whether or not Windows 95 (or even XP) is secure.
The problem with that is that they need to have the production capacity for when everybody wants it - expensive capacity that sits idle during non-peak times.
Alot of power companies already do this. I've got a box outside my hose that the power company can use to shut down my a/c and water heater (I think) for something like 10 minutes per hour. The trade off is that I get a discount on my summer power bills.
No, it's not that much of a hog. I wouldn't run an XP system with less than 256MB RAM, though.
I've worked on cleaning up some XP systems with 128MB RAM, and even at that amount, the system is working out of virtual memory after all systems are loaded. They are preloading some stuff, but no office apps - just messenger and antivirus stuff.
I think that there's that as well as younger people who've almost never used an actual typewriter. I'm 33 and did take typing in high school (a requirement) - but I was using computers long before that. I can't imagine having to type an entire page without errors!
I think that older people - people who had to use typewriters before computers likely put more thought into their memo text than someone like you or I would.
I also think that in 15 years, someone might look back at text that we've typed and say how well thought out they are compared to what they might be using because how they've cut their teeth on IM and SMS text messaging. A short e-mail would seem like good prose next to "C U L8R"
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Must've been nice fore you - since it was a competitor.
Seriously though - how would you get anything done below that level. You'd be told to do one thing and shortly thereafter be told to do something else. That would suck.
How much of that is informal communications from e-mail (and even IM) creeping into how memos are done.
I've seen documents at work typed up in the 1950's. These things were typed using an actual typewriter - a device without a backspace key. Being forced to slow down would have given the users a chance to think about their text in more detail than people do now.
We spent around $1K for 128MB RAM (I think) - it was before the price on RAM dropped tremendously.
I'm no longer using the server, but still have the memory:)
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The worst things about unions are closed shops in non-right to work states. They can force you to join a union and pay dues - even as a part time peon.
I don't have too much respect for unions. As I was growing up, I watched a nearby town torn inside out by meat-packing strikes. The unions just about killed the towns and accomplished nothing.
When my wife was in for the youngest kid, the nurses couldn't get an IV line in. They eventually called in the anestheseologist, an old Chinese looking guy. He took her arm and lined it up and got the vein on the first try.
I've been to the boundary waters and have seen the assualt force that they're massing.
They're just waiting for the right time to board their canoes and paddle accross the lake, pick up the canoe and carry it to the next lake, paddle accross that and so on until they have successfully taken Canada.
I've been to the boundary waters and have seen the assualt force that they're massing.
They're just waiting for the right time to board their canoes and paddle accross the lake, pick up the canoe and carry it to the next lake, paddle accross that and so on until they have successfully taken Canada.
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They need the 29 other keys for emacs.
I've not tested opera so I can't say.
Bankers Systems or WebEquity Manager?
When I first started experimenting with Firefox, I opened up tabs for each of the sites that I have open during the day, and compared the amount of memory used against Internet Explorer - Firefox won hands down. I could have all the sites normally open running in the same footprint that one or two copies of internet explorer used.
And he's the one that keeps bringing it up! That's like Microsoft wanting to sell Windows XP based upon the fact that Windows 95 was secure, but not wanting to debate whether or not Windows 95 (or even XP) is secure.
Replaced it at work with a big Cyclone logo.
A passenger train wouldn't - but a train (or a truck) carrying hazmat would be an effective terror weapon.
I stand by my original premise - Austin, MN, was shredded in the 80's by a union strike that did nothing to help the members of that union.
The problem with that is that they need to have the production capacity for when everybody wants it - expensive capacity that sits idle during non-peak times.
Alot of power companies already do this. I've got a box outside my hose that the power company can use to shut down my a/c and water heater (I think) for something like 10 minutes per hour. The trade off is that I get a discount on my summer power bills.
I've worked on cleaning up some XP systems with 128MB RAM, and even at that amount, the system is working out of virtual memory after all systems are loaded. They are preloading some stuff, but no office apps - just messenger and antivirus stuff.
I think that older people - people who had to use typewriters before computers likely put more thought into their memo text than someone like you or I would.
I also think that in 15 years, someone might look back at text that we've typed and say how well thought out they are compared to what they might be using because how they've cut their teeth on IM and SMS text messaging. A short e-mail would seem like good prose next to "C U L8R"
Seriously though - how would you get anything done below that level. You'd be told to do one thing and shortly thereafter be told to do something else. That would suck.
I've seen documents at work typed up in the 1950's. These things were typed using an actual typewriter - a device without a backspace key. Being forced to slow down would have given the users a chance to think about their text in more detail than people do now.
We spent around $1K for 128MB RAM (I think) - it was before the price on RAM dropped tremendously.
I'm no longer using the server, but still have the memory :)
I don't have too much respect for unions. As I was growing up, I watched a nearby town torn inside out by meat-packing strikes. The unions just about killed the towns and accomplished nothing.
Sounds like it's back to the future.
Or Muhammed. Remember that before Columbus sailed to America, the Moors had invaded Spain in an attempt to subjugate them into the Muslim religion.
When my wife was in for the youngest kid, the nurses couldn't get an IV line in. They eventually called in the anestheseologist, an old Chinese looking guy. He took her arm and lined it up and got the vein on the first try.
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I've been to the boundary waters and have seen the assualt force that they're massing.
They're just waiting for the right time to board their canoes and paddle accross the lake, pick up the canoe and carry it to the next lake, paddle accross that and so on until they have successfully taken Canada.
Beware of Minnesota!
They're just waiting for the right time to board their canoes and paddle accross the lake, pick up the canoe and carry it to the next lake, paddle accross that and so on until they have successfully taken Canada.
Beware of Minnesota!
Over a bridge.
Don't trust Minnesota! Those gophers are greedy.
How long have you been waiting to post that?