Switching power supplies for LEDs also have a finite life. I'm building one from a Maxim application note (http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/3532), and one issue I ran into is that most electrolytic (AKA cheap) capacitors are only rated for a few thousand hours, and even the long life ones are rated for just 10,000 hours. If the LED lasts its rated 50,000 hours, the power supply would have to be repaired five times. I'm using a solid tantalum capacitor instead, so it should last a long time (I couldn't find anything giving a specific lifespan though). The biggest problem with tantalum capacitors is that they are fairly expensive. I found one for under a dollar, but a long-life electrolytic capacitor was only 20 cents.
If/when a light bulb's power supply fails, most people will just replace the whole bulb, which could make LED bulbs quite expensive. Hopefully when they become more common as incandescent replacements, manufacturers will either make long-lasting power supplies or make them replaceable.
Actually I made a page that does just what the text describes (rapidly changing wavelengths) with Javascript. http://matt13.com/random_stuff/color_wild.html Just move your mouse quickly around the page.
Canon printers (or at least my i860) use optical sensors to tell you when the ink is running low or almost out. You can see a little prism at the bottom of the tank. I have found it to be very accurate, and I can refill if I want to without having to reset anything.
I also have 9 year old HP that doesn't say that its color cartridge is empty until all the colors are gone (I haven't tried refilling it yet, but resetting involves covering some contacts with tape). I still hate multicolor cartridges because I have to either waste ink or print everything in magenta until it runs out completely.
To mostly fix the memory leak:
Make sure you have the latest version installed (1.5.0.7)
Go to about:config
Create a new boolean called config.trim_on_minimize, set to true
If you have Adblock, install Adblock plus (it should act as an update)
That's because on airplanes people use laptops on their laps (I haven't seen a tray table that doesn't force you to tilt the screen at an unconfortable angle (except in busines class)), so they notice the heat (hopefully) before their battery catches on fire, and shut it down.
A typical/. effect for a front page story is 80,000, so I don't think a link in the comments would get 500,000. It looks like they set their counter to start as 500,000 and have had 692 visitors since then.
That's what I thought, but then I looked up Maxthon, and it seems that it only uses the Trident layout engine (I haven't heard of it before), not IE itself. I liked it better than Firefox, but I switched because I thought that it was just as insecure as IE, being an IE "shell". Does anyone know if Maxthon is more secure than IE?
I do all the time with no problem whatsoever. Of course it uses 100% CPU for a few seconds when I restore it (most programs do after hibernation while loading everything from the disk back into RAM), but after that it runs like usual.
Adding it to the UI would just increase bloat because eventually they would have to add every obscure option. In addition, less technical users wouldn't know whether it is better on or off. As mentioned below they should pick a better default (enabling config.trim_on_minimize). As far as I can tell there is very little downside to this option. It might make the browser be a little slower, but if it does I haven't noticed.
There is a switch. Go to about:config and create a new Boolean called config.trim_on_minimize set to True. Now whenever you minimize Firefox its memory usage will be reduced significantly and it will not take up much more when you restore it. You should also update Adblock if you are getting an actual "leak" (it was fixed a while back).
I used to use Maxthon back when it was called MyIE2. I don't remember exactly when, but it was probably early 2004. It was almost better than Firefox, and the only reason I switched to FF was to get rid of IE. This will make it very hard for Firefox to take hold in China.
Have you tried one? They are really fun, and they work fairly well. There is a company called Segway City Tours that gives tours around major cities on Segways.
That's a great reason to use PNG. I want to make my website without specific compatibility for IE, so I will do things like put PNG images on it. When people say the images don't look right, I will tell them that their browser is incompatible. I will do the same with CSS.
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Switching power supplies for LEDs also have a finite life. I'm building one from a Maxim application note (http://www.maxim-ic.com/appnotes.cfm/appnote_number/3532), and one issue I ran into is that most electrolytic (AKA cheap) capacitors are only rated for a few thousand hours, and even the long life ones are rated for just 10,000 hours. If the LED lasts its rated 50,000 hours, the power supply would have to be repaired five times. I'm using a solid tantalum capacitor instead, so it should last a long time (I couldn't find anything giving a specific lifespan though). The biggest problem with tantalum capacitors is that they are fairly expensive. I found one for under a dollar, but a long-life electrolytic capacitor was only 20 cents.
If/when a light bulb's power supply fails, most people will just replace the whole bulb, which could make LED bulbs quite expensive. Hopefully when they become more common as incandescent replacements, manufacturers will either make long-lasting power supplies or make them replaceable.
I got the first page before it went down. Unfortunately Firefox wouldn't save the page as a complete webpage, so I had to use Word. http://micronetsoftware.com/uploads_tmp/mirror/Review.htm
Is any legitimate mail blocked?
Actually I made a page that does just what the text describes (rapidly changing wavelengths) with Javascript.
http://matt13.com/random_stuff/color_wild.html
Just move your mouse quickly around the page.
Canon printers (or at least my i860) use optical sensors to tell you when the ink is running low or almost out. You can see a little prism at the bottom of the tank. I have found it to be very accurate, and I can refill if I want to without having to reset anything. I also have 9 year old HP that doesn't say that its color cartridge is empty until all the colors are gone (I haven't tried refilling it yet, but resetting involves covering some contacts with tape). I still hate multicolor cartridges because I have to either waste ink or print everything in magenta until it runs out completely.
There's a simple solution: in a bunch of pictures, have the user select the two that show the came object/subject. No language required.
I got it too: http://www.matt13.com/uploads_tmp/mirror/review.ht m
see this: http://kb.mozillazine.org/Browser.tabs.closeButton s
A Møøse once bit my sister...
To mostly fix the memory leak: Make sure you have the latest version installed (1.5.0.7) Go to about:config Create a new boolean called config.trim_on_minimize, set to true If you have Adblock, install Adblock plus (it should act as an update)
That's because on airplanes people use laptops on their laps (I haven't seen a tray table that doesn't force you to tilt the screen at an unconfortable angle (except in busines class)), so they notice the heat (hopefully) before their battery catches on fire, and shut it down.
A typical /. effect for a front page story is 80,000, so I don't think a link in the comments would get 500,000. It looks like they set their counter to start as 500,000 and have had 692 visitors since then.
I find it kind of hard to believe that a search for 1337 doesn't find anything.
That's what I thought, but then I looked up Maxthon, and it seems that it only uses the Trident layout engine (I haven't heard of it before), not IE itself. I liked it better than Firefox, but I switched because I thought that it was just as insecure as IE, being an IE "shell". Does anyone know if Maxthon is more secure than IE?
Adblock had a serious memory leak for a while. I don't know if they fixed it, but I use Adblock Plus now.
I do all the time with no problem whatsoever. Of course it uses 100% CPU for a few seconds when I restore it (most programs do after hibernation while loading everything from the disk back into RAM), but after that it runs like usual.
Adding it to the UI would just increase bloat because eventually they would have to add every obscure option. In addition, less technical users wouldn't know whether it is better on or off. As mentioned below they should pick a better default (enabling config.trim_on_minimize). As far as I can tell there is very little downside to this option. It might make the browser be a little slower, but if it does I haven't noticed.
There is a switch. Go to about:config and create a new Boolean called config.trim_on_minimize set to True. Now whenever you minimize Firefox its memory usage will be reduced significantly and it will not take up much more when you restore it. You should also update Adblock if you are getting an actual "leak" (it was fixed a while back).
It was actually called MyIE2, and why was that modded funny?
I used to use Maxthon back when it was called MyIE2. I don't remember exactly when, but it was probably early 2004. It was almost better than Firefox, and the only reason I switched to FF was to get rid of IE. This will make it very hard for Firefox to take hold in China.
So let's DDoS/Slashdot some parked domains and see what happens!
"plus, it raises the issue of the password entry box being fake" That's what ctrl+alt+delete was for.
Have you tried one? They are really fun, and they work fairly well. There is a company called Segway City Tours that gives tours around major cities on Segways.
"who could deny that pop-up ads and DRM are terrible"
PC World could! They picked Windows Media DRM as a product of the year in 2005.
That's a great reason to use PNG. I want to make my website without specific compatibility for IE, so I will do things like put PNG images on it. When people say the images don't look right, I will tell them that their browser is incompatible. I will do the same with CSS.