***BOGO*** Re: Firefox 3 still hogs memory

[Ron Hunter <rphunter@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Phillip M. Jones, C.E.T wrote:
> squaredancer wrote:
>> On 30.06.2008 14:07, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Ron Hunter 
>> to generate the following:? :
>>> squaredancer wrote:
>>>  
>>>> On 30.06.2008 03:20, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Ken Whiton 
>>>> to generate the following:? :
>>>>   
>>>>> *-* On Sun, 29 Jun 2008, at 22:11:30 +0200,
>>>>> *-* In Article 2pudnWpryojvcfrVnZ2dnUVZ_h_inZ2d@xxxxxxxxxxx,
>>>>> *-* squaredancer wrote
>>>>> *-* About Re: Firefox 3 still hogs memory
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>     
>>>>>> On 29.06.2008 05:38, CET - what odd quirk of fate caused  Ken 
>>>>>> Whiton to
>>>>>> generate the following:? :
>>>>>>          
>>>>>>> *-* Daniel wrote
>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>            [ ... ]
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>     
>>>>>>>> Back in the days of 640kbytes of RAM, I could see why you might
>>>>>>>> allocate heaps of HD as a swapfile, but when you've got 100's of
>>>>>>>> MB or even GBytes of RAM, why should you then need to allocate any
>>>>>>>> of your HD??
>>>>>>>>                     
>>>>>  
>>>>>     
>>>>>>>       Two reasons: multitasking and software bloat.  Back in the
>>>>>>> days of 640 KB neither the CPUs nor the OSs were capable of much
>>>>>>> (if any) multitasking, so there was little or no need for swapping.
>>>>>>> Furthermore, back in the days before HDs were available in PCs
>>>>>>> programs had to be able to fit on a 360 KB (or even a 180 KB)
>>>>>>> floppy, so programmers had to write tight, efficient code.  Compare
>>>>>>> that with the size and complexity of (most of) today's programs,
>>>>>>> which, by virtue of that size and complexity require much more RAM
>>>>>>> to operate in.
>>>>>>>                 
>>>>>  
>>>>>     
>>>>>> Ho, Ken - you also remember the 8" days of single and double-sided
>>>>>> floppies?
>>>>>>             
>>>>>       No.
>>>>>
>>>>>  
>>>>>     
>>>>>>            those were the days when a floppy really *WAS* a floppy
>>>>>> (and don't get your sticky fingers on the read-slot)
>>>>>>             
>>>>>       Actually, I don't even have any experience with the 180 KB
>>>>> floppies.  The first PCs we had where I worked had 360 KB 5 1/4"
>>>>> floppies, and my first home PC had dual 720 KB 3 1/2" floppies (and no
>>>>> HD).
>>>>>
>>>>>                                          Ken Whiton
>>>>>
>>>>>      FIDO: 1:132/152
>>>>> InterNet: kenwhiton@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx (remove the obvious to reply)
>>>>>         
>>>> the company I worked for got their first "PC" from Tektronix - a 
>>>> 4052 main (with a massive 32KB RAM), 4662 grapic plotter and two 
>>>> 4097 8" floppy drives. The "printer" was an eletrical typewriter 
>>>> with an amazing 32 characters/min... wow!
>>>> That was back in 1979-1980 or so, and the system was replaced by 
>>>> IBM-machines (also soon replaced with Comodore PET 128 systems)
>>>>
>>>> reg
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>     
>>> A printer with 32cpM?  My niece types at 140 wpm, and that would be 
>>> 700cpM.  Should have hired HER.  Grin.
>>>   
>>
>> cor - does she have dual quad-cpu's installed??
>>
>> reg
>>
> May have been an IBM Selectric (betha didn't know I was geezer enough to 
> know about those.)
> Or might have been like the Daisy wheel Printer I have made by 
> UA/Olivetti I have a whole book of Daisy wheels. I have a interface box 
> That connected first to my Apple IIGS Clone then I used it on my first 
> Mac an SE/30. It used replaceable correction tape and Film type ink 
> Cartridges in Black , Blue, Red, or Brown. It printed slow but the print 
> you received was as good as any of today's laser printers. Pica an Elie 
> were the popular choices (I liked Elite better) b But I bought other 
> such as a script like you use to make Christmas Cards with. AS I said I 
> have a Whole book of the daisy wheels.
> 
The old Selectric with all the cams, and levers to rotate the ball could 
still put out 10cps when connected as a console printer for the 360/30.


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Ron Hunter  rphunter@xxxxxxxxxxx
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