On 01/11/2010 12:34, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Tamas Rudnai wrote:
>> no fancy menu system, nicely placed blocks on the page etc.
> Having less phancy menu systems and fewer needless blocks sounds great.
> Where do I sign up?  Oh, wait, I already did.
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Sometimes I miss the old BBS that were pretty fast over a 19200 (or=20
less) link.
Of course I enjoy the progress and things looking better etc, but I do=20
wish developers (in general) would let folk take advantage of their new=20
fancy PC for a bit longer before they slow it down with all manner of=20
unecessary clever tricks. I imagine how quick a quad core Pc really=20
could be if things were written with speed in mind..
It's never going to be that way though, as most people are not thinking=20
like engineers, who are usually  more interested in content and=20
efficiency - they like to show off their new graphics and media=20
capabilites, nothing wrong with that, just different needs, and the=20
largest percentage will usually get their way.
  I guess I'll just have to keep on buying a new faster PC every 12=20
months if I want to keep on using a few programs at once (on windows - I=20
may go back and try linux on one of my other latops though)
Still keep meaning to set up a multi monitor thing with VNC too, but not=20
got round to it yet. Main reason is I like to refer to datasheets or=20
other info whilst doing stuff - has anyone tried one of those Kindle=20
things  with the e-ink display yet? I saw the new one and it did look=20
pretty good at a decent price, so I was a bit tempted.

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