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newton.saber wrote: There ought to be a government subsidy. A fast computer is my right!!!
You've just invented a fifth freedom - the freedom to compute!
The U.S. should start a new Foreign Aid program to provide supercomputers to every child (and adult...) in the world!
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Excessive disk IO is a sign of imminent disk failure...
Better back up. 
It was broke, so I fixed it.
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What you don't seem to understand is that the browser is the most important thing on your computer -- far more important than even you and your family -- so it is only right that it claim thirty times more of your machine's resources than any well-written program should ever need.
Get your head straight.
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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So true. The Browser is the OS.
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Pfft! It's Far more important than the OS!
I wanna be a eunuchs developer! Pass me a bread knife!
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newton.saber wrote: The Browser is the OS.
And Google is my master. All hail Lord Google! 
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Slacker007 wrote: And Google is my master. All hail Lord Google!
I hope you are not being sarcastic, because Lord Google despises sarcasm and version 2.5.1 of GoogleDungeon comes out next week and you will be the first Luser forced to try it out. 
I hear the stretching rack still has some bugs though, so hope for that.
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AIUI, this is a "perfect storm" of an interaction between Windows' write-back cache and most (all?) browsers' method of caching data.
The browser cache consists of many relatively small files, typically all written during the current session. Windows attempts to cache as much I/O as possible, but in the interests of data integrity - must flush all 'dirty' data to disk at regular intervals.
Creating a large number of small files takes a disproportionate amount of time compared to a sequential write of the same amount of data. It is this that presumably causes the "hiccups" that you observe.
If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.
--Winston Churchill
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Thanks. That sounds like the most reasonable answer I've ever heard and adds up with what I've seen with my disk I/O watcher. Great information. Upvote!!
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damn you CP I now cant get that tune out of my head
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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damn you Bergholt Stuttley Johnson I now cant get that tune out of my head. 
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Really like yesterdays
New version: WinHeist Version 2.1.0
My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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Today's Apple media event is called "Spring Forward" and is rumored to be the official release of the Apple Watch. I've been accused of being an Apple fanboy by a few people here. It's not true but I thought I'd get out ahead of this one:
1. I don't intend to buy an Apple Watch.
2. I don't find the aesthetic design to be very pleasing.
3. Like the other current wearables available, I find the technology lacking.
4. If the rumored prices are right, the Apple Watch is too expensive for my tastes.
That being said I can't help but believe that the current crop of wearables (including Apple Watch) are like the very early PIMs and tablets. The basic concept is OK but the current technology can't make it perform at the level it requires to become mainstream.
I want a smart watch that replaces my smart phone with all the processing power, data storage, better battery life, equivalent display (hologram?), camera specs (not sure how to make a watch based camera easy to use), etc...
What say you?
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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What I cannot understand is why, when Dick Tracey had such a watch in the 30s does it take so long for us to get them (oh and I never heard of DT's phone going flat so his battery must be way better then apples)
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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Wasn't Tracy's watch simply a radio? I'm more partial to Bond's watches with lasers, circular saws, garrotes and Geiger counters.
Contrary to popular belief, nobody owes you anything.
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well it was video what ever it was
you can buy watches with laser (well laser pointers) saws and garrottes - not sure about the Geiger counter but as I don't want to be anywhere near anything higher than background anyway
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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I don't wear a watch, I'm sort of allergic to them (*); so this product does not really appeal for me (apple watch or any other watches)
One thing that could change my mind in regards to the product is that it could be useful to "watch" the watch with having both hands occupied.
The battery sucks (as of now) (**), maybe they made a breakthrough and will prove the contrary in the keynote.
(*) I sometimes wear a sport-watch at the gym.
(**) batteries suck for all gadgets.
I'd rather be phishing!
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I don't wear a watch either, hate the restriction of my wrist.
Maximilien wrote: One thing that could change my mind in regards to the product is that it could be useful to "watch" the watch with having both hands occupied.
Seems to me the main drawback of a watch is that you cannot use it with the hand it is next to, I can hold a phone in the hand that is using it so anything you want to do on the watch other than look at it is going to take two hands.
If everything needs two hands, how are you going to scratch yourself?
Some men are born mediocre, some men achieve mediocrity, and some men have mediocrity thrust upon them.
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Smart watches have been around for a long time and they never really take off, a few geeks buy them then they're gone.
But a smart watch that incorporated this[^] technology might just work!
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My goal in life is to have a psychiatric disorder named after me.
I'm currently unsupervised, I know it freaks me out too but the possibilities are endless.
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A watch face should be round, not square or rectangular or any other wacky shape. Non-round watches are fashion items, not watches.
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Watches should be handmade and clockwork. Mine is accurate and a beautiful piece. I cannot see anything plastic ever having the aesthetic pleasure.
veni bibi saltavi
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Mike Mullikin wrote: accused of being an Apple fanboy
So what? While Microsoft is mass, Apple is class.
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So what? While Microsoft is mass, Apple is class crass.
FIFY
You cant outrun the world, but there is no harm in getting a head start
Real stupidity beats artificial intelligence every time.
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