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| From | Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Food for thought? |
| Date | 2020-09-09 21:21 +0000 |
| Message-ID | <hrsvaiFlqecU14@mid.individual.net> (permalink) |
| References | <rjamrb$728$1@dont-email.me> <rjappp$9sq$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de> <rjb2ti01aah@news2.newsguy.com> |
On Wed, 09 Sep 2020 17:20:50 +0000, Charlie Gibbs wrote: > On 2020-09-09, Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> wrote: > >> gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> schrieb: >> >>> My first home PC, in 1987, was an Amstrad 1512 with two 5" floppy >>> disks. >>> >>> The second home PC, 1992, was a Viglen with a 40MB HD. >>> >>> 40MB ? ? ? >>> >>> ... I just decided to delete the history from Microsoft Edge and was >>> warned that there were 327 MB of data associated! >> >> Bloat, bloat and even more bloat. > > It's a variation of Parkinson's Law: programs grow to fill up all > available disk space, memory, and CPU cycles. I think Gareth hasn't learned about caches... -- Using UNIX since v6 (1975)... Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org
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Food for thought? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-09 14:54 +0100
Re: Food for thought? Thomas Koenig <tkoenig@netcologne.de> - 2020-09-09 14:45 +0000
Re: Food for thought? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2020-09-09 17:20 +0000
Re: Food for thought? Bob Eager <news0073@eager.cx> - 2020-09-09 21:21 +0000
Re: Food for thought? gareth evans <headstone255@yahoo.com> - 2020-09-09 22:38 +0100
Re: Food for thought? Chris <xxx.syseng.yyy@gfsys.co.uk> - 2020-09-10 17:54 +0100
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