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| From | Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Food for thought? |
| Date | 2020-09-09 17:20 +0000 |
| Organization | NewsGuy.com |
| Message-ID | <rjb2ti01aah@news2.newsguy.com> (permalink) |
| References | <rjamrb$728$1@dont-email.me> <rjappp$9sq$1@newsreader4.netcologne.de> |
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. > Systems aren't going to get that much faster anymore. > Maybe people will actually learn again how to make good use of > computer resources (one can hope...) More likely, marketroids will convince them to put up with ever-decreasing capability, since only that which lets the companies control them will have priority. But the screens will get prettier and prettier, so everything will be OK. "The chocolate ration will be increased from seven grams to five." -- /~\ Charlie Gibbs | Microsoft is a dictatorship. \ / <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> | Apple is a cult. X I'm really at ac.dekanfrus | Linux is anarchy. / \ if you read it the right way. | Pick your poison.
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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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