[SGVLUG] wikipedia datacenter, firefox3 uses less mem, + a deal on ram

[John E. Kreznar]

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"Emerson, Tom (*IC)" <Tom.Emerson at wbconsultant.com> writes:

> > -----Original Message----- Of Michael Proctor-Smith

> > Now "print" time could be effected by 
> > ram speed because it is not the actual time it takes to put 
> > ink on paper but how long it takes for the computer to 
> > generate the data to send to the printer.

> Oh, yeah, I forgot -- are we still dealing with "win-printers"?  [where
> the printhead control circuitry is controlled by the CPU of the computer
> rather than dedicated electronics in the printer where it's supposed to
> be?]

It's cheaper to put some of the functionality of things like printers
and modems in software than in "dedicated electronics".  Let's not put
Linux or FOSS on record as opposing this economy.  The appropriate
gripe is lack of documentation of the hardware interface.

- -- 
 John E. Kreznar jek at ininx.com 9F1148454619A5F08550 705961A47CC541AFEF13
   Refuse to suffer the humiliation and insult of being told you're
   forbidden to read the software you're using because that would be
   "reverse engineering".

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