Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John
I *do* understand exactly what ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE means. I chose those words deliberately and with malice aforethought ... There's nothing wrong with the computer, it's just old. I was using the older version of Firefox because I didn't want all the added overhead processing that comes with

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John wrote: On 7/27/2013 12:01 AM, Aahz Maruch wrote: On Sun, Jul 14, 2013, John wrote: I finally gave in to the badgering installed the latest version of Firefox. Got rid of the nag tab, but it ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE slower to load anything than the previous version I was

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Matthew Hunt
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 12:20 PM, Aahz Maruch a...@pobox.com wrote: You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is something wrong, there's just no way for an upgraded Firefox to be a hundred

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Bob Sullivan
John, Are you old enough to remember the cartoon 'Little Abner'. I think that's where I met Chief Rain-in-the-Face, always followed around by his own rain clouds. You need to make yourself a sunnier climate. Regards, Bob S. On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 10:12 AM, John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: I

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John Francis
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is something wrong, there's just no way for an upgraded Firefox to be a hundred times

Re: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Charles Robinson
On Jul 14, 2013, at 19:49 , John johnsess...@yahoo.com wrote: As I've mentioned before Google is already more intrusive into my life than I'm comfortable with. I don't care to give them any greater control of my online activities. You do not have to log in to Google to use the Chrome

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is something wrong, there's just no way for

RE: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread Gerrit Visser
, 2013 4:14 PM To: pdml@pdml.net Subject: Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up On Sat, Jul 27, 2013, John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or figurative? The only way you could be literally

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John Sessoms
I think you're confusing Joe Btfspik with Lonesome Polecat. Actually, I had let the subject go until someone told me I didn't know what the words mean. I may be wrong on a subject, but I do know what my words mean. On 7/27/2013 1:00 PM, Bob Sullivan wrote: John, Are you old enough to remember

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-27 Thread John Sessoms
On 7/27/2013 3:47 PM, John Francis wrote: On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 09:20:05AM -0700, Aahz Maruch wrote: You still haven't answered the implied question: are you being literal or figurative? The only way you could be literally accurate is if there is something wrong, there's just no way for an

Re: OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-26 Thread Aahz Maruch
On Sun, Jul 14, 2013, John wrote: I finally gave in to the badgering installed the latest version of Firefox. Got rid of the nag tab, but it ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE slower to load anything than the previous version I was using. One order of magnitude would be ten times slower. Orders plural

OT: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-14 Thread John
I finally gave in to the badgering installed the latest version of Firefox. Got rid of the nag tab, but it ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE slower to load anything than the previous version I was using. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML@pdml.net http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to

RE: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-14 Thread Gerrit Visser
To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Firefox - a follow up I finally gave in to the badgering installed the latest version of Firefox. Got rid of the nag tab, but it ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE slower to load anything than the previous version I was using. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List PDML

Re: Firefox - a follow up

2013-07-14 Thread John
just a tool. Everything you do online is tracked regardless of which browser you use. Gerrit -Original Message- From: PDML [mailto:pdml-boun...@pdml.net] On Behalf Of John Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2013 10:56 AM To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List Subject: OT: Firefox - a follow up I finally gave