On Wednesday 01 February 2012 23:02:36 Thane Sherrington wrote:
> At 06:38 PM 01/02/2012, Gaffer wrote:
> >Most of the time its just the internet that is slow...
> >Even a slow computer is much much faster crunching data than the
> >internet can supply it.
> >For example 8Mbits/sec = 1Mbyte/sec compare that with 100Mbit
> > ethernet !
>
> I thought this for a long time, but it isn't accurate.  Modern
> webpages actually tax the rendering more than pipe.
>
> T

Whilst I would agree that some web pages contain excessive code that can 
tax a web browser, not all that code is required to render a page. 

Ever looked at all the stuff that is in there collecting data about who, 
what and where you browse, not to mention placing code on your machine 
that is used to record where you have been and how long you were 
there !

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             Derrick.
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