[geeks] galeon Doesn't Suck that much....
Joshua D Boyd
jdboyd at cs.millersville.edu
Sat Apr 13 13:46:36 CDT 2002
On Sat, Apr 13, 2002 at 02:40:48PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On April 13, Joshua D Boyd wrote:
> > > Heh...intel boxes are only fast until you try to do more than one
> > > thing at a time. I multitask heavily...that's one of the big reasons
> > > I don't use 'em.
> >
> > I've noticed that most people's idea of multitasking is running winamp in the
> > background. Even windows manages to pull that simple feat off, most of the
> > time.
>
> That's pretty sad.
>
> At any one time I've got twenty shell windows open. I find that
> switching back and forth between tasks regularly (say, start a big
> compile, go do something else, come back in twenty minutes, etc) helps
> me maintain better productivity since I don't get burnt-out on one
> task.
I've also noticed that most people never need the computer to spend more than
a second or two working. What can I say.
--
Joshua D. Boyd
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