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Thanks for the ideas, I thought of it the opposite way. I figured bigger temp files the less it would have to download. I had cranked up pretty high, 60+mb. Out of curiosity, are there any third party extentions I would ever want? Is 'flash' (...) (22 years ago, 31-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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"Erick" <erick_jensen@hotmail.com> wrote in message news:H4s2FF.HDx@lugnet.com... (...) to (...) (in (...) Firstly reduce the size of your temporary files cache, the more files there are the slower it appears to get. Then set IE to clear the cache (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) perhaps try using mozilla? lightning fast for me :) fwiw, I get the same problems with IE at work - the whole system hangs when I close a window, for a few seconds... when a complex page loads, etc. (URL) Dan Boger dan@peeron.com (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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Why does IE suck so much now? It constantly sucks my cpu down so much so that the mouse stalls out. This happens when loading pages, or even just sitting there. I think the idle stalls are caused by Messenger running in the background. But it's (...) (22 years ago, 30-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Where to start? So many possible tangents, so little time... *picks one at random* This is clearly a job for Otto Titzling. Cheers, - jsproat (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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Still no luck with this, eh? I was hoping you might have had some real responses so that I might be inspired to post my own ad. Maybe we should start a new newsgroup called lugnet.people.singles... Or would that more accurately be (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) It's in here (among other places): (URL) kids have heard me say "Put... the candle... back" ever since they can remember, whenever I want them to put something back. One of these days they'll figure out what in the world I'm alluding to. :-) (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) I'm pretty sure that "Transylvania 6-5000" has a Transylvania Station in it. but it doesn't have Gene Wilder or Marty Feldman, though. (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Summary: they made a little money. You can listen in now, or until Nov 1. (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands)
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(...) for a Java applet apparently simulating the waterwheel: (URL) it looks like he's revamping his site... the revamp: (URL) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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After the Ark had successfully landed on Mt. Ararat, the survivors went forth. After a while, one of the wives noticed her father-in-law sitting on the ground and chewing animal hides. Every now and then, the father-in-law would chew a particularly (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Hi I thought this group might be a good place to ask this question. I'm interested in building a Lorenzian waterwheel and plotting the phase space. I've done some research into this on the net, but the most technical description I've found so far (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.geek)
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(...) Nope, think Gene Wilder and Marty Feldman (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Not (for me, anyway) if it's the movie I think it is... Is it? :-) (1) 1 - Any movie with Carole Kane AND Geena Davis can't be all bad... I think this is the one where Geena and Jeff decided they were sweet on each other. (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Roy shook his head, and replied: That isn't mine, must be some other feline. (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) Mine too, Dave! If you didn't get it you might miss a variation, Like the one from the movie[1] with the Transylvania Station! Maggie C. [1] one of my favorites-- is this too obscure an allusion? (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Hmmm, never knew anything about the Tanuki. That makes me look at it a bit different. Hmmm, this explains why when Mario is a Tanuki he can make himself rock hard at will, almost stone-like. Ya think? e. (...) (22 years ago, 29-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.fun)
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(...) Nuts to that! I got it, Ed. That's an oldie but a goodie (and a longtime favorite of mine!) Dave! (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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(...) elaborate (...) shoes. (...) Dale (...) Um, might that work better if it were written: Hey, Roy, did you catch that cat that chewed your new shoes. -Mike Petrucelli (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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Every night Roy Rogers and Dale Evans left their shoes on the back porch. One morning Dale looked out the window to see a mountain lion gnawing on Roy's new shoes. As he got to the door, the mountain lion ran away. He set an elaborate trap for the (...) (22 years ago, 28-Oct-02, to lugnet.off-topic.pun)
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