On 03/27/2012 05:05 PM, Fred Cisin wrote:
On Tue, 27 Mar 2012, Mouse wrote:
Specifically without commenting on whether the
issue is worth worrying
about, that is, addressing only this comment: "mind the pence and the
pounds will take care of themselves".
"Little by little makes a great pile". Thinking in the "one tiny
little additional load won't hurt anything" mindset is exactly what got
us in the environmental binds we as a species are currently in.
More importantly, it's how Microsoft software ended up as what it is.
"It's only a few more bits/clock-cycles"
Sure, but how many Straight-8s are there? A handful. This is a
self-limiting problem.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA