Rocky Smolin
rockysmolin at bchacc.com
Thu Jun 6 12:56:23 CDT 2013
Finding a passion early in life is such a lucky break. I started programming when I was 16 - punched cards, 2nd gen IBM 7090 with rotating magnetic drum. University machine - no computers in high school then. Thought I'd died and gone to heaven. R -----Original Message----- From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Hans-Christian Andersen Sent: June 06, 2013 10:26 AM To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FW: FW: FYI: Microsoft: Internet Explorer 10 Is TheMost Energy-Efficient Browser,Uses Up To 18% Less Power Than Chrome And Firefox Sounds like your son has a good head on his shoulders and is on the right track and early at that as well. - Hans On 2013-06-06, at 6:09 AM, "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com> wrote: > He's 16 and a self-described geek. Pretty fair programmer in his own > right - Java, C, LUA. Does the software for the robotics teams at > school and got himself a paid internship at General Atomics, which is > close to home, doing nuclear fusion research - all code - simulations. > And a real BIG Linux fan, as well. Sounds like he's on the same track > as your boy. (Popular saying > here: the apple doesn't fall far from the tree.) But enough bragging. > > My only experience with IE10 wasn't good. I have one client whose FE > and BE I maintain on their server. Remote access was set up by their > network guy and the access did not work in FF. So I used IE - IE9. > Then I got the upgrade to IE10 and found that 1) I the remote access > work didn't work in IE10, and 2) I couldn't go back to IE9 without > going back to a restore point. Eventually I found the toolbar with > the Browser Mode selection so I run ie10 in IE9 mode which I can't > figure out how to set as a default so I have to select it every time I > run IE. PITA. But all the reviews I've read of IE10 have been real good. Do you find any compatibility issues with IE10? > Sites that don't work, etc.? > > R > > -----Original Message----- > From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com > [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of > Salakhetdinov Shamil > Sent: June 06, 2013 3:09 AM > To: Discussion of Hardware and Software issues > Subject: Re: [dba-Tech] FW: FW: FYI: Microsoft: Internet Explorer 10 > Is The Most Energy-Efficient Browser, Uses Up To 18% Less Power Than > Chrome And Firefox > > Hi Rocky -- > > Thank you for your comment: your son seems to be fan of > Mozilla-browser clones/forks, optimized and free of parental control ( > I mean Pale Moon ) but AFAIU he is a young adult so the latter > couldn't be considered as an issue there :) > >> Still trying to get his old man to switch from FF to Chrome. > Go directly to IE10! :) > > -- Shamil > > Wednesday, June 5, 2013 5:51 PM -07:00 from "Rocky Smolin" > <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>: >> My son's response to the article. But he's a fan of all things Google. >> :) >> >> Still trying to get his old man to switch from FF to Chrome. >> >> Rocky >> >> >> _____ >> >> From: Noah Sutton Smolin [mailto:noahsutsmo at gmail.com] >> Sent: June 05, 2013 5:12 PM >> To: Rocky Smolin >> Subject: Re: FW: [dba-Tech] FYI: Microsoft: Internet Explorer 10 Is >> The Most Energy-Efficient Browser, Uses Up To 18% Less Power Than >> Chrome And Firefox >> >> >> Ah, marketing teams, doing wonderful dimensional analysis on >> meaningless statistics. >> >> >> Though if IE10 is faster, there may be minor advantages. Still, I >> don't have much of a problem with Pale Moon or Iceweasel, and they >> sync well, so I see no serious issue. Microsoft came into the browser >> speed battle a little too late. >> >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 5, 2013 at 3:43 PM, Rocky Smolin < rockysmolin at bchacc.com >> > > wrote: >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >> [mailto:dba-tech-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of >> Salakhetdinov Shamil >> Sent: June 05, 2013 12:47 PM >> To: Discussion of Hardware and Softw >> Subject: [dba-Tech] FYI: Microsoft: Internet Explorer 10 Is The Most >> Energy-Efficient Browser, Uses Up To 18% Less Power Than Chrome And >> Firefox >> >> " If everybody switched from Chrome and Firefox to Internet Explorer >> 10 on Windows 8, we could save enough energy to power 10,000 U.S. >> households , a new study ( PDF ) commissioned by Microsoft says..." >> >> http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/microsoft-internet-explorer-10-is-th >> e- >> most- < >> http://techcrunch.com/2013/06/05/microsoft-internet-explorer-10-is-th >> e- >> most >> -%0Aenergy-efficient-browser-uses-up-to-18-less-power-than-chrome-and >> -f >> irefo >> x/> >> energy-efficient-browser-uses-up-to-18-less-power-than-chrome-and-fir >> ef >> ox/ >> >> :) >> >> -- >> Салахетдинов Шамиль >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> dba-Tech mailing list >> dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > Салахетдинов Шамиль > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > _______________________________________________ > dba-Tech mailing list > dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com _______________________________________________ dba-Tech mailing list dba-Tech at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/dba-tech Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com