Opening the NYTimes web site made CPU of Firefox go from 1 to (briefly) 48, and then back down to 2. Is that bad? (I didn't install the Flashblock yet.)
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flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:25:53 am PDT #14888 of 25501
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tommyrot - Sep 15, 2010 9:26:36 am PDT #14889 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I think 'too many tabs open' is the new 'did you try rebooting it?'
flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:27:08 am PDT #14890 of 25501
information libertarian
Currently I can't get gmail chat to open - but trying to doesn't spike the CPU at all.
Typo Boy - Sep 15, 2010 9:27:28 am PDT #14891 of 25501
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Well you definitely want flashblock. Flash ads will kill your bandwidth. Don't know if that is the cause of your problem. But if you don't block flash ads, and the problem is something else it will be tough to diagnose.
tommyrot - Sep 15, 2010 9:28:07 am PDT #14892 of 25501
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Flea, that's normal. was it loading fast?
Liese S. - Sep 15, 2010 9:28:27 am PDT #14893 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Nope, that seems pretty normal. Is there anything else showing an active CPU usage percentage when you are experiencing the slowness?
flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:31:44 am PDT #14894 of 25501
information libertarian
NYT loaded normally, which is to say a bit slower than most sites but not too bad. The machine is not doing the bad hanging right now, since I rebooted it before I started bugging you guys. I will look tomorrow at the usual time, before I reboot.
Liese S. - Sep 15, 2010 9:33:35 am PDT #14895 of 25501
"Faded like the lilac, he thought."
Yeah, you wanna see what's running during the actual problem time. Let us know then, and we'll see what we can deduce.
flea - Sep 15, 2010 9:34:05 am PDT #14896 of 25501
information libertarian
Thank you!
le nubian - Sep 15, 2010 10:41:08 am PDT #14897 of 25501
"And to be clear, I am the hell. And the high water."
flea,
I would recommend purging (if you can, your history, cookies, and caches).
even better, I think it is time you created a new profile. You need something fresh and clean: