[SLL] Laughing down Firefox today at my work...

[Xeno Campanoli]

Pann McCuaig wrote:
> A silly question, perhaps. Why leave firefox running when you're asleep?
> Why even be logged in anywhere (other than in a detached screen) while
> you're asleep?
> 
> Let me rephrase that. "Why on *Earth* . . ."

Because, dear Pann, it is a new world.  You do it for the same reason
you forget to turn your dome light off in your car when you go in the
house, or for the same reason you neglect to turn off your stereo, or
the livingroom lamp when you leave the house.  Some people who live neat
and well organized lives will never have the problem, but most users
will have a better experience if the cost of those experiences are
mitigated.  Software is after all not a matter of aligning with logical
ideas, but of meeting the needs of a user population as they manifest
themselves.  As the Linux user population is edging up toward 1% of all
those connected to the Internet, the Linux world will better meet those
needs by accommodating that new pool rather than presuming they should
be made into more heavenly beings.

Besides Pann, I though you only ever used Lynx...?

> 
> When I'm asleep I'm not logged in anywhere (and therefor firefox is not
> running anywhere), and about the only time I have to kill firefox is
> when I stumble on an ill-behaved Pr0n site.
> 
> To each his/her own, of course.
> 
> Cheers,
>  Pann


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but on good design of the functional unit,
not on winning battles, but on preservation.