I'd wonder how much space you've allocated for browser caching. -- rec --
On Sat, Oct 13, 2018 at 1:00 PM Marcus Daniels <mar...@snoutfarm.com> wrote: > Maybe indexing by the system or Outlook, or a large swapfile. If you > suspect something is gone bezerk fire-up task manager and watch what is > happening. > Indexing might asymptotically reach a maximum but had not because you had > run out of space. > > On 10/12/18, 11:34 PM, "Friam on behalf of Nick Thompson" < > friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Ok, folks, .... the mystery continues. > > Of the 12 G I freed up on my computer moving stuff to the external HD > and deleting stuff AND deleting the trash AND cleaning up system files, > repeatedly, all but 5 G had been replaced 24 hours later! I had done > nothing on the machine in the meantime but answer email. > Are you SURE that there is no way that some program has gone berserk > an is busily cloning stuff on my HD? Are there any programs that are prone > to that sort of thing? Outlook? Firefox? > > Just double checking. > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > Clark University > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Marcus > Daniels > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 9:44 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Advice on configuring computers > > How about $10 a gallon gas and $2000 / month rent? I'd settle for > that. > > On 10/11/18, 12:14 PM, "Friam on behalf of Nick Thompson" < > friam-boun...@redfish.com on behalf of nickthomp...@earthlink.net> wrote: > > Thanks, Barry, > > But we Puritans think that currency inflation is one of the wages > of sin, and if we spend less money, the world will returned to an earlier > State of Grace. I still remember 25 cent gasoline on Ashby Avenue in > Berkeley. That's what gasoline SHOULD cost. > > Nick > > Nicholas S. Thompson > Emeritus Professor of Psychology and Biology > Clark University > http://home.earthlink.net/~nickthompson/naturaldesigns/ > > -----Original Message----- > From: Friam [mailto:friam-boun...@redfish.com] On Behalf Of Barry > MacKichan > Sent: Thursday, October 11, 2018 12:36 PM > To: The Friday Morning Applied Complexity Coffee Group < > friam@redfish.com> > Subject: Re: [FRIAM] Advice on configuring computers > > This may not be any consolation, but these “dollars” you speak of, > thanks to inflation, are what we used to call in our childhood, “dimes”. > > --Barry > > > On 10 Oct 2018, at 12:30, Nick Thompson wrote: > > > I HATE to spend more than 1K for a computer. It seems a mortal > > injustice, an assault upon my mongrel puritan soul. But perhaps > it's > > time to suck it up? > > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to > unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College to unsubscribe > http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove > > > ============================================================ > FRIAM Applied Complexity Group listserv > Meets Fridays 9a-11:30 at cafe at St. John's College > to unsubscribe http://redfish.com/mailman/listinfo/friam_redfish.com > FRIAM-COMIC http://friam-comic.blogspot.com/ by Dr. Strangelove >
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