02 Sep 08 Google Chrome - How does it stack up?
Everyone’s talking about the recently released Google Chrome. What I was wondering was, how does it stack up memory wise? I took each of these browsers, removed all plugins and cleared the cache then noted the memory usage after loading them. This is by no means a scientific experiment, but I tried to keep things equal. The first test was loading each browser with about:blank:
As you can see, Firefox is easily the biggest memory hog. While Opera seems to take the cake as far as running lean, Chrome isn’t far behind. It uses much less memory than FF or IE.Then, I loaded up each browser, and browsed to fark.com (again this isn’t a scientific study) and had some interesting results:
I found that each of them increased, naturally but it looks like Chrome was the clear winner this time. It seemed to gain very little by loading up a website. Does this mean it uses less memory and runs more efficiently? Possibly. It would seem if you want to conserve memory, or simply like running faster, you should try out Chrome.Interested in trying a new browser?
02 Sep 08 10 Useless facts to impress your friends
1. The reason firehouses have circular stairways is from the days when the engines were pulled by horses. The horses were stabled on the ground floor and figured out how to walk up straight staircases.
2. The US has used military force a number of times, but has only actually declared war 5 times (the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Spanish-American War, World War I and World War II).
3. Mosquitos are attracted to the color blue twice as much as to any other color.
4. The average CEO’s salary in the US is 475 times greater than the average worker’s salary. In Japan, it is 11 times greater; in France, 15 times; in Canada, 20; in South Africa, 21, and in Britain, 22.
5. Mexicans consumed more Coca-Cola products than Americans, on average, in 2005. The average Mexican consumed 533 beverages during 2005, while the average American consumed 431.
6. TYPEWRITER is the longest word that can be made using the letters only on one row of the keyboard.
7. The average chocolate bar has 8 insect legs in it.
8. The microwave was invented after a researcher walked by a radar tube and a chocolate bar melted in his pocket.
9. No word in the English language rhymes with month, orange, silver and purple.
10. The Main Library at Indiana University sinks over an inch every year because when it was built, engineers failed to take into account the weight of all the books that would occupy the building.
