Big Bill wrote:
> On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 13:30:20 +0100, Roy Schestowitz
> <newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:
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>>Borek wrote:
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>>>On Wed, 13 Jul 2005 05:25:30 +0200, Roy Schestowitz
>>><newsgroups@schestowitz.com> wrote:
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>>>>If anything, pages written in XHTML will sometimes be larger, which slows
>>>>down crawling (by 1%?). *grin*
>>>
>>>In fact most of the pages are NEVER optimized for size. Google uses
>>>one-letter names in their styles to cut on the traffic, but then the text
>>>is formatted using <font color=#008000> tags :) That's abuse of resources.
>>>
>>>Same happens throughout the web. Probably many services will be able to
>>>cut the traffic in half (and cut on the traffic costs) just by clever HTML
>>>coding.
>>
>>It was you who mentioned the poor code in Webmasterworld. I took a look and
>>it turned out that you (or your friend) were right.
>>
>>As for optimisation, with better machines and more bandwidth available all
>>the time (Moore's law), programmers become more resource-greedy. Spilling
>>memory, converting operating systems like OS X and Windows into resource
>>pigs and writing ugly HTML code -- all becomes a norm.
>>
>>I have a pile of 20 or so Pentium 3's with 256 MB RAM in my office.
>>Apparently they are no longer good enough for users who run a word
>>processors and send jobs to the printer. Like people who commit suicide,
>>killing bodies that had nothing wrong with them to begin with, excellent
>>machines are tossed aside because nasty operating systems (which equate to
>>psychological issues) were installed within.
>>
>>Roy
>
>
> Cluster them, Roy. Make'em work for a living!
Or send a few my way... I'll even pay for the shipping! ;)
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