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On Sun, 25 Apr 2010 10:57:28 -0500, Sqwertz wrote:
> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 12:26:53 -0400, blake murphy wrote: > >> On Fri, 23 Apr 2010 15:08:48 +0200, ChattyCathy wrote: >> >>> Long live Adblockplus! <g> >> >> i don't know what kind of overhead it incurs (firefox has been a little >> poky for me lately), but it's well worth it. > > It actually speeds up browsing. > > The only overhead is matching all fetched URL's against a (yes - > fairly large) list of regular expressions. The algorithm that do > that are extremely efficient and are a breeze for a modern processor > (2Ghz+). And there is practically no disk access. > > The time saved by *nbot* fetching the link to the ads more than make > up for it. CPU cycles are extremely cheap compared to > network/internet throughput. > > -sw cool. your pal, blake |
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