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An observation about computer performance: Opera 6.03 runs much faster (under Windows NT with 80 MB of RAM) when it only has five web pages open at a time instead of seventy three.

Yeah, I closed a bunch of windows -- need the RAM to run Excel since the Win95 machine won't boot. I bookmarked all the ones I wasn't finished with yet, but sometimes I never get around to going back to the bookmarks.

I want effectively-infinite computing resources. Two walls full of monitors so I can see everything. Enough RAM and enough CPUs to have everything I'm still in the middle of open at once. A fat enough pipe to the Internet that I don't have to switch tasks when I click on a link just to keep myself distracted while waiting for the next page to load. A different pointing device for every mood. And enough horizontal surfaces within arm's reach to keep the various paper notes, books, CDs, bills, etc. organized without tucking them where I'll forget they exist. Oh, and more than three dimensions to work in, since I've already figured out that the geometry doesn't work otherwise.

But I might be convinced to settle for the stamina, memory, and attention span I had fifteen years ago, and one really big monitor.