Running several instances means launching more than one slowdown.exe
simultaneously...in other words, for example: for two instances you would
click/double click and launch slowdown.exe, then click/double click
slowdown.exe again, the result will be that you will have two windows of
slowdown running...
Larry Chan
Pasadena CA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Laurent Daudelin" <laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net>
To: "NewtonTalk" <newtontalk_at_newtontalk.net>
Sent: Tuesday, January 14, 2003 7:47 PM
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Newt <-> PC connection
>
> on 14/01/03 22:38, guillaume at pixelhaus_at_sympatico.ca wrote:
>
> > Pardon my ignorance, but "running several instances" doesn't register,
how do
> > i run several instances?
> >
> > A
> >
> > --- Replying to Laurent Daudelin (laurent.daudelin_at_verizon.net) ---
> >
> >> ahhh.. i see, reminds me of the same kind of application i sometime
have to
> >> use to play old DOS games in CGA/EGA mode, slow down your machine
because
> >> otherwise you won't see the evil dudes flying towards you (at warp
speed)..
> >>
> >> unfortunately, the links this guy lists are dead; searching on google
did
> >> bring it up but mentions it's useless to load this thing on anything
faster
> >> than 700 mhz. damn, i'm at 1.5 ghz, and it's my only machine at home (i
do
> >> have my old 650 mhz sony laptop, but sony in all its wisdom, decided to
trash
> >> the serial ports to force me to get a port replicator, which i didnt
get).
> >>
> >> setting my serial ports to lower speeds (2400, 4800?) won't do it, eh?
> >
> >
> > No, but you can run several instances of SlowDown. Plus, if you get the
> > latest version, I believe there are settings where you can adjust the
amount
> > of 'slowessness'...
> >
> >
> > -Laurent.
>
> I dunno because I don't do Windows myself, but I often read those comments
> from Windows users and that's what they were reporting. You could maybe
try
> to search the NewtonTalk archive for 'slowdown'. I'm sure you'll find plen
ty
> of messages.
>
> -Laurent.
> --
>
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>
> brute force adj.: Describes a primitive programming style, one in which
the
> programmer relies on the computer's processing power instead of using his
or
> her own intelligence to simplify the problem, often ignoring problems of
> scale and applying naive methods suited to small problems directly to
large
> ones. The term can also be used in reference to programming style:
> brute-force programs are written in a heavyhanded, tedious way, full of
> repetition and devoid of any elegance or useful abstraction (see also
brute
> force and ignorance).
>
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