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How to speed up firefox (for broadband users)

This method will help broadband users speed up there Mozilla Firefox

Step 1: Type "about:config" into the address bar and hit return. Scroll down and look for the following entries:

network.http.pipelining network.http.proxy.pipelining network.http.pipelining.maxrequests

Normally the browser will make one request to a web page at a time. When you enable pipelining it will make several at once, Speeding up page loading a great deal.

Step 2: Alter the entries as follows:

Set "network.http.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.proxy.pipelining" to "true"

Set "network.http.pipelining.maxrequests" to some number like 30. This means it will make 30 requests at once.

Step 3: The last step is to right-click anywhere and select New-> Integer. Name it

"nglayout.initialpaint.delay" and set its value to "0". This value is the amount of time the browser waits before it acts on information it recieves.

If you're using a broadband connection you'll notice the effects instantly. Enjoy!

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Untangled Quantum Quirk Is Significant Step Toward Quantum Computing

Untangled Quantum Quirk Is Significant Step Toward Quantum Computing
ScienceDaily (June 15, 2008) — Quantum computing has been hailed as the next leap forward for computers, promising to catapult memory capacity and processing speeds well beyond current limits. Several challenging problems need to be cracked, however, before the dream can be fully realized.

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