Posted by Jona Vark on 11/14/05 18:04
"AnthonyR" <nomail@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> "Jona Vark" <noemail@all.com> wrote in message
> news:ZrKcf.15054$q%.7237@newssvr12.news.prodigy.com...
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> > I have been designing and building computers since about '78. No that's
> > not
> > how they work. Memory is not necessarily allocated from the bottom up.
At
> > any point you can be using any portion of memory. The assertion that
some
> > program will 'tax' a computer more than others is an analogy to
mechanical
> > devices that isn't relevant.
> >
> >
>
> OK you made me question myself for a second, lol
> I did a quick google and found this page:
> http://www.pcstats.com/articleview.cfm?articleID=1565
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>
yes.. note the reasons the site gives for bad memory. None actually have
anything to do with the memory itself. So actually accessing memory is not
the reason memory fails. Hence the entire idea of 'taxing' a system is
invalid.
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