Friday, September 30, 2005

make firefox load faster

I am using firefox most of the time. But it is very slow to load in Windows. Here is one tip to make it faster.

  1. download upx.exe form sorceforge.
  2. close all firefox windows.
  3. in firefox installed directory, do
for %v in (*.exe *.dll components\*.dll plugins\*.dll) do upx "C:\Program Files\Mozilla Firefox\%v"

You may need to do this everytime upgrade firefox.

This poste was borrowed from http://www.techsupportalert.com/how_to_make_firefox_faster.htm.

Wednesday, September 21, 2005

quiz of the day: 5 coins

How do you set up 5 coins (let's say 5 quarters) together so that every coin touches every other coin?

Friday, September 09, 2005

quiz of the day: the true-teller, the liar, and ambiguous

There are three people in front of you. You know that:

One of them is God. He knows everything, and always tells the truth. One of them is the Devil. He also knows everything, but lies. The third person knows nothing, but answers questions as if he knows the answers. His answers, however, are completely useless and could be right or wrong.

You can ask a total of three questions that can correctly be answered with yes or no, each to one of the persons. You may choose whom to ask.

Determine who is who...