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Off topic a bit, and maybe this is just me, but is Wired one of the slowest loading sites on the internet for anyone else?

Jakegissing 15y ago
Seems fine for me, took 4 seconds to fully load.
- waterlesscloud 15y ago
  I ask because wired.com pages consistently take 20-30 seconds for me. Ping is on the order of 60 ms just now. Just curious about what makes it so slow for me.
  - hollerith 15y ago
    That's odd. I haven't noticed any slowness (and I've loaded the OP several times today).
  - epaik 15y ago
    Taking a brief look at the article's source, it looks like wired uses a huge number of javascript includes. These vary from word press plugins, to tracking analytics, to even a konami code robot. This, along with the image heavy layout and the fully expanded comments section can probably account for your load times.
slug 15y ago
It took less than a second, running latest firefox on linux and noscript/adblock/flashblock/etc. But on the same vein of off topic, I just want to know if the microwave and coffee maker on that picture run linux.
- zaphar 15y ago
  While I could very easily be wrong Linus always struck me as the kind of guy who would want a microwave and coffee maker that just works and wouldn't really care if they run linux or not.
  - veb 15y ago
    He strikes me as the kind of guy who just wants the best tool for the job. If it doesn't exist, he makes it.
    - javert 15y ago
      As opposed to Richard Stallman, who probably does not drink coffee unless it comes from a coffee maker running free softare.
      - sciurus 15y ago
        Just to be pedantic... Stallman: I'm less concerned with what happens with embedded systems than I am with real computers. The real reason for this is the moral issues about software freedom are much more significant for computers that users see as a computer. And so I'm not really concerned with what's running inside my microwave oven. Again, I'm happy if people find GNU/Linux useful for that. If some companies finds it useful in a microwave oven I'll say, "That's nice." But I don't think that's where the social and political issues arise. Those arise where the computers are visible to the user as computers. We can load software into them. We have thus the possibility of sharing and changing software. And then it becomes a significant question whether we are allowed to do so or whether we are blocked from doing so.
        javert 15y ago
        Interesting. I don't agree with Stallman on making this distinction. (I don't agree with him in general, either, though.)
getsat 15y ago
Try installing Ghostery. It blocked 11 external JS files from loading on that page for me. http://www.ghostery.com/ http://www.ghostery.com/

Jakegissing 15y ago

Seems fine for me, took 4 seconds to fully load.

waterlesscloud 15y ago
I ask because wired.com pages consistently take 20-30 seconds for me. Ping is on the order of 60 ms just now. Just curious about what makes it so slow for me.
- hollerith 15y ago
  That's odd. I haven't noticed any slowness (and I've loaded the OP several times today).
- epaik 15y ago
  Taking a brief look at the article's source, it looks like wired uses a huge number of javascript includes. These vary from word press plugins, to tracking analytics, to even a konami code robot. This, along with the image heavy layout and the fully expanded comments section can probably account for your load times.

slug 15y ago

It took less than a second, running latest firefox on linux and noscript/adblock/flashblock/etc. But on the same vein of off topic, I just want to know if the microwave and coffee maker on that picture run linux.

zaphar 15y ago
While I could very easily be wrong Linus always struck me as the kind of guy who would want a microwave and coffee maker that just works and wouldn't really care if they run linux or not.
- veb 15y ago
  He strikes me as the kind of guy who just wants the best tool for the job. If it doesn't exist, he makes it.
  - javert 15y ago
    As opposed to Richard Stallman, who probably does not drink coffee unless it comes from a coffee maker running free softare.
    - sciurus 15y ago
      Just to be pedantic... Stallman: I'm less concerned with what happens with embedded systems than I am with real computers. The real reason for this is the moral issues about software freedom are much more significant for computers that users see as a computer. And so I'm not really concerned with what's running inside my microwave oven. Again, I'm happy if people find GNU/Linux useful for that. If some companies finds it useful in a microwave oven I'll say, "That's nice." But I don't think that's where the social and political issues arise. Those arise where the computers are visible to the user as computers. We can load software into them. We have thus the possibility of sharing and changing software. And then it becomes a significant question whether we are allowed to do so or whether we are blocked from doing so.
      - javert 15y ago
        Interesting. I don't agree with Stallman on making this distinction. (I don't agree with him in general, either, though.)

getsat 15y ago

Try installing Ghostery. It blocked 11 external JS files from loading on that page for me. http://www.ghostery.com/ http://www.ghostery.com/