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Money works like RAM: More RAM than the running processes require will not make your computer any faster, but if you run out of RAM it will make it slower.

by pehtis 12y ago

AndyNemmity 12y ago
That's a really interesting way to look at it. I think you're right, thanks for including that piece of insight. To continue - Having more RAM also makes you more likely to run programs you don't need, or don't care about. Limiting the RAM left available for the applications you do. It's easier to kill processes though than drains on your income.
- JoeAltmaier 12y ago
  How do you know what programs you need to run? Why would we think all the good ones are low-RAM? I'd need to see a profile of apps and RAM to even begin to conclude anything. Either the analogy isn't working, or more money (or RAM) has a good chance of letting me do more things that I value. I think the 2nd.
  - Daishiman 12y ago
    > How do you know what programs you need to run? Why would we think all the good ones are low-RAM? I'd need to see a profile of apps and RAM to even begin to conclude anything. Wisdom, aging, getting to know yourself. I sure love a $300 meal, but eating out 5 times a week isn't going to make me any happier than going to that place once a month and cooking on my own the rest of the time; maybe ordering a cheap dish at my favorite Chinese place. If you enjoy looking good and your wardrobe already has everything you could reasonably wear on a day-to-day basis and some special events, the chances that an additional piece of clothing will make a marked difference on your happiness is extremely low. If you have sex with your lover as much as you could possibly want, more sex will not increase your quality of life; most likely it will be a negative. There's a point where we just saturate on the hedonistic aspects of life, even the ones with supposed higher purposes.

Money works like RAM: More RAM than the running processes require will not make your computer any faster, but if you run out of RAM it will make it slower.

by pehtis 12y ago

Money works like RAM: More RAM than the running processes require will not make your computer any faster, but if you run out of RAM it will make it slower.

AndyNemmity 12y ago

That's a really interesting way to look at it. I think you're right, thanks for including that piece of insight. To continue - Having more RAM also makes you more likely to run programs you don't need, or don't care about. Limiting the RAM left available for the applications you do. It's easier to kill processes though than drains on your income.

JoeAltmaier 12y ago
How do you know what programs you need to run? Why would we think all the good ones are low-RAM? I'd need to see a profile of apps and RAM to even begin to conclude anything. Either the analogy isn't working, or more money (or RAM) has a good chance of letting me do more things that I value. I think the 2nd.
- Daishiman 12y ago
  > How do you know what programs you need to run? Why would we think all the good ones are low-RAM? I'd need to see a profile of apps and RAM to even begin to conclude anything. Wisdom, aging, getting to know yourself. I sure love a $300 meal, but eating out 5 times a week isn't going to make me any happier than going to that place once a month and cooking on my own the rest of the time; maybe ordering a cheap dish at my favorite Chinese place. If you enjoy looking good and your wardrobe already has everything you could reasonably wear on a day-to-day basis and some special events, the chances that an additional piece of clothing will make a marked difference on your happiness is extremely low. If you have sex with your lover as much as you could possibly want, more sex will not increase your quality of life; most likely it will be a negative. There's a point where we just saturate on the hedonistic aspects of life, even the ones with supposed higher purposes.