On 06/03/2011 05:30 PM, clipka wrote:
> Okay, figure this out:
>
> Since Update 10, Oracle's Java SE 6.0 comes with a tool called "Java
> Quick Starter" (JQS). Its purpose? To speed up starting Java software,
> by loading the most commonly used stuff ahead of time.
>
> And loading ahead of time it does.
>
> It does this not only once though, but - for whatever sake - every
> bloody hour. Over and over again. The same bloody files. Which on my
> system (maybe due to a sinister conspiration with the Anti-Virus
> software I use) takes about 1 or 2 /minutes/ each time. Oh, and did I
> mention that all this time it starves every other piece of software
> running from hard disk I/O?
>
> Heck, maybe it /does/ speed up startup of Java software, but seriously:
>
> *I DON'T GIVE A BLOODY DAMN!*
>
>
> Did I mention that the official procedure how to turn off this bullshit
> mysteriously doesn't work on my machine? >_<

and I bet it's documentation sux too ;-)

>
> (Fortunately I stayed resolute and resourceful in an atmosphere of utter
> pessimism...)

lol then ... I admire your half full glass (rather than empty) outlook 
on things!

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