[vox-tech] slashdot problem

[Brian E. Lavender]

On Mon, Sep 15, 2014 at 03:37:37PM -0700, Richard Harke wrote:
>    Lately (a few weeks) I've been having a problem with slashdot. If I
>    leave the browser
>    tab open, they eventually send down something which causes my laptop to
>    burn cpu
>    cycles and eventually overheat and shut down. Today I had top running
>    when I noticed
>    it starting to get hot. I checked top and the cpu usage had jumped to
>    over 50%
>    I closed the tab with slashdot and cpu usage immediately dropped to 1
>    or 2%
>    I'm running debian wheezy and the browser is chrome. ASUS laptop
>    with Intel i7 (4 cores)
>    Anybody have any idea whats going on?


You could try turning off Javascript.

about:config
search for "javascript"
click to turn it off.

You might try cleaning out your fan too with compressed air.

brian


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Brian Lavender
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The 1980 Turing award lecture
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